5 Easy Steps for Beautiful Skin this Summer

Via http://www.dermtv.com - Summer is here and its time to shed your winter skin woes. Everyone knows there is no better way to do that than spending time outdoors. But before you head to the beach or hit the hiking trail, there are some steps you can take to start making your skin beautiful. From quick-and-easy facial rejuvenation and anti-aging to sun protection, laser hair removal, and getting ahead of the game with self-tanners, Dr. Schultz will tell you how.

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Summer is almost here, so here is your five step crash course to really beautiful skin this summer.
Step 1. Let's start with your face. It is time to regain your face's brightness, luster, clarity and color and this is done with a very simple routine of five topical skin care products, consisting of a cleanser, toner, sunscreen, antioxidant, and an exfoliant. Any major brand will do and these products are all available at your local stores like a CVS or a Duane Reade, and they are available for a total of forty dollars or less. In the morning, start with your cleanser. Your cleanser is to get your skin ready and to remove oil and debris. Then follow with a toner which synergizes with the cleanser in achieving an all important oil and water balance and also makes your skin fresher. Next, use your sunscreen. I recommend a sunscreen with an SPF between fifteen and thirty that is also marked with UVA protection and that is appropriate for your oil and water skin balance. Very, Very important: put your sunscreen on before your moisturizer, not moisturizer before your sunscreen. In the evening, use your cleanser and toner the same way as in the morning, and then follow them with your gentle chemical exfoliant containing either glycolic acid or salicylic acid to make your skin smoother. Lastly, apply your topical antioxidant. I prefer Vitamin C products. They help to protect the skin and further renew it. Use this routine daily for two weeks and in that time you will start to see improvements in color, texture, luster and brightness. A lot of my patients tell me that within that period of time they consider this a bonus but they also see that they need to use less make-up to cover and the make-up goes on much better. If you are inclined to address lines and wrinkles with botox and fillers, May and June are the best times to do it because the results will last all summer long.
If summer rolls around (with it's higher temperature and humidity) and you're already using a skin care routine involving topical products, then step two for you involves an adjustment to lighter weight products. As a result of the higher temperature and the higher humidity, you do not want your products to be too heavy or clogging. In fact, you should be making this adjustment every year, twice a year for summer and winter. The adjustment for summer is to lighter, water-based, oil free products.
For step three, it's time to clear up those blemishes on your back and chest that have been hiding under your clothes all winter long. The easiest way to do this is to use acne cleanser twice a day on these areas, then using a spot treatment with salicylic acid or benzoly peroxide twice a day (again on theses areas), and if you really want to push the process ahead, then use a topical exfoliant with glycolic acid every day. Again, these products are all easily available and inexpensively available at your local stores.
Step four is to use a self-tanner to start your season a little bit ahead of the crowd with a tan look. Whether you are going to do this on your face or on your body, it is very important to prepare the area with a topical exfoliant every day because the self-tanners work by staining dead cells and you want to make sure that the layer of dead cells on the surface of your skin is even so you get a nice even color from the self-tanner. To prepare it, for your face I recommend glycolic acid, a lot of my patients tell me for their body they prefer physical exfoliants, things like louffas and exfoliating granules because they say it feels like, "it's doing something." That's fine; the chemical exfoliants work just as well.
Lastly, for step five, it is time to plan how you are going to manage unwanted body hair that is less covered in the summer, particularly bikini and underarm hair. It is not too late to get one or two more laser hair removal treatments which become more difficult in the summer when your skin is tan. For the bikini area, I highly recommend using laser hair removal if you are prune to ingrown hairs from waxing.
So there are your five steps for beautiful skin this summer.

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[lidyaFACE]

i bought Aveeno face sunscreen lotion with an SPF of 70. is that too high?

[dermTVdotcom]

@lidyaFACE As long as it feels good when you apply it so you are willing to reapply it after you swim, sweat, and every two to four hours while not active, then it is fine.

[lQueenBl]

Could you recommend a good glycolic or hydroxy acid exfoliant (is NeoStrata a good one?) and a good Vitamin C product?

Also, can I use a mousturizer that contains sunscreen, antioxidants, aha etc in one or is it necessary to have a separate product for each?

[dermTVdotcom]

@lQueenBl On the DermTV site, below each episode, I list related products. You should be able to find some there. Regarding your second question, it's not necessary to have a separate product for each.

[sinyeesinyee]

Why we have to put on sunscreen before moistureizer????

[dermTVdotcom]

@sinyeesinyee: Long story short, because it may not work properly. But for a more in depth explanation, please see DermTV episode #75, " Why You Should Apply Sunscreen First". I would provide the link but YouTube doesn't allow it in comments so I recommend just inputting the episode name in YouTube search and it should be the first result.

[devaloki]

i love your channel and i subscribedd

[missuncontrolled]

Excellent advice. New suscriber, I found your channel through ginabinawina99.

[msshoneybee]

Hello Dr. Shultz, I'm African American and I have moderate hyperpigmentation on my inner thighs and buttocks along with millions of tiny ingrown hairs on my poor neglected thighs. I do not shave or wax the hairs on my legs at all anymore. How can I fade the hyperpigmented areas and exfoliate the dead skin on my thighs to being the hair removal and the blemish fading process?

[TheGoddessCaroline]

I would love to take you out for a nice dinner for helping me out. Thank you again for your series. I would love to work for you and sell your products if you have any. Your routine is fabulous.

[TheGoddessCaroline]

@dayannaxx3 Me too!

[dayannaxx3]

I . Love . You !

[pinkgal2311]

more ppl should watch this

[te3nietiny]

I am 20 years old, and is wondering should I still use anti-oxidant products or any anti-wrinkle product? what anti-oxidants/wrinkle products do you recomend for a 20year old female?

Thankyou for this video! new subsciber!

[windean13]

@lidyaFACE .....YES! Anything over 15 is just a crap load of chemicals you really can't get over 15 to 20 cover anyways. I personally think anything over 10 is too much for the facial skin!

Windean~Esthetician

[cr40a]

Sunscreen BEFORE moisturizer???