Gee Ya Think?!

The frigid temperature has the tendency to have most of us put on layers and layers of clothing- turning us into bulky, walking lumps of clothes. This get-up may prove to be a bit difficult for moving agilely and considerably reduces our range of movement but we are very much willing to trade off that comfort just so we could afford our bodies the proper amount of protection against the cold.

All of that is well and good but what most of us miss out on is the fact that even though dressing up properly against the cold weather is the basic and most important defense against the cold weather, it is only the first step. The next step involves giving extra special care to your body’s very own physical protection- the epithelial, your skin.

During cold weather, our skin tends dry up more easily. The exposed portions of the skin tend to get wind-blown and then start to crack up and show signs of ‘flaking‘, something that some people refer to as scaling. Another special consideration arises from the fact that we hardly sweat when the temperature is cold. This means that our pores have no ay of clearing themselves up.

So what needs to be done?

First, remember that it is important to keep our body clean at all times, no matter what the weather. Take quick showers in the warm (not scorching) water. Do not forget to put moisturizer on your face and to apply moisturizing body lotion, paying special attention to the exposed parts of your skin. Since our sweat glands are not going to function much, it would be best to just take in lots of liquids and freely give in to the call of nature as much as possible.

That way, the still body gets to flush out the undesirables the natural way.