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Dry skin is part genetics, part hydration levels, and definitely a result of the weather-particularly winter weather.

If the chill has got your skin looking ashy and feeling scaly, consider these skin facts.

• There may be more moisture in your skin than in the air, which is why moisture is evaporating from your skin. Try a humidifier and lowering your thermostat to even out moisture levels in the air at home.
• Baths, long showers, and hot showers pull all the oil from your skin. Try short, cool showers instead.
• Your skin can only absorb so much product at one time. Apply a bit of moisturizer throughout the day. I’ve gotten the best results from shea butter.

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That’s right, a surge in estrogen or other hormones is often to blame for the acne you get on your jawline, neck, and back. Now this doesn’t mean vitamin A supplements, cleansers, and spot treatments won’t help treat neck acne, but its usually antibiotics that will work best. For women, pay attention to your menstrual cycle, you might notice some patterns between your breakouts and your period.

It’s okay to to boost your vitamin A intake during this time to fight the dreaded neck acne. Just beware. It can be toxic if you day more than 25,000 iu a day.

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Sorry, I know the thought of having no skin is sort of disgusting, but I just had to know the skin facts. How much of our body weight is the result of our skin’s weight?

The truth is that our skin makes up15% of our body weight. So if you weigh 150 pounds, then your skin weighs 22.5 pounds.

Like the rest of our body, skin is made up of mostly water (about 70%) and proteins (about 28%). The rest are trace minerals and other chemicals.

Now that you know 15% of you is skin, don’t you want to take better care to keep up your skin fitness?

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