Healthy Skin Every Day

" I'm like not calling in welcome to allow webcast. Take a look at the skin on your body it's your largest and most familiar organ and -- that you don't to enough to maintain your -- health. Americans spend millions on body product every day I did -- I want. How much do you really know about what your skin needs what type of -- and you have what kinds of so solutions on the best for your skin. What about those products that promise younger linking a wrinkle free -- for real we'll address the basic of skin care with our cat. Let me introduce them to you doctor David let's -- a professor of dermatology and surgery at Yale school of medicine. Author of total skin published by hyperion doctor without lock up. You good to have you here and doctor area out comprise a dermatologist professor of dermatology at NYU Medical Center. And vice president of the dermatology society. Of greater New York after a -- he was well -- him. Stuck to his -- to think it was actually very basic questions something that people to every single day. How often should we -- shower wash --"

" Great question because I think that people have to have. And very simple routine to follow you should wash your face once a day usually shower or bathe once the game when you -- various. Don't take a long hot bath and shower because you'll simply end up trying to --"

" And what about the kinds of -- that we used as you can go to the supermarket of the drugs to receive rows and rows of soaps it's hard to know what's the right. Kind of so to -- you want to take and talk about. I'm probably. So hopeless so you. Lotions and body answers rather than separate better for your skin because most -- actually strip. And -- strategy understand. What is hopeless so for what's in -- so I'll they have a combination of water and oils. And so actually there remove thin and dirt and debris and actually are punished and moisture at the same time without trying -- now. But if you look as an attractive product as you're buying the so let's hope this is something that'll give it away it."

" Yet -- specifically say so free cleanser. So hopeless cleanser and they had a variety of compounds that fit into the general category that you her -- alcohol is one of them. The important thing is to avoid tradition also because as doctor -- said it literally strips off a very fine layer of natural oils on the skin."

" You sit and really let's say why should say once a day that you come and it's that hot sweaty. You look thirty."

" They're saying at nighttime honey don't wash your face and I think that I have a moderate that in the case of people have to remove makeup and other things are put on the face during the day. -- you don't really have to Washington really just rinse with tap water remove -- what's there. And don't confuse. City grime -- necessarily. Bad skin. You can do a lot more harm washing your face three times a day. With so. And you can just rinsing your face clean in the evenings and certainly if you follow other arrangements. Such -- applying written and you do that as well."

" I'm into -- the kind of lotions you think that that people she used to keep this skin moist. How to understand that -- well after one -- just a scandal and whether they used a traditional soap or -- there. Condit the scan is much more susceptible to drying out because in the water evaporates. That scandal try. And so the best time to an oyster -- his right after -- thing. And that Condit if you don't want to -- tries heavily that you want to use the lotions and if you want to heavy mr. nicer than you'd like please -- cream. Com and they're creams that tend to be more -- your last -- in the war. I'm twister that once he needs a heavier moisturizer or more boiling strives for one should use. What makes you wonder where. What do people really know that kind of skin that they have whether it's normal or oily or dry do you find people normally I think."

" It that people will often come in and save money to things. I have terribly oily skin or they'll say -- terribly dry skin and in most cases. It's somewhere in between. Independent -- how whether they -- clearly Skinner dry skin and I think that general guidelines that we've given applied if you have oily skin and don't wash five times a day not me."

" There really skin looks oily and dry and the crime is that you tells you what I think that people have drives they truly have dry skin."

" asking -- flaky and trying you can get irritated easily and moisturizer and remedy that. And people with oily skin."

" Less easy in my experience it confirm it. So when you're looking at a scan and an argument you're putting lotion on your face in the marriage is he wants to look what supple not knew -- But light of breathing -- as well a good guideline is it that you're not -- icing on the cake."

" And the only amount of moisturizer that matters is that thin layer was in contact with the skin. If you find the utilities are staying in the morning you're putting on too much moisturizer. And so it generally a small -- size amount and your palms if you rub it in a fight your case should more than. --"

" To suggest it for use more senators say -- during the day and also at night I think again depends on the individual somebody. With some extremely oily skin me not you moisturizer price the day. And nowadays many people -- am -- using screens are more sunscreen on arm -- tries his son's screen with a -- on the morning. And individualist. Whaley and may not need some more stressed again and eaten."

" He's good at it again -- drugs -- news easy scrubbing brushes and -- for -- and all that you. I believe current and using a lot of -- not a real honest and another thing some of those things are excellent for cleaning. Your car thrillers but I don't think a finite and Richard Connell scratched the surface. But really the skin and it is amazing organ and the cells themselves turn over my politics affiliation is fine and your skin feels good after it. That they're very few skin conditions in fact none that I know of."

" Where aggressive cleaning with -- or some other abrasive pad is necessary and in fact I think we've both seen patients come in. With problems as a result of too aggressive."

" Scrubbing the skin would look like it looks scratched up for the irritated rock irritated non. You talk about mild exfoliate and what will present the again a lot of products you can news right their father --"

" Mild abrasive. Soaps that are out there and creams and I think it's. Even not so much how you use it but how often use it and I certainly wouldn't do it more than once a week or once every couple of weeks."

" The idea that if you -- again and again its northern fresher it doesn't always apply through want ads and."

