It can be expected that this year's long holiday must be full everywhere and crowded. Outdoor athletes can finally let go and play! Whether you go skiing and climbing, hiking and climbing, or running and playing frisbee, it brings a lot of "happy hormones".
Outdoor intense exercise in winter stimulates adrenaline secretion and blood flow is accelerated, so the face will be flushed and the skin will be hot. But the weather is cold, and hot and cold stimuli are a test for the skin.
Outdoor sports in winter should indeed pay more attention to the skin, go to work after the year, do not return with "plateau red" and "snow mirror face"!
This holiday, you can finally soak in the snow and have a good time skiing! A large number of skiers have rushed to the major snow resorts, but what is the matter with the skin getting rougher and rougher over the past few days? The snow environment is worse for the skin than you think...
One of the ski injuries: sunburn Snow resorts are basically windy and dry environments, and many skiers will pay attention to keeping warm and ignore sun protection. In fact, the ultraviolet intensity of snow is stronger than that of the seaside, because the white snow will reflect more than 80% of ultraviolet rays, which means that your skin must not only resist the ultraviolet rays directly exposed by the sun, but also resist the ultraviolet rays reflected to the face after the sun hits the snow. If skiing at high altitudes, the amount of ultraviolet rays increases significantly (UV intensity increases by 35% for every 1,000 meters of altitude). Such a day in the sun, how can you not tan into a yin and yang face!
Ski sunscreen hard index: SPF 50+ or above, covering UVA and UVB full-spectrum sunscreen, preferably a combination of physical and chemical sunscreen. Reapply every 2 to 3 hours, especially on the tip of the nose, cheekbones, lips, etc.
Skiing injury 2: frostbite Prolonged outdoor exposure to low temperatures may also cause frostbite. In general, frostbite can occur when the skin temperature is below minus 2 degrees. If the temperature is below minus 25 degrees, special attention needs to be paid to preventing frostbite. If the local circulation of the face is poor, especially the apple muscle, ears and other parts, it may also quickly produce chilblains. Try facial antifreeze patches that are applied to the tip of the nose/cheeks to prevent frostbite. People who are allergic to adhesive tape, you can wear a magic headscarf when skiing to keep warm and protect yourself from the sun.
Ski injury three: redness sensitivity When skiing, the descent speed is fast, the wind will quickly sweep the surface of the skin, take away the skin moisture, resulting in redness and sensitivity of the skin, moisturizing repair before and after skiing is very important! Apply a thick moisturizing cream to the skin before skiing to avoid serious skin dehydration during the process, and you also need to use creams and skin oils to help moisturize the skin after the end.
In addition, give the skin a little buffer time when entering the room from the cold outside, transition in a higher temperature space before entering the room, and then enter the higher temperature room after the skin surface temperature rises a little to avoid a sharp rise or drop in temperature. Use a scarf to keep your face warm when outdoors. Dry northern interiors can use humidifiers to help increase the humidity of the air, which is very helpful to create a moist environment for the skin.
Hiking in cold weather, especially at high altitudes, equipment is the first step to staying safe. Is there a list of equipment before you go out? Storm suit, Check✓. Fleece, Check✓. Wool socks, Check✓. In addition to this, what should be applied to the skin before hitting the road?
If it's a reload, it means you'll be hiking outdoors for days on end. Living in the city, we can always have a moisturizing set, but when carrying a bag in the snowy mountains and meadows, carrying all the supplies, and even the mobile phone signal is weak, these skin care methods are a little too "heavy" and impractical.
The skincare guideline at this time is: keep it simple. A tube of petroleum jelly can moisturize the lips, face, body, hands. Cleansing wipes are convenient and can easily cleanse your skin when water is at a premium. Hiking in dry and cold air, a trusted moisturizer is an absolute must, and portioning it into lightweight plastic packaging can greatly reduce the weight of luggage. Capsule packaging skin care products do not take up backpack space and are easy to use, such as Arden Gold Gel Essence, Darphin Capsule Secondary Essence, Kanebo Enzyme Cleansing Powder, etc. Take one at a time according to the number of days you hike.
Similar to skiing, ultraviolet rays at high altitudes are extremely strong and require attention to sun protection. When hiking, many people will have a runny nose, and the consequence of constantly wiping their nose with paper is that the moisturizer and sun protection on the nose are also taken away. If it is not reapplied in time, it can easily lead to dryness and sunburn, and after half a day, the tip of the nose is sunburned from time to time. If there is no clothing to cover it, then also pay attention to the sun protection of the ears, back of the neck, etc. Simply put, every inch of skin exposed to the outside should be protected from the sun. And need to use a high power of sunscreen, SPF50+/PA++++ is the best.
