Your Best Summer Skin – Hydration!

Dry, flaky skin — it’s worse than just unattractive, it’s uncomfortable. Summer months bring with it the effects of the summer heat: burned skin, rashes, and general dryness. But before you consider lotions and potions, you might want to consider your own personal hydration.
Preventing Dry Skin
Dry skin occurs from within. Skin has multiple layers, ranging from the deeper layers which create new skin, and the upper layers which are primarily composed of dead skin cells. Though lotion and other topical solutions can give some localized relief, it may not penetrate enough to make a difference in the bottom layers. The only way to reliably prevent dry skin is to tackle it from within.
It’s estimated that most people should drink eight glasses of water a day. If your skin feels dry and uncomfortable, it’s likely that you are dehydrated already.
Sunscreen is incredibly important to prevent the damaging effects of sun exposure including sunburn. Sunburn will lead to peeling, which can cause problems in two ways: you will immediately experience the effects of drying, and you will damage the new skin beneath.

Treating Dry Skin
Once dry skin occurs, it becomes a matter of lotion, exfoliation, and additional hydration. Dry skin usually means that there are additional layers of dead cells on the surface of your skin, making it dry, cracked, and uncomfortable. Lotion and exfoliation can be used to gently release these dead cells, making your skin look and feel better.
Appropriate hydration will help the rest of your skin recover from dryness, making it more subtle and preventing further dry skin. In the hot summer months, this hydration will also keep you healthier overall, preventing sun sickness and compensating for sweating and other water loss.
Water is the answer to an exceptional number of health issues, not just dry skin. To learn more about the advantages of the right water and proper hydration, explore Water By Awakening to help FUEL YOUR WITHIN.