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Article: winterize your skin
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- Better Nutrition
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright Active Interest Media Dec 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ADAPT YOUR SKIN CARE TO THE SEASONS WITH A FEW SIMPLE STEPS
Just as nature slows down during winter and comes alive again in spring, your skin experiences seasonal changes. Winter's extreme weather can cause the skin on your face, body, hands and feet to become dry, flaky, itchy, rough and chapped. Cold weather slows down your sebaceous glands so they produce less oil, leaving your skin more vulnerable and unable to retain moisture as efficiently. And in winter, your skin is subjected not only to low temperatures, wind and dry air outdoors, but also to artificially healed air indoors. Both make your skin thirsty.
Cracked or irritated skin is more easily infected, so it's important to adjust ...