The long-awaited signs of spring are here. The days are lengthening, the birds are singing, and the weather is doing its typical fickle dance. It’s very exciting! And this time of rebirth everywhere is also a good time to take a step back and review your skin care regimen. During the winter months, you likely weren’t exfoliating as often. It was important to use heavier creams to help your skin retain moisture when the weather outside was cold and dry, and the weather inside was warm and dry. Using products with an SPF was probably an afterthought since you weren’t spending as much time outside.
But now that the weather is warming up (mostly) and the days are getting more humid, it’s time to rethink your skin care regimen. Let’s review our top recommendations for switching from winter to spring to give your skin the care it needs to weather any weather!
At the Advanced Center for Plastic Surgery, we proudly offer a line of ZO skin products that are specifically designed to help your skin thrive during every season. Since spring does not have the drier winter air that causes dull skin and chaps skin and lips—but does increase our exposure to the sun, we recommend the ZO skin products specifically formulated to handle these concerns. By implementing these three changes, your regimen will keep you fresh-faced for the new season.
Chemical exfoliants will stimulate collagen production, too, an added anti-aging bonus. Exfoliating two to three times a week is a good rule of thumb. After a long winter, exfoliation removes the dullness and revives your skin for a healthy glow.
The ZO® Skin Health line offers a number of excellent exfoliators for your entire body:
In the winter, our dry skin needs heavier emollients and creams to help us retain what little moisture we have. In the spring, these creams are just too heavy. Since we’re usually outdoors more and working up a good sweat, the creams sit on our faces like greasy lotions. We recommend switching to lighter moisturizers that contain humectants like glycerin and hyaluronic acid. These still help your skin retain moisture but won’t leave a sticky, greasy residue.
ZO Skin Care offers several lighter creams that do the trick:
With spring’s longer days and stronger UV rays, you’ll need to increase your SPF too. Not only is excessive skin exposure unhealthy for your skin, protecting it is one of the most powerful anti-aging steps you can take in your skin care regimen. Even if you used a product that contained SPF in the winter, you need to make sure you’re using broad-spectrum products that provide at least SPF 50+ for proper protection in spring.
ZO Skin Health’s innovative and technologically advanced Triple-Spectrum Protection® sunscreens are up to the task. They’re engineered to counter the harmful effects of UVA, UVB, infrared radiation, and both natural and computer screen-derived HEV blue light, as well as pollution—while providing antioxidants, hydrators, and lipids benefits.
They include:
These products are specifically formulated to help you keep your skin looking and feeling its best for years to come. We’re happy to help you put together a skin care regimen that works for you during every season of your life. Talk with us today about your skin care goals, and we’ll help you welcome spring with a smile—and some beautiful skin!