It is known by everyone that a moist skin is indispensable for a younger and more beautiful appearance. While moisturizer is an indispensable part of the care routine for everyone, there is actually a lot of misinformation about it. Here are the known misconceptions about moisturizers…
Myth: If you apply moisturizer every day, your skin will become sluggish and become accustomed to it and lose its ability to stay hydrated on its own.
That’s right: The skin doesn’t “get used to” moisture and forgets how to stay moisturized on its own. Just as your body needs food and water, and your skin needs help staying hydrated, just in a different way.
Over time, the skin naturally loses its ability to stay hydrated. While this may have different causes such as climate, it is usually related to age and sun damage. Your skin may need more moisture, especially in weather changes or in the winter season. The skin can also become dry from using bad skin care products like abrasive hard cleansing brushes and scented products. Often times, all it takes to bring the skin back to normal is to use better products to help it heal. When you stop damaging your skin, the problem of dryness can go away.
Myth: Skin can become addicted to moisturizer.
That’s right: It’s a bit confusing because if your skin is naturally dry due to genetics or dries out due to sun damage and the deteriorated surface barrier due to age, this will be alleviated by the routine application of a moisturizer, but you can’t fix the root cause of dryness and you will never have solved the problem. The skin cannot become physically or psychologically dependent on moisturizer the way a person can become addicted to cigarettes. With routine use of a face or body moisturizer, it may be that we get used to the way our skin feels and looks a certain way, and we don’t like the way our skin feels in its unhydrated state. That’s why we keep applying moisturizer to maintain the feeling we love. It is not addiction; We do this because we like how our skin feels.
Myth: If you wash your skin every day, you only need to moisturize.
That’s right: Some over-cleanse your skin, which constantly depletes the natural substances (such as ceramides, fatty acids or hyaluronic acid) that keep the skin firm and moist. But by using a gentle, fragrance-free face wash, a mild, soap-free body cleanser, and avoiding long baths or showers that damage the skin’s moisture barrier, you can cleanse daily without worrying about drying the skin.
Myth: You only need moisturizer if you have visibly dry, flaky skin.
That’s right: It is not, and it would be a terrible mistake to believe it! Whatever your skin type, as long as you choose a moisturizer (cream for dry skin, gel or liquid for oily skin, lotion for normal and combination skin) with beneficial ingredients and a texture suitable for the skin type, you can definitely achieve great results. However, you can also get these must-have ingredients from other skin care products (such as face serums, treatments, boosters, and toners); A product doesn’t have to be labeled “moisturizer” or have a creamy texture for your skin to get what it needs to be healthy.
Myth: You need different moisturizers for different parts of the body.
That’s right: It totally depends on your skin type and conditions. For example, if you have oily skin but dry skin on your legs, yes, you would benefit from using two different moisturizers. Personal preference also plays a role: you may prefer light lotions or gel face moisturizers, or you may like the protective feel of a nourishing body cream. What’s also true is that any facial moisturizer can be applied from the neck down, and any well-formulated body moisturizer can be used on your face as well, assuming it’s suitable for your facial skin type.
Skin anywhere on the body will benefit from the routine application of antioxidants, skin-replenishing ingredients and skin-replenishing ingredients. All of these keep skin healthy, supple and supple, and you can apply them to your face, neck and the rest of your body as a cream, lotion, gel or liquid.
