Look Around and feel Good

When you look at the mirror, do you look and feel good about your skin? It is very important to look good and feel good about our appearance and outlook in life. before anyone can achieve a healthy skin, he or she must observe proper grooming, grooming or responsible hygiene. Grooming includes all the things you do in order to give yourself a pleasing, healthy outside appearance.

The skin is the largest vital organ of your body. It has several function such as:

• helps keep germs from entering the body.
  
• helps regulate body temperature and remove waste
• it works as a sense organ

Knowing how to care for your skin properly is an important part of developing and maintaining a healthy look. Good health habits along with good grooming, promote healthy skin. Always remember that proper skin care should be a part of your daily routine.


Here are specific health habits/ practices that everyone must follow to have healthy skin.

• Wash, take a shower or bath regularly. During puberty stage, the sweat glands are more active. We have millions of sweat glands in the body. When your body gets hot the porers open up to release perspiration. perspiration itself does not cause body odor. But it occurs when bacteria come in contact with perspiration. bacteria grow easily on the skin when it is warm and moist. Thorough washing with soap and water daily slows bacterial growth and helps fight body odor. Deodorant and antiperspirant can also help wash the body odor or reduce the amount of perspiration. But remember, daily washing or bathing is still the best way to prevent body odor.

• Use skin care products in moderation. Avoid using heavy or greasy creams or make-up. Use mild soap only. Remeber, skin care products have chemicals that may damage the skin.
• Eat a balanced diet. Vitamin A helps to promote healthy skin. You can get it from milk, egg yolks, liver, green and yellow vegetables and yellow fruits.

• Do not smoke. Smoking causes unhealthy skin.

• Drink plenty of water. drink at least 10 glasses or more daily.

• Get enough sleep and rest. Eight hours of sleep is required.

• Potect the skin from sunburn. Ultra violet rays make the skin age and develop wrinkle faster. Over exposure to ultra violet rays may lead to skin care.
• Exercise regularly.

During the adolescent years, a number of common skin problems occur. Acne is the most common skin problem among teenagers. Which is related to the changes in the body during development that causes an over production of sebum. The extra sebum causes blackheads, whiteheads, and pimples that are referred to as acne. A plug of hardened sebum in a pore is called blackhead. It becomes dark not by dirt but exposure to air. a whitehead is plugged pore that is not exposed to air because the sebum has collected under the dermis. When bacteria grow in the trapped sebum, this causes pimples to form. Pimple is a blocked pore that inflamed and infected which may be filled with pus.