Water:one of the simplest and easiest ways to boost your Skin Health and appearance is by keeping well hydrated. With a busy life-style and plenty of external factors like air conditioning in the summer and radiators in the winter, it’s easy to get dehydrated and keen on top of this seems impossible. In the next blog, we will go through some very small adjustments you can make to ensure that you’re well hydrated with minimal disruption to your everyday life!

You are what you eat:it may sound boring but having a healthy and balanced diet helps to promote healthy skin and similarly eating processed foods and fats cancause skin damage. As always, it’s hard to know from the tonnes of information there which dietary recommendations are based on science and which are pure fiction. We at City Skin Clinic have been reviewing the published evidence ad will bring you details of the foods known to improve skin health such as fruits, vegetables, oily fish and nuts. Knowing which food groups to eat more of is a good start but with a busy lifestyle, it’s often hard to integrate this into your diet. With that in mind, we have put together a few simple recipes and modifications that can be easily slipped into your daily routine.

Exercise:as with diet and increasing water intake, exercise has a positive effect on skin health as well as the rest of the body. Exercise helps stimulate the circulation thus bringing increased blood flow to the skin whichprovides oxygen and nourishment to the skincells whilst taking away waste products. This ultimately can help skin appear brighter and glossier. We will bring you the latest information on how exercise improves skin health and appearance as well as a few simple ways to integrate exercise into your busy day.

Skin care regime:forget to remove makeup before going to sleep or exercising with makeup? Who isn’t guilty of any of this but in order to have great skin a little effort is needed with a daily skin care regime. We will help you identify which skin type, you have and how to look after it without resorting to complicated or expensive routines. In the upcoming post on this we also give you the basics of skin anatomy and physiology and how to use this knowledge to identify and met your skin care needs.We also review how facials, hyaluronic acid dermal fillers, chemical peels, lasers and anti-wrinkle injections can be used to address problems such as lines, scars and other skin issues.

Quitting the smokes and blocking the UVs:two very important causes of skin damage and ageing are smoking and sun exposure. Both also cause cancer so protecting yourself from both of these will have a hugely positive impact on health and appearance. However, we know its not easy to quit smoking and with the amount of confusing information regarding sun protection, many have been left unsure regarding the most effective way to block harmful UV rays. We have collated and simplified the latest expert guidance on smoking cessation and sun exposure to help you choose what works best for you.