How healthy is your skin?
A person’s skin conveys a lot about his or her health. Sun exposure, poor diet, dehydration, stress, smoking, allergies and illness… all can show up in skin, so it makes sense to pay close attention to it.
Taking this easy test can determine what you need to do for better skin:
- After cleansing, your skin feels:
Soft and fresh
Tingly and a little firm
Very tight
- How often do you clean your skin?
You give your skin a clean sweep every night without fail
You gently wash your skin before bed when you’re not too tired
When you shower in the morning, you let the shampoo from your hair take yesterday’s impurities down the drain
- Which describes your sun protection habits?
You wear a broad spectrum SPF 25 sunscreen every day, year round
You save sunscreen for summertime trips to the beach, so you don’t burn
Sunscreen? What’s sunscreen?
- Do you smoke?
Never have, never will
No, but you do hang out in smoky environments
It’s true you quit two years ago, but you sometimes can’t resist the urge to light up
- With regards to your exfoliation schedule:
You have monthly facials with skin analysis, complete with exfoliation when it is recommended by your dermal clinician
You have done microdermabrasion or glycolic acid peeling a few times in the past
You peel after the burning heals in the beginning of each summer
- When you’re under a lot of stress, your skin:
Is the picture of calm
Occasionally breaks out
Erupts – be it in blemishes, blotches, hives or a rash
- Your diet could be best described as:
Nutritionally sound – you never met a vegetable you didn’t like
Well balanced one day, unbalanced the next
Jam-packed with junk food
- Your water drinking habits can best be described as:
You have a gallon container at work that you drink till the last drop
You are aware of the “eight glass a day” rule, but never keep count
Drink only when thirsty or with lunch
- You discover a pimple on your chin. You:
Declare the area a no-trespassing zone and keep your hands off
Succumb to temptation and squeeze
Poke and prod until it becomes inflamed and painful
- How much alcohol do you normally consume?
Only the occasional beer or glass of wine
You’re known to knock back a few time to time
You frequently lose count
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