Skin Health and Skin Care Information

Beauty and Aging Resource Center
How often do you think about your skin? Not what it looks like, not what it feels like, not how smooth or youthful it may or may not be. But thinking about and appreciating the incredibly important role it plays in protecting your inner body – vital organs, muscles, skeleton, nervous system – from the outside environment.

Your skin is the biggest part of you. It’s your “coat of armor,” shielding you from pollutants in the environment, keeping out the bad things (like dust, germs, and allergens) and keeping in the good things (like moisture). It’s the body’s largest organ, yet it’s so easy to take it for granted.

Learning and caring more about your skin will lead to pronounced benefits to overall health and vitality. The earlier you start investing in good skin care habits, the greater the long-term benefits – and it is never too late to start. By “good skin care habits,” we mean the basics – learning the best ways to consistently cleanse, hydrate, moisturize, and protect the skin and applying what you learn in daily life.