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A workout can work wonders to your body as it helps reduce your stress, makes you fit and healthy and also helps you lose weight. However in the process, there is also a high chance of your workout creating havoc to your skin if you don’t take the necessary precautions. So here are some preventive skin care tips worth following:

1. Use your SPF

If you go to the gym for your workout during the day, don’t forget to slather on your sunscreen. It’s better if you apply a lightweight SPF of about 30 to avoid any clogging of pores. A heavy formula reacts with your sweat to trigger a bad breakout.

While letting your hair lose, not wearing gloves while working out and dehydration are some things you should not do while at the gym, there are some additional gym habits to avoid for optimal skin care.

Touching your face

It’s better if you avoid touching your face during workouts, especially if you are doing weights or cardio machines as these machines do breed bacteria. As you don’t want to unnecessarily introduce bacteria to your skin, which can lead to new breakouts and spread existing ones, it’s better to keep your hands off your skin. The best way to do this is by maintaining a habit of washing your hands after your workout.

While moisturizers and stopping smoking can help control dry skin in men, even men with oily skin need to tackle dry skin sometime. Like in the winters, especially if you have a tendency of spending lots of time outdoors. This is because while the temperatures plunge and the sky fills with winds, the body’s moisture retaining quality takes a beating.

Moreover, the air is less humid during the winter season, which ends up practically sucking moisture out of your skin. So it’s not that easy stopping the skin drying process. On the contrary, there are some things you can do to maintain healthy and moisturized skin even in the cold winters.

The human skin is not only the biggest organ of the body, but is also responsible for various things like sense of touch and temperature, protecting the insides and for storing important daily life ingredients like water and vitamin D.

So the skin works a lot, and may not withstand harsh weather conditions, improper care and other habits which leads to dry skin. Prevention is always better than cure; so instead of waiting for the symptoms of dry skin to set in like pain, tightness and itchiness, try these moisturizing tips.