You should know that it’s important to have a skincare regimen, and that you should start your skincare young and not wait until you actually have wrinkles. But, a lot of men sweep skincare under the rug. If you’re in your late teens or in your 20s and until now, skincare just hasn’t seemed all that important to you but now you have decided that you might as well pick up a new good habit well you’re in the right place.
We know where you’re at and we know you like to keep things simple. We do too and we know a lot of guys do not want an elaborate 10-step routine that’s going to keep them in the bathroom for 30 minutes every morning. They want to keep things simple most guys want to be able to go in, do it quick and get out; in and out.
Men and women very simply have fundamental differences in the physiological aspects of their skin. Which is quite interesting because male skin tends to be about 25% thicker than that of a woman’s. Men have a higher collagen density and they also produce more oil which means that common skin issues like acne or breakouts tend to be exacerbated and last longer for men. So what these differences mean is that men can’t use their sister’s skin care products. Men need stuff that’s more adapted to their skin. Skin types also vary from person to person, so that’s also something you need to consider.
We know you don’t want to hear this but skin care is not just about the products you put on your skin. You can’t just discount your diet entirely. Have you ever heard of the saying ‘You are what you eat’. Your diet is at the root of so much that happens in and out of your body including many skin issues.
It would be irresponsible of us to talk about skin care without saying anything about
diet. If you’re ingesting crap food all the time, at some point it’s going to reflect on your skin as well. Now we are not saying you need to go all out start counting every calorie and become a fitness guru, but a little goes a long way.
Just cutting back on the sweets processed foods and drinking more water can already make a big difference for someone coming from a bad diet. We don’t want to jumble your mind with a ton of information about diet. If there is one easy thing that you can for sure do that most people actually don’t do enough of is to drink more water. Water is life as it flushes out all the toxins in your body. It lubricates your joints, keeps your brain focused and energized and yes it helps keep your skin looking good too.
Some people have oily skin, some have drier skin, some are more prone to developing acne and some people have a more sensitive skin than others. If you’re unsure about the type of skin, you have wash your face with water and then wait an hour or two and then you can see what your face feels like. If your skin feels tighter than the skinny jeans on your local gym bro, then you have dry and possibly sensitive skin. When it’s all shiny and oily then, you have oily skin or you can also have a combination of dry and oily skin.
For the majority of people, a 10-step Hollywood actor type of skincare routine is way overkill. We would like to keep things simple with a very straightforward three-step daily routine; Cleanse, Moisturize, Protect. Once in the morning and once at night.
Step one is always cleansing with a face wash so you can have a clean base to then apply your moisturizer.
Step two is to apply moisturizer. Its important to have a different cream that you put on during the day and the one that you put at night because your skin requires different things during the day than it does at night. During the day, your skin is in protect mode, defending itself from the pollution and the sun damage.
So you want something to support that to help your skin stay protected and you also probably want a lighter cream that’s not going to makeyour skin oily at the first drop of sweat. During the night, your skin is no longer defending itself from the environment so it can finally rest and enter repair mode. That’s when a regenerative night cream really fulfills its purpose, bringing all the restorative active ingredients that your skin craves.
Step three is to protect your skin after putting on your morning cream. That’s
when you would want to apply some sunscreen to protect your skin from the sun’s uv rays. You want to make sure that it’s a good quality sunscreen that protects from both types of rays; UVA and UVB.
UVB rays are the ones that trigger the tanning process while the UVA rays trigger the aging process. Both are however linked to skin cancer so you want to make sure that you’re slapping on that protection.
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