A Threat For Your Complexion
Dry Skin Ages Quickly
ACE creams that will lubri-
Fate and saturate, the dry,
shivelled, or flaky layers of your skin, will obviously form a very -important part of the care of a dry skin. But you can accom- plish even more if you go deeper and try to correct the condition that causes your skin to grow dry, scaly, and sear.
Sometimes it is faulty diet. If your system is ever so slightly. below par, as it is when you are not getting all the necessary food elements, your skin may show it by growing dry and papery, I have seen a dry skin bloom when cod liver oil or haliver oil was added to a seem- ingly perfect diet. Foods rich in vitamins, such as fruits and milk and many vegetables, all.con- tribute
and to skin health beauty.
It is noticeable that many wo- men suffer from dry skin while they are on a reducing règimen. You need some fats in your diet. Do not try to reduce so quickly at the expense of your looks.. Reduce more gradually, and your skin will look better.
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Poor circulation
causes dry skin. The skin's oil glands are not properly fed by a sluggish blood stream, and so are not able to secrete enough oil to keep the skin soft and smooth. Exercise that arouses lively cir- culation all over the body. and local stimulation of the skin tissues by patting and stroking with lotions and creams have the effect of bringing blood
to the skm to nourish the oil glands that keep it soft and fruity...
SOAP AND WATER
And now we come to the care of the skin itself.
It is usually women with dry skin who question the correct- ness of washing the face with soap and water. The most emin- ent medical authorities believe · that even a dry skin needs the brisk, thorough cleansing which soap and water give. Doctors al- ways answer such & question from the health angle, of course. But my observation of many, many complexions from the beau- ty angle makes me agree. Pores seem to stay finer on a skin washed regularly once a day with soap. There is less likeli- hood of blackheads and pimples.
So, every night at bedtime, wash your face with warm water, then with cool water.
On a dry skin, use creams after washing at night. Different specialists recommend different cream-treatment methods. You may have to experiment a little to see whether your particular skin responds better to the “a” ́ or "b" system, as follows:
(a) Use cold cream after washing and drying your face. Work it into your skin painstak- ingly, for you want it to pick up any deeply-embedded dust or 'make-up or pore-dirt. Wipe off the cream with tissues. Then ap- ply more cold cream, and smooth and knead and pat it into your face and neck with upward strokes. Your clean skin will
THE CHINA MAIL DECEMBER 8, 1988.
Shrivelled skin tissues may be restored to their original "fresh- ness by careful nourishing......
take up the softening oils it needs to overcome the dry scal- ing and flakes. Leaves some cream on over night. A cold cream serves two purposes, as a cleanser and as nourishment for shrivelled skin tissues.
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(b) Or..
you may use two specialised creams for these two purposes. After washing your face, apply a cleansing cream all over
your face and neck. This will melt down into an oil on the skin and flow into the pores. A specialised clean- sing cream is usually made of all the oils that are, not accept- able to the skin, and so they will be expelled by the pores, along with all the buried dirt they pick up. Wipe off the cleansing cream with issues. And then apply a tissue cream, şkin food, or speci- alised nourishing cream that will supply the softening oils your. dry skin will absorb. Knead and stroke and pat (al- ways from the throat up towards
the forehead) this important cream into the skin. Leave, some of it on over night.
In the morning, dash your face with cool water, Use cold cream or cleansing cream: If your skin is wrinkled or very dry, or if you are going out in the sun, wind, or cold, it is wise to use your cold cream or rich night cream again as a second step in the morning, just as you do before going to bed. If your skin is sallow and 'dull, or if you have a tendency to coarse pores, a stimulating tonic or freshener or refining lotion should be used at this point.
A dry skin needs protection from the weather.. Use a founda- tion preparation under your powder. Use lots of creams in chapping weather. Dry skin sun- ages dreadfully from bad burn; always use oils or sunburn preventive creams on the beach in summer.
—C.A.
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By MARY BLAKE
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