5 Healthy Tips For Radiant Skin

Good skin care and healthy life choices can help delay the natural aging process and prevent various skin problems.
1. Protect yourself from the sun
Protecting your skin from the sun is one of the ways of keeping healthy skin. Sun exposure can cause wrinkles, age spots and other skin problems- as well as increase the chances of acquiring skin cancer.
For the most complete sun protection, apply sunscreen, wear shades and protective clothing.
2. Don’t smoke.
Smoking makes your skin look older and contribute to wrinkles. Smoking narrows the tiny blood vessels in the outermost layers of the skin, which decrease blood flow. This depletes the skin of oxygen and nutrients that are necessary for good skin health.
If you smoke, the best way to protect your skin is to QUIT smoking.
3. Treat your skin gently
Daily cleansing and shaving can take a toll on your skin. To keep it gentle:
a. Limit bath time: limit your bath and shower time and use warm water rather than hot water to avoid oils removal from the skin.
b. Use milder soaps: Avoid strong soaps that strip oil from your skin.
c. Moisturize your skin: if you have dry skin , use moisturizer that fits ur skin.
d. Shave carefully: always shave your hair in the direction the hair grows, not against it. For a closest shave, use a clean, sharp razor.
4. Eat a healthy diet
A healthy diet can help you look and feel your best. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins. A diet rich in Vitamin C and low in unhealthy fat and processed or refined carbohydrates might promote younger looking skin.
5. Manage stress
Uncontrolled stress can make your skin more sensitive and trigger acne breakouts and other skin problems. To encourage healthy skin , take time to manage stress to the optimum. The results might be dramatic than you expect.

written by: Dr Ebuka Prince-will Edih

Kwame Nkrumah University, Ghana