Similar to caring for your face, maintaining healthy-looking body skin is not just about aesthetics; it's an important aspect of self-care. Regimented body skincare plays a crucial role in protecting against environmental stressors, preventing premature signs of aging, and addressing common concerns like dullness, redness, textural irregularities, uneven skin tone and visible shine.

Let’s cover all you need to know about body skincare to help you get started and promote overall healthier-looking skin.

While skin and its primary functions remain relatively the same across the entire body, there are several differences between your face and body skin. As an example, the skin barrier is stronger across areas of the body than the face, however the inverse is true for hydration, with the face needing more hydration than the body. Also, sebum levels are higher in the face and neck, and lower in areas like the legs and the back.

What the face and back do have in common is that they both experience skin concerns, and often share a similar approach for targeted solutions:

• Dullness -Often a result of sluggish cell turnover or the impact of environmental stressors, skin can be supported with exfoliation and brightening treatments. Ingredients such as niacinamide help support skin renewal to reduce the look of uneven texture for a smooth appearance, and brighten the appearance of skin tone.

• Aging - Aging skin demands a multifaceted approach, including sunscreen use, the application of ingredients that support skin renewal and natural collagen content, such as retinoids to offer support against environmental stressors and combat the look of fine lines and wrinkles.

• Dryness - Can be a constant concern for some, or occur when ​​skin is exposed to cold or dry weather conditions, sun damage, harsh soaps, and overbathing. Dry skin is supported with hydration through humectants like hyaluronic acid, and emollients such as squalane.

• Textural Irregularities - Characterized by a buildup of dead skin leading to rough or uneven skin texture. This can be managed with regular exfoliation.

• Uneven Skin Tone - Often stemming from sun damage or other environmental stressors, requires products containing brightening agents like vitamin C or niacinamide to visibly balance and correct discoloration.

Consistency is key for maintaining the appearance of healthy-looking body skin, as regular care ensures sustained nourishment and protection against the effects of environmental stressors. Whether you’re looking to target dryness, textural irregularities or solutions for signs of aging. or just an everyday simple regimen, we’ve got you covered.

Consider this an introductory guide on how to correctly layer products for maximum effectiveness and building a regimen, focusing on 3 steps plus sun protection.

Basic steps of a body skincare regimen

• Cleansing - think of this as the prep step, in which you want to cleanse the skin and prepare it to receive active ingredients.

• Exfoliating - Exfoliating acids target the adhesion factors that hold skin cells together, breaking them and allowing for excess dead skin to be easily sloughed off.

• Moisturizing - The seal stage is where we lock in the benefits of our treatments and support the skin barrier. It’s also where we add in our SPF.

We recommend using these steps as part of an A.M. and a P.M. regimen for ideal results.

With your body skin accounting for 91% of the surface area of your total body skin, it’s important that we address needs right away. Between understanding the common causes of everyday concerns, to learning about how to build a regimen, we’re looking forward to important body care products that care for our largest organ.

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