How Will Your Skincare Needs Change As Autumn Arrives?
Skin hydration is one of those issues that changes with the seasons. Summer may bring hot and dry weather, but it also prompts your skin to produce more oil and sweat. Autumn, however, will bring a significant change.
The end of summer won’t just mean swapping sunhats for woolly hats and putting the sun cream away. It also means a change in the weather that will require a major change in your skincare routine. This is because:
- Cooler weather makes your skin produce less moisture
- The air is less humid than in summer
- The cold wind will literally blow moisture off your skin
- Indoor heating also sucks moisture out of the air
The upshot is that your skin will be drier and you need more moisturiser.
A key question you may ask is what role treatments like a skin hydrating booster may play.
How Does Hyaluronic Acid Moisturise Your Skin On A Deep Level?
This involves the injection of hyaluronic acid into your skin to increase hydration at a deeper level, making your skin more flexible and therefore less prone to wrinkles and ‘crow’s feet’.
Both applications of moisturising agents can be an important part of your skin care. The kind of moisturisers you may put on your skin on a chilly day in late September or October will help on a surface level, which is where the wind in particular will have a drying effect.
On the other hand, hyaluronic acid helps at a deeper level, as it is injected into lower levels of the skin.
A key property of hyaluronic acid is that it acts like a sponge, soaking up water and therefore enabling your skin to stay hydrated more easily.
It is produced naturally in your body, but production declines from your early 20s onwards, which leads to skin becoming less flexible and more prone to wrinkles. Injections of it can hold back this decline in skin flexibility.
Such boosters can help your skin all year round. But in autumn, it may bring extra benefits, alongside an adjusted daily routine to help moisturise the outer layers of your skin.
