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Rules for Protecting Your Skin

When it comes to the “how-to” of every individual aspect of today’s living, you will typically find more than one method of going about accomplishing each one. As science and technology advances, we (and our skin, particularly) benefit from an unceasing stream of improvements to the best skin care, and it is your job to educate yourself so that you can intelligently weed through all the advice, suggestions and tips to get to the tried and true rules for optimum skin care that have come from extensive study, testing and longevity necessary to earn the status of becoming a “rule” to go by.
Culling the Essential From the Rest
With all of the most well-intentioned advice, suggestions and tips all being fairly negotiable (and without any guaranteed effectiveness,) they are more in a “take ‘em or leave ‘em” category. Rules carry more weight than a passing suggestion, and convey a degree of proven effectiveness that the others do not offer. There are always the ones for whom advice is to be ignored, but thankfully, most of us welcome all innovations to improve skin care, logically culling the facts from the fiction.
Unique Needs of Your Facial Skin
When it comes to skin care, the methods you ascribe to are really important, so promised results should be verified, to not waste time nor money, or even produce unwanted results. You only have the skin that is yours from birth. And while skin changes–especially along with aging, it’ll still continue to be your skin. The skin on your face is uniquely different than the rest of the skin covering your body, and requires much more detailed protection and restoration that increases coincidentally with years. While you might be able to adequately moisturize and protect the skin below your neck, everything above your shoulders must be passionately protected, guarded and replenished. This goes way beyond advice–it’s a rule, and even a mandate for anyone wanting to enjoy youthful looking skin for many years.
The Hard and Fast Rules for Protecting Every Skin Type
Here are the fundamental basics that have withstood the test of time, for protecting all skin types, that nobody should ever go without:
- Keep it Clean: The best treat you give your skin to protect it and preserve it is to wash your face in the morning and before bed (makeup can trap