Healthy Life Journal

5 Habits for Getting Skin SehatKesibukan activities sometimes cause we do not have time for a good skin care. The result skin will lose their softness. Over age, the skin tends to become more thin & twisted. This is because the sebaceous glands (oil producing glands) to be reduced so aktiftasnya become more dry skin. Blood vessels in the skin also decreases so that the skin loses brightness.
Actually, a simple habit to treat the skin to maintain skin to always stay awake health & beauty in the future. Kebiaaan are:

1. Protect your skin from the sun
It is very important for skin care is to protect the skin from the sun. UV rays from the sun can damage the skin, causing wrinkles, dry & rough skin and even tumors of skin cancer.

Here are bebebrapa ways to protect the skin from the sun:
- Avoid to activities outside the home from 9 am-4 pm, when the time limit to activity.
- Use clothes that can protect the skin from the sun like a long-sleeved shirt, hat, etc..
- Always use sunscreen when outside the home activities. Should choose a sunscreen that can protect the skin from UV A & B and has a SPF (sun Protecting factor)> 15. Apply the sunscreen 15 minutes before doing activities & repeat again every 2 hours / after exposure to water / sweat.

2. Do not smoke
Smoking can accelerate the aging & wrinkles. Skin changes from smoking can occur in adults after 10 years. Smoking also can narrow the blood vessels in the skin, as a result of nutrition for the skin is reduced which then can increase the occurrence of damage to the elastic layer of the skin (elastin) & collagen. In addition to the repeated movement during smoking as attractive as sucking lips or wink to avoid the smoke can also menyababkan of wrinkles. Read the rest of this entry »

Mosquito bites the skin itching and redness? Do not worry, you can handle it with aloe vera extract. Itching disappeared, the skin healthy.

Mom has a very high role in maintaining and protecting the health of family members, including skin disorders caused by mosquito bites.

Aloe vera or Aloe vera is one type of plant has been known for thousands of years ago and used as fertilizer hair, wound healing, and for skin care, this time the mother can choose to avoid skin from mosquito bites.

In fact, plants that have a range of benefits is said to be one of the best selling 10 kinds of plants in the world that have the potential to be developed as a medicinal plant and industrial raw materials.

Like say nutritionists and dermatologist, Dr. Lenny Tan, that the aloe vera plant is not only the usual easy living in a dry place that can be used for hair care, but also very useful for a variety of skin care.

“There are new studies of the benefits of aloe vera to the skin, where the latest research related to the content contained in aloe vera,” said a doctor who practiced in the European Slimming Center (ESC) Dharmawangsa.

Ingredients contained in aloe vera, Lenny said, is lignin, polysaccharides, and antioxidant vitamins, in which all of these ingredients have benefits different.

Lignin is the content contained in Aloe vera leaves, which is useful to keep the skin moist so that the skin does not become dry and awake elasticity, as well as useful to prevent skin allergies in the wearer.

“Lignin serves to hold the water in the skin so that no evaporation occurs in the skin so that no excessive evaporation occurs in the skin,” explained the doctor is a graduate of the University of Trisakti.

Polysaccharides can be useful as an anti-inflammatory effects that could suppress the redness. And antioxidant vitamins containing vitamin C, E, and zinc can be used for skin regeneration. Plus the content of anthraquinone and the amino acids will be very useful for the skin, because it helps the skin to renew itself immediately to produce new and selsel can remove dead skin cells.

Meat from the leaves of Aloe vera also has a similar acidity to that of humans. Because of that, aloe vera is well able to penetrate into the body and contain saponins that can serve as an antibacterial and antifungal.

“The smell is contained in aloe vera, which is then applied to the skin, can be deceiving sense of smell was a mosquito that mosquitoes do not bite our skin,” said a doctor who specializes in the nutritionists and dermatological Singapore.

Also described a doctor who practiced at this Bekasi area, that the use of aloe vera to protect from mosquito bites. To refine the skin, aloe vera can be used in several ways, including as a lotion that contains aloe vera, or it may be to peel, then washed and then applied to the skin.

“Use of Aloe vera on clothes that are not protected, for example in the arm, neck, and to prevent allergies is to try behind the ears or in hand,” Lenny suggested as a speaker in a media gathering entitled “Gentle Ocean Protection seorangku” , which was held at the Ocean The Only One Club, FX Lifestyle X’nter, Jakarta, some time ago.

Use regularly can make your skin look healthy and beautiful glow. You can also use aloe vera as a face mask, because it also contains antioxidants that prevent premature aging.

In fact, the cold effects of aloe vera gel may be a first aid burns patients, and can also be used for the tender skin from excessive sun, because the cold is produced from the aloe vera will help the healing process. The role of the mother was finally chosen as the role that can help keep children and other families to be protected from mosquito bites.

As the Annissa Trihapsari, which protects the family from various diseases, including diseases caused by mosquito bites.

“I never underestimate the mosquito bites, which although only affects end redness or itching of the skin. Because with mosquito bites, can also cause diseases like dengue fever,” said the veiled woman who claimed to have three times the infestation of dengue fever.

Therefore, Annissa always come first family protection issues from the things that damage the health.

“My husband and children love to play in the open. Therefore, I always remind them to apply mosquito repellent lotion like Ocean every they go out and play in the yard or outside the house,” he explained.

Annissa who cares about skin health is also often consider the content found on the cream to be applied, including the content of aloe vera which he believes capable of caring for the skin to stay healthy and avoid mosquito bites.