dry cracked skin during the winter
burdens a lot of different people and if
you look online for help or if you're
not getting advice from a dermatologist
or a licensed aesthetician it can feel
really overwhelming because everyone's
throwing product names at you and you
don't know where to spend your money or
what you should trust today we're going
to talk ingredients the ones that from a
scientific perspective are shown to help
the skin so that you don't just have to
rely on a brand you can actually turn
and learn those ingredient labels know
what to look for so that you can make
choices that will benefit your skin and
just to help you out I will be making
some product recommendations but I want
you to focus on the science of the
ingredients for these the three
ingredients that you should look for
either all in the same product or
separately in isolation are ceramides
shea butter and jojoba oil but you do
need to keep in mind that the root cause
of the dry cracked flakey skin is really
the thing that you need to understand as
well as the location is this happening
on the face is it on the hands or is it
like the elbows and other areas of the
body the reason it's so important to
know the cause and the location is
because they can be so different for
instance if you have a mineral or
vitamin deficiency such as iron
deficiency or you're not absorbing your
Omega fats properly your skin can be
overly dry and no amount of products are
really going to help that in the long
run
it needs a dietary change if you have
something like a fungal infection if
it's on the hands of the feet moisturize
have some products really aren't going
to stop that skin from peeling you need
to go to a medical professional and get
the fungus under control
do you have eczema or psoriasis which
can be considered autoimmune or even
genetic disorders you might need a
prescription for those or you might need
to understand what your triggers for a
flare-up
are and try to avoid those is it just
contact dermatitis in disguise meaning
your skin is over reacting negatively to
an ingredient that you come in contact
with in that case forget the moisturizer
just get rid of the irritant if it is
just the change of seasons the weather
and the fact that you take scorching hot
and burn your skin off your bones
showers
potentially moisturizers and colder
showers can help but let's talk about
the moisturizers and hydrators I just
mentioned so that you know how they work
which one is right for you and some of
the products that you could look for the
first one is one of my favorites for
already oily or acne-prone skin
it's ho-ho-ho oil and I want to talk
about why I like that because note not
all oils are hydrating many oils like to
sit on top of the skin
they kind of smooth things over but
jojoba is a little bit different
you see our skin naturally has oil in it
our skin naturally has fats and that fat
is called sebum but it's not just made
up of pure oil it's made up of a bunch
of different things that help our skin
function naturally for some of us the
sebum in our skin can over produce and
make our skin look oily even if we're
dehydrated deeper down or for others who
do have issues whether it's genetics
whether it's products or whether it's
the weather their skin doesn't produce
enough oil and is still dehydrated the
thing that I like about jojoba oil is
that it naturally mimics the sebum
that's already found in our skin sebum
is made up of fatty as there is it's
made up of cholesterol and waxes and oil
but the jojoba oil naturally mimics that
whale part my current one is from Trader
Joe's it's like six dollars you can't
find products that have jojoba infused
in a vehicle along with other things but
because it really mimics what the skin
already creates it really absorbs nicely
into those outer layers and smooth them
over and then it's also very very
lightweight so if you don't like the
feeling of a bunch of stuff on your skin
just use a little bit spread it all
around and it absorbs super nice shea
butter also works really well and it
usually has a bit of a thicker feel for
those who have a naturally dry skin type
or really struggle with dryness and like
that occlusive feel shea butter might be
the answer what's super great about shea
butter is that it does have fatty acids
in it as well as vitamins A and E which
are really nourishing to the skin and
not only does it get absorbed into those
outer layers of the skin but it also
kind of sits on top of the skin and it
gives you that thick feeling because it
is actually creating a barrier that
barrier is great because it can stop
other things from bothering your skin
and getting in as well as stop your skin
from losing
specifically hydration shea butter is
pretty inexpensive you can get it
wherever for those who are prone to acne
it usually does not break people out
because it has that vitamin A in it
people who have rosacea or eczema are
usually pretty okay with it and an
inexpensive drugstore option is from
Shea Moisture they are a fantastic line
and their cruelty free a lot of their
products are really great so again I'm
turning on those ingredients and pick
one that's right for you ceramides are
amazing and they naturally make up about
50% of our skin a lot of them are found
in the stratum corneum that outer layer
of the epidermis dermis means skin and
Pepi means top so that's kind of like
the series of outer layers but that very
outer one is the one that's left's off
and unfortunately if your skin is not
functioning properly you can have issues
where the hydration that should stay in
there is just being let go it's called
trans epidermal water loss trans meaning
across or like transport Fe again
meaning the top and dermis meaning the
layer of the skin so your water is
escaping across the top layer of your
skin
ceramides are produced by the skin to
hydrate and nourish it and to stop that
from happening but obviously if your
skin isn't doing that so well you're
gonna have issues such as dryness or
flaking in your skin ceramide like to
hang out intracellularly interim meeting
between and cellular relating to be
keratinocytes of your skin so naturally
you can kind of think of them as like
ceramide blankets for each one of your
special little skin cells and
unfortunately things like the weather
having a bad skin care routine stripping
your skin or even just the process of
getting older can stop our skin from
producing enough of its ceramides on its
own and of course for skin that is
lacking those ceramides replenishing
them is a great idea therapy is a very
popular ceramide Wister Iser it's at the
drugstore it's not personally my
favorite the one that I found that
really absorbs into and nourishes my
skin best is from good Sara it's the
good Sara super cream I also prefer the
ingredients listed on that one but again
and that's why you're watching this
video to know what ingredients or
keywords to look for it and there are
different kinds of Sara mites different
numbers to my knowledge at this point I
wouldn't pay extra for a specific one
because they all seem to work pretty
well now that I think about it there's
actually a line from skin FX that's
called the barrier plus line and I'm
pretty sure that they combined all three
of these ingredients or it might just be
the ceramides and shea butter either way
that's also a really good option if you
like skin effects and if that's
something you want to use skin effects
also has an eczema plus line so back to
the beginning it depends on what is
causing the dryness the flakiness the
crack nests and the peel of your skin
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