| For cleaner, healthier and easier to manage skin just | | | | mild cleanser with 2% salicylic acid. This has been |
| follow this list of nine items:1) Lower your stress level | | | | proven very effective in ridding excess oils while |
| through prayer and meditation. Stress creates | | | | maintaining proper hydration and pH. The slight acidity |
| hormones that actually age us as they destroy cells | | | | will keep bacteria at bay.7) Don't smoke. Smoking |
| and create toxic byproducts and free radicals. Studies | | | | puts years on you. Literally, smoking can add 10 |
| have shown that prayer and meditation can reduce | | | | years to the aged look of your skin. Why would you |
| our stress levels. Prayer and meditation have been | | | | want to do that? If you must have nicotine then get |
| proven to even alleviate some of the symptoms of | | | | nicotine gum or the patch - they will cure your |
| cancer and other life threatening diseases.2) Drink | | | | cravings and there is no evidence or statistics of |
| plenty of water. It is a fact that 90% of us do not | | | | anyone developing cancer, lung disease, etc... from |
| drink enough water. For your skin cells to function | | | | these.8) Wear sunscreen. The skin does have |
| properly and heal properly from cuts, etc... we need | | | | keratonin to protect against the suns rays, but it is |
| to drink 8-12 glasses of water every day. Our skin is | | | | no match for UV rays, etc... that we expose |
| one of our most important organs as it protects us | | | | ourselves to. Melanoma has several forms and all are |
| from disease, cushions our falls, etc... It needs plenty | | | | deadly. If you don't think you will get skin cancer or |
| of water.3) Get proper sleep. Not getting the proper | | | | think you are invulnerable, just go to your local |
| 8-10 hours of sleep per day will first show in your | | | | dermatologist and ask to see pictures of clients with |
| skin. Broken capillaries, puffiness, circles under the | | | | skin cancer, better yet go to the oncology center at |
| eyes.4) Eat well. Get proper nutrition. Too many junk | | | | your local hospital. You won't think that way ever |
| foods can cause or worsen skin problems like pimples | | | | again. Wear sunscreen.9) Treat yourself to a spa |
| and acne. A well balanced meal 3 times per day has | | | | treatment atleast once a year. Skin peels, TCA peels, |
| been proven to help alleviate spikes in skin problems | | | | deep tissue massage, complete relaxation, |
| and help to average out the outbreaks in acne | | | | aromatherapy, etc... will all energize and heal your skin. |
| vulgaris.5) Take vitamins to supplement your skin and | | | | TCA peels will actual improve your skins ability to |
| body. We can't always make sure we get 100% of | | | | regenerate itself and improve collagen |
| each vitamin and mineral with the foods we eat, but | | | | levels.Remember, follow these nine steps to enjoy |
| we can take a multivitamin once a day. They are | | | | healthier skin.David Maillie is a chemist with over 12 |
| cheap at Walmart and there is no excuse. People | | | | years experience in biochemical research and clynical |
| that take multivitamins once a day live longer. Its a | | | | analysis. He is an alumni of Cornell University and |
| proven fact just like persons that smoke take years | | | | specializes in biochemical synthesis for public, private, |
| off their lives.6) Properly clean your skin. Harsh soaps | | | | and governmental interests and manufactures various |
| can dry out your skin and even stimulate further | | | | skin peels for plastic surgeons, medispas, and in home |
| sebum (oil) production which can worsen acne. Use a | | | | use. He can be reached at M.D. |