Five Rules for skin detox
 We know a lot of detox diets, but did you know that detox is important to any organ of the body, not only for the digestive system. The skin - the largest organ of the body that breathes and absorbs toxins through the pores. A means needs detoxification is not less than the stomach.

With these five principles you will be able to do detox treatments for the skin:

1. Drink plenty of water.   You've heard this advice a hundred times, but it is in the purification it is most important. After all, if the body is wetted, which means that the system can be cleansed, as if to wash away the toxins.

Interesting explanation of why our day must be at least 8 glasses of water, giving the doctor of aesthetic medicine salon Gentle Star Medspa (San Francisco) Craig Shishido . "I always urge their customers to drink more water with the help of the following example" - Shishido said. "Our skin - like a sponge for washing dishes, which we use in the kitchen. If you look at a sponge when it dries - it wrinkled and stiff, not flexible, and it is difficult to bend. But if you put it under running water, the sponge will begin to expand and become soft and supple. Likewise, our skin is constantly in need of moisture, so as not to be wrinkled and crack and expand " .

 Five Rules for skin detox


If you want your pores were constantly clean, it also depends on the moisture of the skin. When the skin is dehydrated, the pores are more rigid and disclosed (remember the example about the sponge?). Only hydrated skin can keep the pores closed, to prevent the appearance of pimples and acne.

And her one piece of advice from Dr. Ssisido - increase the amount drunk per day of water, if you drink caffeinated beverages and alcohol. They further dehydrate the skin.

2. Use a clay mask.   To detox the skin mask with clay content - the most effective. When the moist clay starts to dry on the skin, it begins to draw a harmful impurities from the skin. Clay masks often advise women with oily and acne-prone skin but also for owners of other types of skin clay is useful as a detox ingredient, especially when it was preceded by a period when the skin is in contact with the hostile environment, dusty or dirty air.

 Five Rules for skin detox


The good news: the mask with clay can be used for all skin types, even for irritated and damaged skin. Specific detox as having black clay, in addition to drawing toxins, it removes excess oils without dryness and irritation.

You can make a mask with clay and independently. In addition to clay, add honey (soothes and nourishes the skin), mint or rosemary oil (it is antibacterial ingredients that tighten pores), orange oil (soothes, softens and gently exfoliates).

3. Try cleaning with a dry brush.   Now, this procedure - one of the most popular in spas and salons. The process is very simple - a dry method of cleaning the skin, where the skin is treated with a dry brush with natural bristles. At the same time, the procedure for the delicate skin soft as a brush watercolor brush, gently touches the surface of the skin. But as a result of dead cells from the skin peel. Dry cleaning can be done by using a stiff brush, then the procedure is more like a massage, in which the blood circulation is stimulated. Or taken a flexible brush, brush, and then it turns out lymphatic drainage, which helps rid the skin and the whole body of toxins.

 Five Rules for skin detox


Do not think that this is primarily salon treatment. Each of us can afford to arrange a dry cleaning. To do this, you should choose only high-quality brush with natural bristles.

4. Go to the bath.   Whether it is a Finnish sauna or Russian bath - any such procedure cleans the pores of the skin, releasing toxins through sweat. Try a new type of bath - infrared sauna, it is better to heat rays penetrate the skin, gets rid of toxins that are found in the deeper layers of the skin.

If your health club has a Bikram yoga class - is sure to take one lesson. Trainings are held in a room where the temperature is kept high and constant level of air humidity, the effect of a double-yoga - stretching and relaxation, as well as purification and detoxification of the whole body (not just skin).

 Five Rules for skin detox


5. Take a bath with apple cider vinegar.   Apple cider vinegar - ingredient, familiar to those who use detox diets or fasting days. To cleanse the skin, he is also required. And get its effect is quite simple: add in a bath of apple cider vinegar and a little Epsom salts. Such bath will help bring harmful impurities from the skin, restores the pH balance of your skin and can even help with problems such as psoriasis and eczema.
Author: Julia Shestakova