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By: ashu

You do washing, shaving, shampooing, clipping your nails, washing and drying your hair everyday. For most people, personal grooming is a series of well-entrenched habits.

Would you be willing to change your daily routine if doing so made your skin, hair, and nails look more attractive and created a better-looking you? Have you ever considered whether you are making the most out of these daily routine?

Most adults whom are over thirty do one big mistake when it comes to washing, i.e. they do too much of washing. A shower in the morning, another after the gym, maybe even one before bedtime.

On an average woman spends twelve minutes in the shower. That’s too long. You should cut your time of shower to five minutes for your skin's sake. Americans especially are personal hygiene maniacs – terrified of missing a daily bath, revolted by the thought of anything but a well-scrubbed, antiseptic body.

Too much washing results not just in cleanliness but in irritated skin, itchy, mainly in the winter months. The term “over-washed skin” is used to describe a large subset of people with dry skin whose problem comes from spending too much time in the shower.

Below are bathing tips that many can benefit from:

1. On delicate areas, avoid using a washcloth, especially the mucous membranes.
2. Use lukewarm water in the shower. The cooler the better, but not too cold.
3. If you tend to have oily skin, then use a deodorant soap such as Dial, Safeguard, or Lever 2000 on any part of your body that tends to be oily – usually the back or chest.
4. If you have normal to dry skin, use Dove Unscented or Basis for Sensitive Skin on your body and either a soap free cleanser or nothing at all on mucous membranes.
5. Skin a shower as often as you can. This may not seem like appealing advice but the more time you have in between showers the better. Skip a shower for a whole day once or twice a week, especially in the winter. Allow your skin to produce and maintain its natural oils.

[Article Source: http://www.positivearticles.com]

Skin Care Tips to prevent the damage of skin due to over washing.

Alien writes for acne skin care. He also writes for acne treatment and acne home remedies

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