We have all (or almost all) been taught that after turning off the alarm clock we should go to the bathroom to wash our face. Cleaning our face with water when we get up helps us, in addition to eliminating any accumulated dirt, wake up and start the day on the right foot. Not in vain, there is a popular belief that has become deeply rooted based on the fact that the first step in any beauty routine is to wash your face in the morning. But is it really good for skin health?
How to wash your face
Although washing our face in the morning can help us 'wake up', this action may not be very healthy for the skin. Because? Because excessively cleaning the skin can cause the skin to become dry and tight and, consequently, the first signs of aging appear or existing ones become accentuated. From Clínica Dermatológica Internacional they go further and recommend “washing the face with a mild cleanser—without detergent or little detergent—only at night and in the morning washing the face only with cold water so as not to remove the lipid mantle of the skin.” In the case of oily skin, Bioderma states that the ideal is to “remove all the waste that has accumulated without damaging or irritating the skin.” In other words, “maintain the hydrolipid film that protects the skin and maintain physiological pH levels.” In this way, you can use micellar water to wash your face in the morning that maintains the pH levels of your skin.
To achieve healthy skin, it is essential to correctly use the cosmetics that we have at our disposal. Cleansing with a cleanser that removes embedded dirt as well as makeup is advisable twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. For its part, exfoliation is a necessary action at least once a week if we want to carry out a deep cleansing that expels dead skin cells. Regarding the eye area, use a cosmetic designed specifically for this area of the face since it has thinner skin than the rest of the skin. Another very important key to healthy skin is the application of sunscreen every day of the year, also in winter, to prevent the harmful effects of the sun as well as aging.
