Taking Care of Your Skin Your Daily Body Skincare Routine

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Body hygiene and body care are key to our overall health and wellbeing. Quality skincare products will help you to cleanse and care for the skin on your body and protect it from damaging external influences such as the sun and hot and cold climates. They can also be used to calm disturbed skin and treat any concerns that you may have. A good skincare routine helps to restore your skin’s natural balance and keep it looking and feeling healthy.

LOOKING AFTER THE SKIN ON YOUR BODY

There are three basic steps to caring for the skin on your body: cleanse, care and protect.

Thorough cleansing is the first step in effective skincare. Cleansing removes dirt, sebum, sweat and other residues to keep skin feeling clean and healthy.

Care products moisturise and replenish skin. Use a cream or lotion to hydrate your body after cleansing and to treat any specific skin concerns (such as dryness). Care products can also be applied on certain areas of the body such as the hands and feet, armpits and scalp.

Woman wearing a bra, touching her left arm.

Sun protection is important for days when your skin is going to be exposed to harmful UV rays: the main cause of premature ageing of the skin. Body skin is not exposed to UV rays as frequently as facial skin, so this is not an essential daily step, but should be included in a skincare routine when appropriate.

Find out more about looking after facial skin in a daily skincare routine for the face.

ALL ABOUT CLEANSING THE BODY

How to cleanse

A strong awareness of hygiene, combined with today’s active lifestyles, has increased the frequency of cleansing. Over-exposure to water, as well as to harsh cleansing products, can dry out skin and weaken its barrier function. The following cleansing suggestions will help to keep skin healthy:

Reduce bath time and water temperature: Hot water and long showers or baths remove oils from the skin.
Choose a cleanser that is gentle on skin.
Pat rather than rub skin dry so that it retains some moisture (oil based products are most effective when applied to damp skin).
Moisturise well after cleansing.

How to choose an appropriate cleanser

Choose a body wash or cleanser that:

will be gentle on your skin and will not dry it out
has a pH value that corresponds to that of healthy skin
contains lipid replenishing components. This not only compensates for lost lipids, but ensures that fewer lipids are lost during cleansing
has been formulated for your specific skin type and concern
has been thoroughly tested and is, ideally, compatible with sensitive skin

When skin’s barrier function is impaired its sensitivity increases and it is more prone to dryness, infection and allergic reactions.

ALL ABOUT CARING FOR THE SKIN ON YOUR BODY

Which care products are right for my body?

Choose a body moisturizer that:

has been formulated for your specific skin type.
targets any specific concerns that you may have such as Atopic Dermatitis.
has been thoroughly tested and, ideally, is proven to be compatible with sensitive skin.

Eucerin offers a range of body moisturizers to suit dry skin types, and which have been tested on sensitive skin. Read more about Eucerin Complete Repair.

The structure of our skin differs slightly according to where it is on our body. Different parts of our body are also treated differently and receive different levels of exposure to external forces. As a result, some areas of the body such as our hands, feet, armpits and scalp benefit from particular care and dedicated products. Read more in skin on different parts of the body.

Skin benefits from special care after it has been exposed to the sun. After Sun Lotions can help to cool and regenerate sun-stressed skin.

Woman applying care product to her leg. — Moisturize your skin after cleansing to keep it hydrated and healthy.

Woman applying care product to her elbow. — Target and treat especially dry areas with a lipid rich moisturizer.

This website serves the purpose of providing general information and does not in any way replace medical or specialist advice. Consult a healthcare practitioner if symptoms worsen or persist.