Stress affects the skin. It’s pretty much common knowledge that too much stress can’t be a good thing. It, well, stresses us out. It clouds our thinking. Reason. Judgment. Our face.
In this blog, Graceful Lilly is going to look at how stress affects our skin.
“Stress can affect your whole body, including your hair, nails, and skin. Since stress is a part of life, what matters is how you handle it.
How Stress Affects Skin
Stress causes a chemical response in your body that makes skin more sensitive and reactive. It can also make it harder for skin problems to heal.
Have you ever noticed that you break out more when you’re stressed? This is because stress causes your body to make hormones like cortisol, which tells glands in your skin to make more oil. Oily skin is more prone to acne and other skin problems.
Stress can also:
Make skin problems worse. For example, stress can aggravate psoriasis, rosacea, and eczema. It can also cause hives and other types of skin rashes and trigger a flare-up of fever blisters.
It can also be stressful to have problems with your skin. Some people feel so bad about how it looks that they keep to themselves, which adds more stress.
If you have an issue that doesn’t heal or keeps coming back, rethink how you handle stress. ” https://www.webmd.com/beauty/the-effects-of-stress-on-your-skin
- Taking a bath
- Listening to baroque music (or whatever tickles your fancy)
- Cooking
- Reading
- Yoga, meditation, Tai Chi.
- Go for a walk
- Take in a waterfall
- Talking to a friend
- Simply splash your face with cold water. This is “The diving reflex”.
Stress management is a personal thing too. We mean, that what we find relaxing may not be what you find relaxing; You may find going to a Jimmy Barnes concert with 2000 other people relaxing. Graceful Lilly does not.