It’s a fact: inner peace can create outer beauty. Given enough time, symptoms of stress left untreated can make their way from below the skin and show themselves on its surface. When you feel stressed, your sympathetic nervous system releases stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline into your body. Too many of these hormones throw your body’s balance out of whack and can cause increased oil production in your skin glands, which can lead to signs and symptoms of stressed skin.
Stress also impacts your immune system, which causes your skin to be more reactive and sensitive to environmental triggers. Stress exacerbates existing inflammatory skin conditions and can even cause you to feel nervous or anxious, leading to picking at scabs or acne, or scratching your skin until it becomes red or breaks. Let’s take a look at what stressed skin looks like and how to heal the skin-mind axis.
WHAT STRESSED SKIN LOOK LIKE
- Under-eye bags due to sleep deprivation-induced stress
- Acne breakouts from increased production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), leading to excess oil and clogged pores
- Rashes, hives, and redness from skin sensitivity
- Eczema, rosacea and psoriasis flare-ups due to inflammation
- Irritated skin from stress-related picking
- Stress damages skin protective barrier, causing dry skin
- Less proteins in your skin, reducing its elasticity and making it more prone to wrinkles and fine lines
HOW TO HEAL THE SKIN-MIND AXIS
Eat a healthy, balanced diet with whole foods
Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. This means eating a wide variety of foods. A balanced diet contains foods from the following groups: fruits, vegetables, dairy, grains, and protein, and then putting it all together! Try to make most of your meals predominantly vegetables and fruits (at least ½ of your plate). Aim for color and variety! Eating a healthy diet can reduce the negative effects of stress on your body and helps build a solid, more enduring foundation for your body by reducing oxidation and inflammation.
Get enough, quality sleep
Getting enough sleep isn’t only about total hours of sleep. It’s also important to get good-quality sleep on a regular schedule so you feel rested when you wake up. Getting more rest can significantly decrease cortisol levels and restore balance to the body's systems. In a preventative step, try to get between seven to nine hours of sleep a night to avoid the rise in hormone levels altogether, and reduce existing feelings of stress and anxiety.
Up your self-care routine with relaxing and skin-healing facials
If you are looking to enjoy some de-stressing “me time”, a facial is always a good way to go! According to research, a facial massage activates your sympathetic nerve system and reduces anxiety and stress. The benefits of getting a facial include:
✔Reducing stress and relieving distress
✔Deeply cleansing your skin
✔Prevent signs of aging
✔Treat acne and blemishes
These benefits are especially more effective if you use this dermatologically formulated Hypochlorous Acid (HOCl) skin solution: SkinSpring R3 Formulation.
Not only is SkinSpring a powerful killer of bacteria, viruses, and even fungus, but its cell healing and anti-inflammatory properties also make it a great treatment for a variety of skin challenges, from cystic acne to sunburns. You get to experience these fantastic skin benefits while feeling deeply relaxed from its fine mist spray on the skin.
Add SkinSpring R3 Formulation to your daily self-care routine and feel the stress melt away as you find real skin healing!