LAKE CITY — Winter is near, and local skin experts have tips to help keep your skin glowing during the holiday season and beyond.
Leigh M. Flowers, owner and operator of Merle Norman Cosmetics & Gifts in Lake City, said it is important to drink a great deal of water to prevent dehydration. She said it is good to adopt a skin care regime that consists of using a cleanser, toner, eye cream and moisturizer. Flowers said it is also important to moisturize the body.
Although winter is approaching, people should continue to use sunscreen or make sure that their skin care products have sunscreen as an ingredient, she said.
Flowers said people shouldn’t use soap on their faces because it leaves a residue and can be drying.
She said the holidays are quickly approaching and that people should limit alcohol consumption because it can dry the skin. Smoking, meanwhile, makes the skin age faster, she said.
Toners are good to use because they remove excess dirt, oil and makeup, she said. They also prepare skin for moisturization, she said.
Flowers said people with oily skin still need to use a moisturizer. She said they should use a “heavy” moisturizer at night.
People should exfoliate the skin at least once a week to maintain a smoother, more even-toned complexion, she said. Other skin care products that you use on your skin will absorb better as a result of proper exfoliation, she said.
One type of exfoliation is microdermabrasion.
Lindsay Springs, a licensed esthetician at Ginger & Company in Lake City, said a microdermabrasion treatment “vacuums” dead skin cells off your face and gives your skin a “fresher” look.
“It helps you to look younger and gives you a glow,” Springs said.
As people age, Springs said, it takes longer for their skin to turn over new, vibrant cells. She said microdermabrasion speeds up that process.
Springs said microdermabrasion is great for women, men, teenagers, and all ethnicities and skin types. People who have been diagnosed with cancer and are on chemotherapy, however, can’t have microdermabrasion treatments, she said. People who use Accutane, a medication for severe acne, can’t undergo microdermabrasion treatments either, she said.
Springs said microdermabrasion treatments refine pores, minimize fine lines, stimulate cell rejuvenation and tissue repair, increase the skin’s ability to absorb products, and improve scars as well as the skin’s texture and elasticity.
She said people who have heavy sun damage, hyperpigmentation (sun spots), mild acne scarring and fine lines will benefit from microdermabrasion treatments.
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