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how to take care of your skin in your 20s
The beauty of understanding phytochemistry, and how nature offers us a delicious pharmacy, is that we can create an abundance of medicinal morsels from the simplest of ingredients. When we understand what foods contain what chemicals, and how these chemical compounds influence our body’s chemistry in order to deliver a healing response, we can get into the kitchen and cook up and create our own medicine.
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so how to take care of your skin in your 20s?
The Skin
Our skin is the largest organ in our body. Apart from the obvious function of being a barrier between the outside world and the soft delicate tissues within our body, our skin has some vital regulatory functions. It is the first stage of immunity. In addition to the skin physically blocking pathogens from entering our body, there is also a dense bacterial population living on the outer surface of the skin which help us defend any pathogens which can be trying their chance. The dichotomy is, however, that these bacteria, if given the opportunity, can cause infection themselves, such as that which occurs in a spot.
Our skin also plays a vital role in temperature regulation. Even the slightest changes in body temperature can be disastrous to our health. Our skin keeps us cool by allowing us to sweat. When we sweat, it rapidly helps the body to cool as the moisture evaporates off our skin. getting too cold, the skin render all the hairs on our body, the large and small one, to stand erect. This helps to keep our body more insulated.
The other major role that our skin plays is to give us the sense of touch.
Therapeutic management of skin conditions
Skin lesions can be distressing. the skin, on our face, hands, and arms, is on frequent display to the world. It is definitely one of the most personally distressing types of disorders to afflict us. In general, whatever the route cause and trigger, skin conditions always come down to two distinct factors – infection and inflammation. Acne is, of course, a prime example of both of these elements in action. When infection arises in a blocked pore, localized inflammation ensues. If we learn natural ways to manage both of these responses, we can have a huge impact upon both the appearance and future development of skin disorders.
Regulating oil production
Sebum, the natural oil found in our skin, produced in tiny glands within hair follicles, is a vital factor for skin health. It regulates moisture levels, offers protection against age-related damage, and also makes the skin waterproof. In some circumstances, we are aware that it is there. However, those with oily, acne-prone skin, or those with excessively dry skin, will be acutely aware of the impact that it can have upon the health of the skin. It is sebum that is the cause of thios spot formation. If our sebum fills pores in the skin to a certain level, and is at a certain viscosity, it can begin to oxidize – especially if it fills the pore to the extent that it can come into contact with air. When this occurs, it begins to get tough, turns a dark colour, and a comedone or “blackhead” is formed. Blackheads become a plethora site for bacteria example of staphylococcus, which live naturally and harmlessly on the outer place of the skin. When such bacteria collect around a comedone, it eventually sets off an infection, and, hey presto, a spot forms.
There are many factors in our bodies that can affect sebum and what it does. The hormone testosterone, for example, can aggravate and drastically increase the production of sebum. Testosterone also makes the sebum far more viscous, so more likely to block the pore and cause infection.
Enhancing normal detoxification
Regulating inflammation
Almost all skin lesions, regardless of their cause, involve inflammation. Eczema is a perfect example of an inflammatory condition. It is what is called a type two hypersensitivity reaction. This basically means that the body’s own immune system has become overly sensitized to a specific stimulus. This could be a food, or something in the local environment such as a pollutant. Whenever the immune system comes into contact with this specific stimulus, it delivers a normal immunological response, but in a far more aggressive way than is necessary. This then causes inflammation in the upper layers of the skin, and the typical eczema lesion, of raised, red, itchy patches ensues.
There are many foods that can help the body to reduce its inflammatory load. Many of these foods interrupt normal chemical reactions that switch inflammation on. Others actually manipulate the production of biochemicals that regulate the rate and extent of inflammation in the body.