How to have perfect skin in summer?


Taking care of your face require a little attention. The skin changes from person to person but also depending on the season. The outside temperature and other events such as the level of humidity, in fact, condition it, making it more or less dry, greasy or sensitive.

For this reason, even the skincare routine should not remain unchanged throughout the year but change according to the period and the needs that the skin manifests. There are some general indications that are valid for everyone.


Start in spring


To treat your skin in the best possible way in summer, you should first act in advance, starting to take care of it from spring. This is the best time to enrich your skincare routine with products such as hyaluronic acidand vitamin C, because the previous months, those of the cold season, put a strain on the skin.

At the beginning of spring, therefore, we may notice that the skin is more stressed and dull than usual and the first preventive move to make is to practice light peelings that help restore its radiance without irritating it and resort to hydration and shine boosts.

If we haven't been able to do this in the spring, try to adapt to the beginning of summer by resorting to gentle exfoliations aimed at removing dead cells, toxins and impurities that have accumulated over time. Throughout the season, light scrubs should be the norm and should be combined with targeted actions such as the application of moisturizing and nourishing agents and products that promote cell turnover.


What not to do in summer?


In summer many habits of the cold seasons should be abandoned, to be resumed very calmly starting more or less from October. Among these habits, the ones to definitely put in the drawer are:


During the summer, in fact, the skin does not need too important layers of make-up, the risk is that they clog the pores, making the natural sweating process less fluid. In addition, even if there are formulas on the market that are resistant to water and high temperatures, if you overdo it, you still run the risk of seeing your base melt.

Wearing protection is a habit that should accompany us all year round because let's remember, the sun is there even when you can't see it and UV damage is always lurking. In summer, however, it becomes essential and a cream with high protection (minimum 30) is essential, even if you are not planning a day at the beach.Read more:  Sun protection for every skin 

In the warmer months, the skin is more sensitive, so it should not be subjected to actions that could attack or weaken it further. So, even if regular exfoliation is always necessary to prevent dead cells and sebum from settling on it, it should never be done with scrubs or products that are too aggressive.

Also pay attention to photosensitizing products. As a rule, their use is recommended only in the evening, an indication to be followed even more in summer when the sun is more intense. Using them during the day would mean exposing yourself to significant risks to your skin's health.


Treatments not to do in summer


In addition to some skincare routine habits that should be abandoned when it's too hot, there are also beauty treatments to do in the salon that should definitely not be booked in the summer months. Specifically, these are:


In general, it is advisable to stay away from all exfoliating and photosensitizing treatments because once finished, the skin is hypersensitized and lacks a sufficient keratin layer to defend itself from external aggressions, especially the sun.

It is therefore better to postpone chemical peels, which act through the action of specific acids which, in the face of considerable benefits such as accelerating cell renewal and restoring skin radiance, can generate several problems if done in summer. The reason is that the ingredients needed for the treatment are photosensitizing and may increase the risk of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

Today, however, there are lighter chemical peels, which can be well tolerated even in summer. These include, for example, the PRX peeling, which improves the skin by making it brighter, smoother and plumper thanks to a mix of trichloroacetic acid, kojic acid and hydrogen peroxide; or BioRePeel which is a biostimulating, revitalizing, and peeling treatment. Unlike traditional chemical peels that can be harsh on the skin and require recovery time, Biorepeel is designed to provide a gentler approach, with less downtime 

Ablative lasers should also not be used on the skin in summer. In fact, their action causes damage to the skin preparatory to regeneration, the reduction of wrinkles and the improvement of the general texture and acne scars. In order for the healing of the damage caused by ablative lasers to take place harmoniously and smoothly, however, it is necessary not to expose oneself to direct sunlight until complete recovery and total healing and always apply high sunscreen, even for small movements outdoors.

Before deciding whether or not to undergo these treatments, however, it is good to ask your dermatologist for an opinion.