Hiking and climbing skincare products hard indicators: remember to bring back the used packaging to avoid polluting nature. For the sake of environmental protection, it is best that all cleansing products are biodegradable and environmentally friendly ingredients.
You don't have to go to nature or the countryside, and in the city, there are plenty of outdoor sports to participate in in winter. In addition to regular sports such as running, sports such as ultimate frisbee and flag football can be played on outdoor football fields and grass courts, and are also very popular. In the cold north, outdoor ice rinks are also opening one after another, so you can feel happy to go skating with friends and family during the holidays.
Extreme frisbee sports are often held in outdoor football fields, real grass fields and other places. This season, regardless of the north and south, the temperature is basically zero or even lower. Much like running, extreme frisbee has a lot of running. When we run in cold air, the oncoming wind mechanically removes the keratin on the surface of the skin, so you need a stable barrier to protect the skin. Using skincare products containing ceramides can help repair the barrier and reduce transepidermal water loss.
If it is an extremely dry north, you need another ingredient that is the most common but stable moisturizing ace: hyaluronic acid. Choose a moisturizing serum that contains this ingredient so that your skin remains hydrated even when you run vigorously. In addition, glycerin is also a very cheap but easy to use moisturizer, which can improve the moisture content of the skin when applied topically. When you get home in the evening, remember to apply a hydrating mask to help your skin repair and stay healthy.
When exercising, wearing gloves can not only maintain the temperature, but also protect the skin of the hands from becoming dry and rough.
In winter, the temperature becomes lower, the skin metabolism slows down, and the old keratin is not easy to shed. And in winter, the secretion of oil becomes less, and the skin will be more likely to dry and peel. In such a situation, some habitual life and skin care habits become "skin killers".
• Alternating cold and warm
Heating in winter is the same as air-conditioned rooms in summer and requires extra attention. From a cold outdoor to a warm interior, the capillaries of the skin expand rapidly; From indoor to outside, skin capillaries will quickly contract again. In the frequent conversion of cold and warm, microvessels are prone to lose elasticity, resulting in redness and hot skin. In some girls with sensitive skin, bursting microvessels can also cause visible redness on the face. The dry air in the heating will accelerate the loss of moisture, and if the sebum membrane and stratum corneum are damaged, redness, dryness, and even tingling will occur.
What to do? Choose skincare products that can help repair the skin barrier, such as repair creams that have a lot of redness in cosmeceutical brands. Trace elements such as copper/zinc in skin care products can enhance the elasticity of blood vessel walls and alleviate redness and redness.
For people with sensitive skin and easy redness, dermatologist Jiahong's suggestion is to pay special attention to the following anti-inflammatory and soothing ingredients, such as bisabolol, paeonol, glycyrrhizic acid, purslane extract, 4-tert-butylcyclohexanol, palmitoyl tripeptide-8, acetyldipeptide-1 cetyl ester, sickle pod soda bark extract, etc., which is convenient to repair keratin, redness, itching, tingling and other conditions caused by dry and cold at all times.
• Do not heat the bath water after exercise
Who can refuse a comfortable hot bath in cold weather? In general, the water temperature of showers and baths is generally higher in winter, and hot springs, steam rooms, and saunas are also popular. But this is also the problem: the higher the water temperature, the greater the damage to the sebum membrane of the skin, and when the sebum membrane is too thin, the moisturizing ability of the skin will decrease. When the water temperature is too high, the skin will get drier and drier. Not only the skin of the body, but also the scalp. Too high a water temperature can irritate the scalp, causing itching and dryness of the scalp, scalp chips, and even accelerated hair loss.
What to do? Avoid long hot showers and try to bathe in warm water, including washing your hair and handwashing. Blot the water with a towel after showering, not wipe, and apply moisturizing and moisturizing body products as soon as possible.
The care after soaking in the hot spring is the same, don't look at the slippery skin, in fact, it is very necessary to use a lot of skin cream to help moisturize and lock in water.
• Protect yourself from the sun even when you don't have the sun
Many people's sun protection is only applied for half a year, and it can be saved in winter. The winter sun does not burn on the skin, giving the illusion that there is no harm. But this is an absolutely wrong skincare philosophy. Ultraviolet rays in winter will also accelerate skin aging, and if you don't want to look in the mirror in summer and see new spots, then do a good job of sun protection in winter!
What to do? Adhere to sun protection in winter, too. Different from summer, in winter, you can choose a moisturizing cream texture sunscreen, which will not dry out and help the skin moisturize. For example, Shiseido Time Glass Reserve Sunscreen or CPB Aging Sunscreen Cream not only protects the skin from UV damage, but also adds anti-aging ingredients that nourish the skin and resist oxidation.
