Avoid Over-washing Your Skin

Did you know that over-washing is bad for your skin? Keep soap and cleansing to a minimum for a more youthful look.

 

You should wash your face with cleanser in the morning and then again at night, right? No! And shouldn’t you take a shower once a day  (or more if you exercise and get sweaty), and lather up with body wash all over your skin? Again, no-- not if want youthful, healthy skin. Excessive washing rinses off your skin’s natural oil and this oil is absolutely the best skin-care cream for your skin.

You might not realize it, but clean skin doesn’t mean that it can better absorb the active ingredients in beauty products. (Clean skin absorbs active ingredients, but it just doesn't keep it, because the roof (natural barrier) is broken. Koko) And if your protection barrier is broken, your skin can’t keep moisture in. So in effect you’re washing off the natural oil that really helps this skin, then applying cosmetics that will just sit on the surface.  You’re spending money on products, and you skin’s broken natural barrier fails to keep the active and beneficial ingredients inside.  Your weakened protection barrier means more damage from environmental factors--UV rays, dry weather, bacteria, dust or synthetic chemicals in cosmetics.

This applies to your face and body. You don’t have to wash with soap all over the body daily. Once a week is enough! By washing excessively, the good bacteria are rinsed off. Good bacteria teach your cells to make antibiotics, which will kill off bad bacteria.

The only 7 areas you should wash with soap every day are:
1. Behind the ears.
2. Behind the neck.
3. Your back.
4. The décolletage and breast area.
5. Your underarms.
6. The groin area and anus.
7. Your feet.

 Just rinse areas like your legs, arms or stomach with water, because sweat is water-soluble. But oxidized natural oils (where abundunt in these 7 areas, Koko) are water IN-soluble, meaning you need to clean with soap and then rinse. It’s important to rinse off dirt, sweat, and oxidized natural oils by a taking shower, but don’t wash with soap too much. Amazingly, excessive washing can cause more body odor!

There’s good bacterium on your skin’s surface. This prevents growth of bad bacteria and protects your skin’s immunity. By taking a shower or bath, 70 to 95% of the bacteria are rinsed off. When this happens, bad bacteria increases, causing body odor. The good ones regenerate in a few hours.