" I don't I also think it depends on the age of the patient as. We age when this happens that the skin has been dead cells on. At the corner fight later and kind of stick of scanned -- those profits it doesn't. Very young scant -- flights older skin sort of lackluster. And one of the ideas of using things like mild -- alpha hydroxy acids different vitamin -- preparations. Is that it we'll slowly -- the surface of the skin giving you more youthful appearance. And so using things like -- Orleans is really accomplish in the same things. Accepted in the last controlled manner of someone exfoliate and out of bashes their face with something abrasive they may be through grass. What do you think about things like. Mud packs -- mean you can you -- again you can body. Grew to put on your face and you let it dry and then you watch -- I'll -- you. Think that's helpful to the skin well I think it. Anything that helps clean you moisturize the skin and the right mountain with the right frequency is -- and I. None of these treatments didn't perform miracles and and -- fashion. What about for you'd think well I think that."

" No matter what we say in one session -- thirty sessions. The notion that something from nature can be used to revitalize the skin goes back to. At least Egyptian times and we're not. About to change it now I think agree that doctors have -- anything it feels good and is not harmful -- something that should be pursued that you're really not with any of these things. -- effecting a change in the anatomy a function of the skin."

" I know this is probably more true for teenagers and adults but when you have -- your -- plate counts. It's so tempting to fiddle with and play with them and all of that -- what use how do you prevent people from doing that."

" Well you can't really because the desire to pick a second only to the desire to -- something he -- areas aren't experience. But I think that there is one message I think can. Convince teenagers and older acting prime individuals not to -- and that is at the present number one cons -- starring. Can be picking and manipulation. And so. I've been successful in my practice -- I'm pointing at that was to -- that led to patients. They -- less and of course getting me acting under good medical control is the best solution."

" And -- there -- specific reason of cleaning. -- associate -- acting on the say so there's certain things that a person to do stuff."

" Well even individuals with acne on over cleaning and found. Over Washington scrubbing is not helpful it's just going to irritate -- Acne lesions that are there so again it's saying that -- there's an attempt to -- clean the oil off the face. It really is not beneficial and can you back in terms of causing more inflammation. And that individual. And some people that actually actually had acting with try it and and so that I'm mad enough furthers obviously going to set them back to -- there so you say just follow basic clean -- cleaning cabinet. Anything else any other special things persons who did well they're certainly on medical treatment center and a whole wide variety that are helpful. Whether they be our our topical antibiotic. And hands on -- that village to be mountains and dermatology. "

" And I guess this that a thumbnail. Sketch of of what a dermatologist can do some exactly what what are some of the approaches well. It's amazing compared to those available to 1520 years ago the single most important advances in the use of vitamin a compounds. Including one that's taken by Mathis -- thank you came. And this has really revolutionized. And change the lives of so many people that had that -- action. -- what about that anti wrinkle cream that again you see in the drugs were does that work is that possible there."

" and there's only one anti wrinkle cream has been scientifically proven to work and and approved by the FDA for that purpose. And it's called written Davidson brand name -- is the chemical name and if -- supplied regularly one can indeed achieve a loss of -- lines and wrinkles around the islands that are due to the sun -- time. You'll find compounds mixed into both expensive and midrange cosmetics. That make the claim. Threat if you listen carefully what they say is in the claim is they don't say they remove finalizing those they -- may improve the appearance of I'm lines and wrinkles and -- the FDA requirements. -- and only prove."

" How does smoking cause wrinkles. Well and it's the guys played through different -- as one is that -- actually is toxic to. Come the skin cells that tires in cigarettes. And the other is I decreasing the vascular supply which smoking does to all parts the body. Common there have been studies that have shown brokers actually have more wrinkles than nonsmokers sound particularly around amount."

" So it -- for a little bit older definitely my thing and that's about yes smokers face is well documented there have been studies have shown that."

" Smoking isn't just injurious. To your lungs and your health in general but also -- your parents so. If we can't convince people not to smoke the -- get lung cancer and Dziena perhaps appealing to vanity would be an effective way of convincing people not to smoke."

" Let me ask a couple of questions about. The sun and protecting skin from the sun what kind of somewhat you suggest people use on on a regular place."

" Well I think that it's important user. Compound of the sun protection factor of at least fifteen. That gives -- that 94 to 96% protection against ultraviolet B a a burning rays of the sun."

" It's important to remember that the ultraviolet ain't rays that come down from the sun as well. Had an effect on skin and -- actually the tanning and aging. Rays that penetrate into the Germans and shattered the elastic tissue -- they want to look for us on screen that is broad spectrum as well. I'm mentioning that that feeds and you see people since you know lying out like he's hasn't taken on on the -- and getting very very brown. If you could go up and talk to them what would you tell them doctor Kabbah."

" That. To incidence of skin cancer is rising money. Five Americans about some days -- carcinoma. Planet in the year 1999 -- leaders of this factor for -- who was one in 74 and that's deadly form of skin cancer. And done though really. Seen that ill effects of this sun exposure 2030 years later. I think it's extremely important not only to tell doubts but to extract. Andy's him adopt her clients on -- to their children because the most damaging effects of a stunner really done in the first fifteen to twenty years of life."

" And I want to can use in 36 or forty -- on blackened and also silently to the -- and yet we can't."

" You can wear a T shirt and -- on the beach usually provides that it sun protection factor of six to eight. I think and we can't emphasize enough the point about protecting children against the sun. Because it."

" Ultraviolet radiation causes mutations in the skin and."

" In fact we've done research at -- that confirms some of that and that affect -- like compound interest. So it accumulates over time and eventually seen. The effects of aging and skin cancers so if you can protects kids from the sun eat just aged twelve -- searching for any age eighteen. I think this year and -- remarkable benefit later on in young adulthood and later on terms of preserving the appearance with him."

" I want to thank you both very much for joining us today and I -- hasn't talking about skin care and health thank you very much and and thank you very much for joining us I'm writing Oscar Wang."