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While tending to your largest organ is a worthy resolution, the truth is that skin care is not all about the products. In fact, you can make significant changes in your skin’s health, both inside and out, without buying anything at all.
To come, three inside-out beauty resolutions to try:
Consider sleeping well your first step to a clear, calm, and youthful complexion. See, while you sleep, your skin kicks into repair mode, thanks to a little hormone called melatonin (often referred to as the “sleepy-time” hormone).
“Melatonin is critically important for your skin and plays a significant role in skin repair from environmental exposure, UV light, stressors, pollution, and so on,” says board-certified dermatologist Keira Barr, M.D., on an episode of Clean Beauty School. “If you’re not resting, you’re not generating that melatonin, and your skin isn’t repairing itself.”
In short, make sleep a priority, and your body, mind, and skin will thank you.
RELATED READ: Our Full Guide to Beauty Sleep: Mistakes, Expert Tips & Best Nighttime Products
There are plenty of factors that lead to thin, crepey skin, thus plenty of ways to encourage tighter, more resilient skin. (Read our guide on this specific skin texture to learn more.)
One strategy experts suggest: prioritizing protein. “A sufficient amount of protein as part of a healthy diet is essential to support the body’s ability to synthesize proteins of all types, including those in the skin,” board-certified dermatologist Hadley King, M.D., previously told mbg.
RELATED READ: Protein Needs for Women: How Much Is Enough — And What’s Too Much?
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The relationship between stress and skin health1 is a well-researched one. For instance, in acne-prone individuals, stress triggers breakouts. For those with sensitive skin, it can cause inflammation and rashes.
Stress, it turns out, can also lead to faster skin aging. “Less collagen is produced in high-stress states since more of the body’s resources are used to combat stress and the inflammation it produces,” says board-certified dermatologist Gary Goldenberg, M.D., assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
While you can’t exactly control when stressful events occur, you do have some control over how you cope—the latter being a skin care step too often ignored.
If you want to enhance your skin in 2024, you should know it’s not just about the products. Getting high-quality sleep, prioritizing protein intake, and finding stress relief where you can will all contribute to more radiance in the year to come. Craving more inside-out beauty tips for the new year? Tune in to the Clean Beauty School episode on the topic below:
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