Causes of Acne Breakouts

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New Delhi, Dec. 12 — The first signs of any change in weather can always be seen on our skin. And no mat­ter how well one mois­turises it, by the end of a few hours, one’s skin is back to feel­ing dry, chipped and rough. “The soaps and deter­gents we use while bathing wash away nat­ural oils from our body. A dry cli­mate aggra­vates the prob­lem fur­ther,” explains Dr Mukesh Gird­har, senior con­sul­tant der­ma­tol­o­gist, Max Bal­aji, Delhi. Even warm water, say experts, causes skin to dry out. Experts feel it is nec­es­sary for the body to have a pro­tec­tive layer on the skin that will save its nat­ural sup­ple­ness. “Body oils mas­saged prop­erly on the skin as a pre-bath rit­ual solve the prob­lem,” says Gird­har, adding, “They nour­ish the outer layer of the skin and work as great emol­lients and smoothen­ers. Apply­ing a good mois­turiser after a bath is also impor­tant.” So what are the essen­tial pre-bath oils? And how do they help? Coconut oil: “Being rich in min­eral con­tent, coconut oil can help in delay­ing wrin­kles and sag­ging skin. It suits all skin types,” says der­ma­tol­o­gist Dr Ruchir Mehta. He adds, “It also helps in treat­ing var­i­ous skin prob­lems and skin infec­tions.” Olive oil: Being very rich in antiox­i­dants, includ­ing vit­a­min E, experts rec­om­mend olive oil for skin nour­ish­ment. “This oil guards your body and your skin both inside and out­side,” says Dr Mukesh Gird­har. “It pro­motes a smooth, radi­ant com­plex­ion, helps main­tain elas­tic­ity of skin, heals dry, brit­tle nails and soft­ens cuti­cles.” Almond oil: “An excel­lent emol­lient, almond oil also helps the skin to bal­ance water loss and absorp­tion of mois­ture,” says Dr Gird­har. Suit­able for all skin types, it relieves irri­ta­tion, inflam­ma­tion and itch­ing, is very lubri­cat­ing and helps to soothe mus­cu­lar aches and pains. Jojoba oil: “This oil has anti-microbial prop­er­ties. Also, the chem­i­cal com­po­si­tion of jojoba closely resem­bles that of the skin’s nat­ural sebum, so it is eas­ily absorbed and rarely causes aller­gic reac­tions, even in the most sen­si­tive indi­vid­u­als,” says Dr Mehta. It helps treat acne, cold sores, athlete’s foot and warts. Sesame oil: Rich in Vit­a­mins E and B, sesame oil is con­sid­ered extremely ben­e­fi­cial for health, even in Ayurveda. It also has a high con­tent of min­er­als such as cal­cium, mag­ne­sium and phos­pho­rus. “Sesame oil works won­ders in reliev­ing tired­ness of the body. It also works as a sun block, thereby pre­vent­ing the skin from get­ting tanned or being destroyed by harm­ful ultra­vi­o­let rays,” says Dr Mehta. Other mas­sage oils Avo­cado oil

Deep green in colour, avo­cado oil is a heav­ier oil and is usu­ally mixed with lighter mas­sage oils such as sweet almond oil. Cocoa Butter

Cocoa but­ter is very rich and has a heavy tex­ture, so it needs to be blended with other oils or used only for very small areas. Aloe Vera oil

A great skin reju­ve­na­tor. It ensures speedy recov­ery of wounds and is also quite effec­tive in treat­ing sun­burn. Aloe vera is known to pos­sess anti-inflammatory prop­er­ties. It works won­ders on body scars and stretch marks.

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