Your skin protects you
Jul 28th 2010adminHow skin works
Your skin stands guard between your vital organs and a hostile environment. When it is weak, sick or otherwise damaged, how is it going to provide the protection you need?
Skin regulates body temperature, insulating against both heat and cold in order to keep it within a relatively stable range. When skin is intact, it prevents invasion by pathogenic micro-organisms and external pollutants from water and air.
Your skin is your body’s main contact with the outside world, reporting to your brain the constantly-changing situations through which your body is moving. It transfers information about pain, temperature, textures and smells.
Your body needs protection against the damaging rays of the sun. Your skin does its best. In the process, it may suffer serious damage itself — sunburn and skin cancers. The first is damage from an external source; the second is a malfunction of the cells themselves which often develop from previously damaged cells.
As a living organ, your skin will not stay the same day in and day out, year after year. It will respond to external changes as well as your internal health. Expect to adjust your skin care program to best aid your skin as it guards the rest of you from your hostile environment.