Top 5 Ingredients To Repair and Maintain Your Skin Barrier
Recently, the practice of maintaining a healthy skin barrier is gradually gaining massive attention across the internet yet the ingredients responsible for the repairs should be talked about more. People normally focus on skincare products and routines without giving attention to their individual ingredients.
The truth is, that healthy skin starts from maintaining a non-compromised skin barrier. This invisible protector composed of lipids, cells, and protein is our skin’s first line of defense. That means any damage done to it might trigger the beginning of endless breakouts or skin problems.
In this blog post, please join us as we explore facts to know about your skin barrier and the top five recommended skincare ingredients for its repairs and reinforcements. Don’t forget you can schedule a FREE consultation if you have follow-up questions.
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What Is a Skin Barrier?
The skin barrier is a complex structure found at the outermost layer part of the skin. It’s mainly composed of lipids, fatty acids, ceramides, and cholesterol. It acts as a protective layer against external irritants, environmental stressors, moisture loss, pollutants, etc.
Usually, a healthy skin barrier retains the right amount of moisture and sebum. And it helps in making the skin soft and radiant instead of being dry and scaly. A good skincare routine with the right active ingredient can help rebuild, defend, and revitalize the skin. However, the abuse or overuse of ingredients can also compromise the skin barrier.
Some of the signs of a compromised skin barrier are low moisture retainability, easily irritated, low skin elasticity, easily inflamed, increased skin sensitivities, etc. If you are repeatedly noticing any of these signs, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
5 Ingredients for a Healthy Skin Barrier:
Having outlined facts about skin barriers and how they benefit the skin,
let’s go over the top five recommended ingredients to fortify it-
Popularly known as vitamin B3, this is one of our favorite ingredients. It’s highly recommended due to its versatile nature. For instance, it’s known to aid the production of ceramide which is a vital component of the skin barrier. It also helps in skin brightening and regulation of sebum on the skin. Anti-aging wise, it’s incredible in minimizing the appearance of pores and restoring skin surface through improved moisture levels.
Usually, niacinamide is more effective in serums and moisturizers because of the penetrative nature of these product types. For example, you can find it in Adi Clear, Mary Calm Cannabis, Blanco Cream, and Placental Moisturizer.
Ultimately known as a humectant, this ingredient is quite common in most skincare products. While hyaluronic acid may not contribute directly to the structural strength of the skin barrier, the sufficient hydration it offers is very crucial for a healthy barrier. Hence, it helps to keep the skin soft and supple without looking dry or flaky.
Being a powerful humectant, hyaluronic acid also attracts and increases moisture retainability on the skin. By keeping the skin hydrated, it strengthens and improves the resilience of the skin barrier. Just like our Hyaluronic Serum and Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizer.
Occlusives refer to those skincare ingredients that create a barrier on the skin’s surface, thereby aiding in water loss prevention and improving moisture retainability. Although, most people believe occlusive ingredients, such as ceramides, shea butter, and squalene clog pores. It’s worth noting that the right proportion of these ingredients can create a protective layer to help prevent water loss on the skin.
Other examples of occlusive ingredients include sunflower oil, jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, canola oil, sesame seed oil, and many more. For products rich in occlusive ingredients, you may explore our Crèma de Leche.
Just like hyaluronic acid, glycerin is also known as an excellent humectant. It attracts moisture to the skin and plays a critical role in maintaining the skin barrier integrity. Furthermore, it’s also instrumental in boosting moisture retention on the skin. That way, the skin will remain hydrated, soft, and supple, free from external irritants.
Meanwhile, studies have shown that glycerin can penetrate deep into the skin barrier to enhance hydration levels which will carry the skin for days. Hence, using products rich in glycerin can prevent skin dryness or loss of skin elasticity.
Peptides are known as short amino acids. Biologically, the human body utilizes them as building blocks for protein in the skin. Certain peptides are also responsible for stimulating the production of new elastin, collagen, and hyaluronic acid for rejuvenating the skin. Hence, they can help repair damaged cells to ensure the structural integrity of the skin.
If you are looking for peptide-rich products, you can explore our Shovalit Serum which is designed to rebuild the loss of collagen and reduce wrinkles.
Conclusion
The skin barrier is a vital part of our skin that can never be neglected. It serves as a protective layer against external irritants or environmental stressors, such as bacteria, toxins, etc. If you wish to prevent your skin from being vulnerable, start by identifying the right ingredients that resonate with the health of your skin barrier.
Finding the right combination of skincare products for your skin barrier might be overwhelming. Guess what? Our professionals can be with you every step of the way. All you need to do is, simply schedule a FREE consultation by clicking the button. We are waiting for your call.
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