Revitalize Your Skin During Monsoons!

Monsoon is a refreshing season giving you a break from the summer heat. However, as the showers pour high, you many notice some uneasiness with the skin. The skin behaves a little strange and is often unstable; it suddenly gets oily and then turns dry and dehydrated. Hence it is necessary that you properly take care of your skin during this season in order to look and feel healthy during the rains. The change in the weather has a direct impact on the skin, which makes a good maintenance regime very important.

During the monsoons, we tend to ignore our skin as we believe that the sun’s heat is not scorching enough and so we don’t use sunscreen. Due to increased humidity we do not feel it necessary to moisturize our skin.  However, skin care is critical in monsoons too. Summer is the season when our skin cells grow. So by the time monsoon begins, there are piles of dead layers of skin that need to be taken care of.

With the monsoon making a splash and the humidity playing havoc, you need something to make your skin sparkle this season. Aqua Radiance with Vitamin Infusion, a revolutionary service that infuses vitamins deep into the skin, promises to give your skin a well-deserved treat this season. This service complemented with a proper skincare regime would be the ideal recipe to keep your skin radiant and glowing, in this weather.

This service uses the revolutionary JET aviation technology which is the latest in the world. This unique device directs a stream of saturated micro-droplets of air and water which oxygenate, exfoliate, hydrate and rejuvenate the skin, giving fabulous results. It is like a high pressure washing of your skin with oxygen and saline which allows deep cleansing of the pore. The jet spray technology operates at super high speeds exfoliating it and deeply infusing nutrient supplements, vitamins and minerals into the skin, nourishing it with all the goodness it requires! For the first time, you can deep nourish your skin with nutrients, minerals and vitamins A, B6, C and E, as deep as 4.5mm into the skin without even touching your skin! Our experts choose the right vitamin suited to your skin to ensure your skin is healthy.  That's what makes this service so much more effective at exfoliating, hydrating and rejuvenating than other superficial care. The service enhances blood microcirculation and induces relaxation. The experience is cooling and energizing and leaves your skin looking and feeling sparkling clean and remarkably refreshed for days!

If you are looking for a wonderful and easy way to keep your skin looking fresh and radiant till the end of the season, here are a few tips to follow by Dr. Sangeeta Amladi - Head Medical Services at Kaya Skin Clinic.

                                      

Daily Skin and Hair Care for Monsoon season

·      Good and effective cleansing using a soap free cleanser is recommended. You could also use a gentle scrub (with uniform mild beads) once a day

·     Cleansing should be followed by toning using an alcohol free toner, since increased humidity could open up your pores

·      Use a sunscreen even on a cloudy day since the harmful UV radiations are capable of penetrating the clouds

·     Use a light lotion-based moisturizer or serum with a lightening agent as well as lactic acid – this will gently rehydrate your skin and also brighten it up

·         Avoid heavy makeup and use waterproof make up when necessary

·       Remember to nourish your skin from the inside, too - eat salads blanched in boiling water to disinfect them, vegetable soup which will keep you warm and healthy and drink the usual 8-10 glasses of water. Your skin is always thirstier than you are!

Care of Feet

·         Effective cleansing of feet is very important as they would be exposed to lot of grime and muck

·         Do not forget to completely dry your feet so as to prevent fungal infections

·         Avoid wearing boots as these would hold water for a longer duration, creating a soggy environment for your feet

·       Effective cleansing of the insides of your nails using an orange stick dipped in hydrogen-peroxide would help prevent nail infections

·        A home pedicure can be done once a week.  This would consist of soaking feet in warm water to which you can add 3-4 drops of antiseptic liquid, for 15-20 minutes, followed by cleansing the inside of the nails with orange stick dipped in hydrogen peroxide and scrubbing the feet with foot scraper. Complete the pedicure by applying a light glycerin based moisturizer

·      When you go for pedicure to a beautician, ensure that the instruments used are sterilized/ cleansed with disinfectants, or if possible use your personal instruments. Also instruct your aesthetician to avoid pushing the cuticles as toe nail fungal infections are very common in monsoons

Hair

·        Good and effective cleansing using a volumising shampoo, twice or thrice a week as the hair tends to go limp in this season

·         Post-shampoo use a volumising conditioner, once a week or as required

·         If you need to blow dry your hair, apply a leave-on conditioner prior to it

·        Avoid excess application of styling products, as this could make your hair very greasy due to increased humidity

·         Do not tie-up wet hair

·         Oiling once a week would help

·         Food for hair – milk and milk products, nuts, soya products