The Cardinal Rule Of Skin Care: Do No Harm
Do no harm to your skin. This may sound like a cliché, but if you were to remember just one thing about intelligent Skin Care, this should be it. You’d be surprised, but many (and often most) visible signs of skin aging are the result of harmful external factors rather than the natural aging process. Therefore, the easiest, cheapest and most effective step you can take to jumpstart your skin care strategy is to minimize avoidable external damage. By doing so, you will create a foundation for effective anti-aging treatments. Otherwise all your skincare efforts (except perhaps radical plastic surgery) are likely to bring minimal results.
Unfortunately, when it comes to complex biological systems, including the skin, things are rarely as simple as they appear. To avoid skin damage, you need to know what are the likely causes. You also need to realize that skin damage does not always cause pain or even visible irritation, and so may keep accumulating at low levels unnoticed.