Dry and black skin on elbows

In the summer, due to the hot weather, many people choose to wear short-sleeved clothes, so that their arms are exposed. If you don’t take good care of your skin, after a period of time you will find that the skin at the elbows becomes dry and dark. This phenomenon is usually caused by not taking good care of the skin, which is a relatively normal situation.

Why are my elbows dry and black?

This area is often subjected to external friction, and is prone to keratinization, dryness, blackening, and peeling. As long as there is no itching or pain, and there is no excessive skin shedding or thickening, it should be normal. You can apply a little urea cream after washing to reduce keratinization.

Skin care methods

Massage more and lift tired skin

The massage action can promote cell metabolism, allowing skin care products to be absorbed faster. Skin cells have "memory". If the skin is in a state of fatigue and relaxation for a long time, the aging process will accelerate and wrinkles will increase. Your cells have remembered that the skin is in a "loose" state, so you will have to spend more effort to restore it to a firm state. The lifting and smoothing massage movements can tighten skin that has become loose due to fatigue and keep the skin elastic at all times. In the long run, wrinkles will not appear on your face so easily.

Avoiding photoaging during sleep

Never sleep with the lights on! Because once the skin cells encounter light stimulation, they will reflexively be in a state of alert and contraction, which is not conducive to the deep absorption of night cream. In addition, many ingredients in skin care products, especially whitening ingredients, are light-absorbing. This will not only fail to whiten your skin, but make your skin darker. It will be even worse if the light shines directly on your face. It will not only be detrimental to the skin's repair at night, but after getting up you will find that your skin looks particularly tired and dull, and signs of aging will appear. Therefore, if you want your skin to better complete its nighttime repair work, don't forget to turn off the lights before going to bed.

Seize the right time for beauty treatments and double the effect

If you want your skin to get the best care while sleeping, you must choose the right time to sleep. You should go to bed before 11 o'clock and ensure 8 hours of sleep. Because 10 pm to 2 am is the time when cell metabolism is most active, by sleeping during this period, the skin can remove the armor that defends against external damage during the day, allowing the skin to concentrate on metabolism and repair. The skin has good regeneration ability and is full of elasticity, preventing the formation of wrinkles.

The aroma makes you feel better and delays the onset of wrinkles

Plant-based natural products are becoming more and more popular. For example, some floral waters diluted from plant essential oils can not only be used as nighttime moisturizing lotions, but their natural plant fragrance can also make people feel better, relax facial expressions naturally, reduce the chances of expression lines, and delay the arrival of wrinkles.