JAKARTA - Dermatologist & Venereologist from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia dr. Suksmagita Pratidina, Sp.KK recommends that you avoid lotions or substances used to treat skin with ingredients to brighten the skin and strong fragrances during fasting.
"Because the fragrance and sometimes the whitening ingredients are easy to irritate the skin," said he who practices at Pondok Indah-Pondok Indah Hospital, Antara, Thursday, April 28.
When you fast, there is a change in the regulation of nutrition, the amount of fluid that enters the body and the pattern of rest so that it has an impact on skin regeneration and hydration. Skin hydration is needed so that the skin maintains its function as a barrier or protector, properly and improves the turnover of dead skin cells.
The impact of this change, one of which is when there is less fluid intake, namely the skin on the face and other body parts becomes dry. According to Suksmagita, dry skin conditions will have a more severe impact on body areas such as hands, feet and parts exposed to the environment including sunlight when you are outside the home.
"The face has more oil glands than other areas of the body. So of course dry skin conditions will also have a more severe impact on the hands and feet and areas exposed to the environment," said Suksmagita.
Lotion can help keep the skin moist. In addition, you also need to choose a mild soap and avoid scrubbing or rubbing the skin with fine grains to remove dead skin cells.
For those of you who are especially active outside the home and are exposed to a lot of the environment, including the sun, you should not forget to apply sunscreen to your skin. Suksmagita reminded, dry skin conditions will become more sensitive.
As for the face, you can choose special treatments for sensitive skin, such as soap or facial cleansers with mild properties. You also need to apply a moisturizer with a higher percentage of moisture than the product you normally use before Ramadan.
Then when using anti-aging treatment creams, which usually contain acid and exfoliating, choose a product with a lighter or smaller exfoliating percentage or strength to avoid irritation.
"With dry skin conditions, the skin is easier to irritate," said Suksmagita.
In terms of food intake for all parts of the skin, you should carefully choose the nutrients needed such as fluids (drink water), fiber and protein in sufficient quantities. Fiber is useful for the fluids you consume to survive and maintain the hydration condition of our skin. You can get it from vegetables and fruits. While protein is useful to assist in the regeneration of damaged skin cells.
In addition, the skin also needs antioxidants, namely several sets of vitamins and minerals to maintain skin condition, help repair and counteract environmental effects.
"Antioxidants vary, we cannot consume only one type of antioxidant. So, regular consumption of multivitamins or antioxidants will improve the nutrition of skin conditions," said Suksmagita.
Vitamins A, E, zinc, selenium, biotin, glutathione include antioxidants that can help repair and reduce the effects of skin disorders due to reduced fluid intake and imbalanced nutrition when you fast.
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