• Excessive cleaning
This season, if you feel that your facial skin immediately tightens after washing your face, you must consider a gentler cleanser. Dermatologist Jia Hong reminded us: "Like soap-based/SLS formula, high degreasing power, its 'hollowed-out' intercellular lipid can be greater than the sebum in the pores, so it is easy to damage the sebum membrane structure, coupled with soap-based alkali will dissolve keratin, further affect the formation of natural moisturizing factors, eventually lead to dry peeling, severe cases will also occur winter dermatitis phenomenon." "It can be seen that washing too much clean is a skin-destroying job in winter.
What to do? "In winter, the choice of cleansing should be based on amino acids, APG or emerging macromolecular surface activities (PEG-20 triisostearate, sorbitol-30 tetraoleate), and after washing, a slightly smooth skin feeling is used as the standard of gentle cleansing, in order to avoid damage to the skin barrier and safely survive the winter." Jiahiro said.
• Skincare products are not moisturizing enough
If you are outdoors for a long time, the skin care products are not moisturizing enough, and they cannot lock in water and moisturize, and no matter how much hydrating essence is used, it is white.
What to do? There is no need to replace the skin care products entirely, just a little stack. If you originally used lotion, you can switch to cream; If you usually use cream, then you can switch to cream now; If the moisturizing level of the cream is not enough for you, add the emollient oil step before the cream, warm it with the palm of your hand, apply it to the skin, and massage it slightly to absorb it to maximize its effect.
Moisturizing creams are the most powerful "weapon" to protect our skin from damage in extremely cold weather, "the selection of sebum-like membrane structure of oils such as triglycerides, jojoba oil, squalane, ceramides, unsaturated fatty acids, cholesterol and phospholipids is the best, the more complete the variety of these ingredients in skin care products, the better the moisturizing and repair effect." Jiahiro said. But if a cream containing the aforementioned ingredients still doesn't meet your needs, you'll need to come up with "creams containing petroleum jelly, microcrystalline waxes, hydrogenated polyisobutylene, phytosterol macadamia oleate, which have high occlusive properties that minimise transdermal moisture loss and maintain skin moisture throughout the day." ”
Thousands of years ago, the ancients knew to use vegetable oils and animal oils to skin care and hair care, and now, the skin care oils on the market can be perfect in all aspects of texture/absorption/moisture. Skin oil can replenish stratum corneum oil, reduce percutaneous water loss, and repair skin barrier damage.
Although they all look similar, the formula of skin oil is very knowledgeable. At present, the commercial skin care oil is roughly divided into four categories, the first most common is pure vegetable oil with essential oil mode to configure, this formula is mainly aimed at supplementing the stratum corneum on its own sebum coverage is insufficient, but the vegetable oil is not saturated, so it is easy to oxidize and smell, and it should be used as soon as possible after opening. In addition, the high proportion of vegetable oil has a greasy skin feel, so it is best used with creams that are not moisturizing enough. Decleor and Clarins are representative brands of this type of essential oil.
The second is a multi-formula skin oil. This kind of skin care oil uses synthetic oil esters, mineral oils, etc. with a small amount of a variety of vegetable oils, the texture is refreshing, it is not easy to oxidize after opening, and some antioxidants such as Q10/astaxanthin can be added to achieve multiple effects, such as Chanel Luxury Essence Revitalizing Oil or Sisley Black Rose Precious Pet Nourishing Essence Oil is the class representative of this type of skin care oil.
The third category is the single-ingredient skin care oil that has become popular in recent years, with a streamlined formula, focusing on single ingredients, focusing on star ingredients such as squalane/jojoba oil, although these oils are also plant extracts but not triglyceride structures, so they are not easy to oxidize, and the skin feeling is refreshing enough to be applied all over the face, which is very popular. HABA Squalane Pure Beauty Oil and Julico Jojoba Oil are among these skin care oil products.
The last is the oil and water double-layer type, and the updated bubble water and oil texture essence, which is the skin care oil formula favored by many brands in recent years, not deliberately using emulsifiers, but the design of oil and water separation, which needs to be shaken before use. This design reduces the viscosity of the pure oil formula, the oil part provides moisturizing and moisturizing effect, and the water quality part is the extraction of moisturizing and anti-aging effects, which can perfectly solve the winter skin care appeal of mature skin. La Mer Miracle Oil and Baum Repair Serum are examples of such formulas.
Edited by Valerie
Written by Shan Huang
摄影：Liz Collins、Lacey、Steve Hiett
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