Will drinking more
water improve your skin? While it’s important to stay hydrated in order to
maintain overall good health, we look for evidence to suggest that drinking
more water is especially good for your skin.
It's a scientific fact that the outermost layer of our skin,
the epidermis, will feel rough and lose its stretchiness if it doesn’t contain
enough water. So if you’re dehydrated, drinking enough water to bring your body
back to healthy levels of hydration should improve the look and condition of
your skin. But if you’re not dehydrated in the first place, can drinking more
water improve your skin further? Will it prevent wrinkles?
We should be drinking around 1.5 litres of water, or six to
eight glasses a day. This helps to ensure we maintain our body’s natural water
balance and that we replace all the fluid we normally lose throughout the day.
If we sweat more, in hot weather or during exercise, then we will need to
replace more lost water. Becoming dehydrated will have many negative effects on
our bodies, and a lack of elasticity in our skin is just one of them. So, as
long as we’re otherwise healthy, drinking the recommended amount of water every
day will help keep our skin healthy. There’s little scientific evidence to
prove that drinking more water than already recommended will have an anti-aging
effect on our skin and prevent wrinkles.
So, is water good for our skin? Yes. It’s important to keep
our bodies, and therefore our skin, healthily hydrated in order for us to stay
in tip-top condition. Here are seven ways to stop your skin getting dehydrated
and keep it looking and feeling good:
1) Drink six to
eight glasses of water a day - our recommended fluid intake to replace
normal water loss. Drink more in hot weather or when exercising.
2) Avoid alcohol
and caffeine - they are diuretics. They can make you pee more often, hence
you lose more water than normal and therefore need to drink more water to stay
hydrated.
3) Cut down on
sugar - it can dehydrate you if it gets to high levels in your blood
4) Reduce the heat
while washing - hot, hot, hot water absorbs the moisture from your skin
5) Exfoliate while
washing - this removes dead skin, allows it to regenerate better and lets
moisturising cream penetrate more easily. But don’t overdo it, exfoliating too
much will leave your skin feeling dry and irritated.
6) Moisturise after
washing - this helps to stop your skin drying out, obvs
7) Hydrate your air
- dry air sucks the moisture out of your skin. A decent digital room
thermometer will also have a hygrometer which will tell you the humidity of
your home - 30% to 50% is ideal. If needed, a room humidifier will add water
back into the air and help to keep your skin hydrated.
Remember, if you’re feeling thirsty - this is a sign that
you are already mildly dehydrated. The best way to tell if your body’s natural
water balance is on form is to check the colour of your pee. Pale yellow or
clear pee tells you that you’re doing fine, anything darker means your body,
and therefore your skin, needs more fluid. Simple!
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Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
Once you add a Package to your basket, and progress to the last stage of the checkout process, we will then add in your discount. So don't worry if you don't see it before then (such as in the cart).
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