Skin Care For African Americans

Taking Care of the Parts of Your Body Not Seen

Most of the skin on your body is typically protected from the UV rays. However, on a daily basis your face is subjected to a lot of the elements that it encounters from the wind, sun, the weather conditions and it sets up the cure for it’s own special needs .

They physiological difference is dependent on the location of which you live, the fact that the skin on your body might be neglected meaning that you may decide, “Oh I’ll take care of my face” but not necessarily moisturize your shoulders, your décolleté or your feet simply because those parts of your body might not be seen from October to March.

So you give them less attention. But what this sets up are hidden challenges for your skin. Although many of the conditions on your skin appear commonly on your face, they can also plague the rest of your body such as body acne and when you’re looking at the condition of acne on the body it can be incredibly common particularly for teenagers or people who live in humid climates.

Then there’s the case of hyper-pigmentation. Hyper-pigmentation, for most people, affects their face, hands, arms and chest.

But for people of color it can affect their entire body simply because you’re dealing with melanin which is one of contributing factors to the pigmenting of your skin.

Melanin is what determines the amount of color or shades that we come in. The slightest challenge can be seen right away. If there’s a pimple and you burst it, within 24 hours you’re going to see the forming of a dark spot.

Or if you are prescribed certain medications, you may see your skin begin have certain discoloration because the medication is actually effecting you from within.

Often hyper-pigmentation develops anywhere there is surface trauma that has taken place on your skin, especially your face. Typically you will have chemical peels that are prescribed and for some hydroquinone.

Hydroquinone is a product that has been banned in Japan and Europe but still sits collectively on the shelves at 2% for a lot of the lightening and brightening products and can still be prescribed by physicians.

It’s not the best choice especially if you’re one who wants to use natural products when it comes to taking care of your beautiful black skin.

So there are alternatives such as kojic acid and liquorish, which are more common with the natural or alternative route of evening out your skin tone.

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Juliette Samuel Esthetician/Publisher

Nyraju Skin Care

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