Moisturizing is the main process of skin care. It is essential for both face and hands skin. Moisturizing cosmetic products prevent skin dryness and exfoliation, and also fight aging processes and reduce wrinkles. Taking care of your hands, you may get along without special creams, which are developed to protect the skin or to fight pigmented spots, while moisturizing and nourishing belong to the basic skin care actions, which should be done every day. Good and high-quality hand cosmetics usually have a well-balanced formula and have both moisturizing and nourishment functions.

 

What tasks should a hand cream perform

It is safe to say that hands need moisturizing much more than face. This is caused by frequent washing and exposure to the household cleaning products. These factors are very harmful for the skin, make it dry and cause not only irritation and exfoliation, but also premature aging. Owing to this, a good hand cream should perform the following tasks:

• moisturizing;
• forming a protecting film, which prevents moisture evaporation;
• resupply of nutrients, which are essential for a normal cells’ functioning;
• setting the stage for a fast cells’ regeneration;
• keeping the skin firm and elastic;
• preventing wrinkles formation and premature aging.

The majority of hand care cosmetic products are oriented to provide skin with everyday care, softening, nourishing and moisturizing. Treatment creams are a separate category of cosmetic products with a special formula, which are intended for intensive and efficient skin care, deep moisturizing, nourishing and regeneration. Compared to dermatological ointments and gels, a treating cream has much more functions. It can be used regularly to prevent skin defects, while dermatological products can be used only if medically required and for a limited period.

 

When and how you should use treating hand creams

Treating hand creams are developed to solve the following problems:

• skin dryness;
• cracks, micro damages;
• various skin and nails diseases;
• allergy on the skin;
• negative symptoms of vitamins deficiency;
• exposure to aggressive external factors (wind, sun, temperature range);
• regular exposure to chemical substances;
• skin sensitivity, etc.

Most treating hand creams are focused only on one specific problem, but there also exist products with a well-balanced formula, which can provide skin with total care. Creams of this category have the following number of functions:

• fight against skin dryness;
• healing of micro cracks and small damages;
• fight against redness and exfoliation, caused by aggressive external influence, household cleaning products, allergy;
• fight against parasitic, fungus and infectious diseases;
• moisturizing;
• regeneration;
• nourishing;
• restoring of protective film, activation if immune functions;
• fight with aging changes;
• improving nails growth and their natural gloss.

Treating creams should be applied not less than twice a day. The best way is to use them in the evening before going to sleep and in the morning after taking shower up to 1 hour before going outside in the cold season. By day you can use a regular nourishing or moisturizing cream.

The use of treating hand cream would be much more effective if you soak your hands in a warm water with herbs, essential oils or sea salt before cream application. This procedure may help to open the pores and let nutrients penetrate into the deep skin layers. After it gently apply cream from nails to wrist with stroking circular motions. Massage each finger including nails. Pat dry the excesses of cream with a tissue.

The main purpose of nourishing hand cream is a saturation of skin with nutrients. But the range of its functions is much wider. A good hand cream not only nourishes, but also protects skin from the external negative factors – UV-rays, cold weather, temperature range, excessive dryness caused by frequent washing and usage of aggressive chemical substances. Moreover, a well-balanced content of hand cream helps to fight skin aging and keep the skin firm and elastic.

What kinds of nourishing hand creams exist

The right choice of cream mainly depends on the task it is intended to perform. Among the variety of cosmetic products there are several types of hand creams according to their purposes:

• nourishing hand creams with a lifting effect. The main purpose of this cosmetic product is not only to nourish the skin, but also to keep the skin young and beautiful. Its basic ingredients are intended to stimulate metabolism, smooth the skin and keep it toned. Among the most effective ingredients are bisphosphonates, collagen, hyaluronic acid. Their effect can be complemented by the vitamins A, E, C, natural oils – olive, tea tree, and herbal extracts – nasturtium, licorice, etc.;
• nourishing hand creams for sensitive skin. This category of creams is developed to prevent damages caused by irritating factors. Among their active ingredients are moisturizing, nourishing and antiseptic components, such as bisphosphonates, tea tree oil, calendula, glycerin, lanoline, lecithin;
• nourishing hand creams with protective action. These cosmetic products are the most popular during the cold season, when the skin is affected by aggressive external factors. These creams have a dense texture and are aimed to prevent dryness, regenerate damaged tissues, protect from freezing injuries and weathering, heal microcracks, soothe, recover lipid layer. There are special ingredients which can cope with these tasks: natural oils – tea tree, olive, maize, soya-bean, and also bisphosphonate complexes, panthenol, lanolin, glycerin.

The skin of the hands is much more vulnerable to negative external influence than other skin zones. Hands are always in close contact with the environment – sun, wind, temperature range, they are often exposed to cleansing, bleaching and other chemical agents. For this reason, the skin of hands quickly gets old, there appear skin exfoliation, micro damages and micro cracks. This is why hands demand as much attention as the face. A regular use of a good nourishing cream not only helps to saturate the skin with necessary vitamins, macro and micronutrients, but also creates a protecting barrier against negative external factors.

 

What are the functions of a nourishing hand cream

Nourishment and protection are the leading functions of this category of creams, but in fact they have a wider range of positive actions:

• cells’ structure regeneration;
• repair of skin youth and elasticity;
• fight against skin roughening;
• removal of redness, exfoliation, micro cracks;
• prevention of dehydration;
• regeneration of lipid film;
• fight with wrinkles and aging changes;
• antiseptic action.

Tea tree oil is a multipurpose natural product with a wide range of useful features. It has antihistamine and antibacterial action and is effectively used for treating the different disorders and disfunctions like removing inflammatory, reducing pain, normalizing blood circulation, improving lymph drainage etc.

Due to the skin regeneration ability, tea tree oil is one of commonly used ingredients in different cosmetic products. In addition, it has a whitening ability. Tea tree oil can get into the skin depth, cleanse skin, remove acne, eczemas and sores. Having the ability to balance oil glands functioning, tea tree oil prevents pore clogging and abscesses appearance.

 

The tea tree oil efficiency

The unique complex of useful properties has ensured broad applicability to tea tree oil not only in cosmetology, but in medicine for treating a variety of dermatological diseases. It is used for:

• treating fungal infections of toes. Oil should be rubbed into the damaged skin and nails or soaked;
• complex lips sores treatment. Being used locally, it reduces inflammation and infection spreading, removes itching, swelling and flushing of damaged areas;
• papilloma treatment, which is effective due to the papilloma virus etiology;
• wart removing;
• dermatitis treating. The oil relaxes skin and narrowing the inflammation area.
• psoriasis treating as a part of complex therapy in composition of creams or ointments. Tea tree oil effectively moisturizes dry skin areas;
• Itching removing, which is a symptom of different dermatological issues. The oil has an antipruritic action, removes swelling and flushing of inflamed areas;
• roseas of virus etiology treatment. The oil provides skin with a complex antivirus and anti-inflammatory action, moisturizes skin.

 

Besides that, cosmetic products with a tea tree oil has distinguished themselves while cellulite treatment. They prevent stretch marks developing and encourage their removing, are used for the scars treating and regulate sweat secreting and neutralize unpleasant smell.

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