Water can help hydrate your skin, but did you know it can also prevent acne and other skin conditions? Below are some benefits of drinking more water for clear skin:
Water helps your body avoid overheating by regulating body temperature and helping prevent heat boils or hot rashes caused by exercise or extreme temperatures.
1. It Helps Flush Out Toxins
Drinking plenty of water is one of the best ways to keep your skin clear. Doing this flushes out toxins from your body and can reduce acne breakouts and other blemishes while simultaneously keeping skin hydrated for an enviable healthy glow that no moisturizer could match.
Water can help relieve headaches caused by dehydration. Simply sip on some when the pain begins.
Athleticians and other physically active people need to drink plenty of water during physical activities. Sweat causes their body to rapidly lose water and electrolytes like sodium; replenishing lost fluids with fresh supplies of fluid can prevent muscle fatigue and speed recovery times.
2. It Helps Reduce Acne
Though not a cure for acne, water may help manage its symptoms. A healthy immune system and regular hydration support an inflamed skin from becoming the source of breakouts.
Drinking water can help to reduce these clogs by keeping skin hydrated and regulating how much oil is released by our bodies.
Staying hydrated is another key to keeping skin soft, smooth and healthy. Staying hydrated helps tighten loose sagging skin gradually while also decreasing dryness that leads to cracked and itchy skin patches. Drinking plenty of water also can improve skin hydration levels and balance as well as decrease fine lines and wrinkles over time.
3. It Helps Reduce Dry Skin
Drinking water has long been touted as the key to healthy-looking skin and to hydration; indeed, when your body loses too much fluid through sweating or other means, it can leave your complexion looking flaky and tight; leaving behind fine lines and wrinkles in its wake.
However, to effectively address dryness, moisturizer is more beneficial than simply drinking more water. Drinking water does not directly hydrate skin – rather, it must first pass through your digestive system, be absorbed into bloodstream, then be filtered by kidneys before reaching outer layers of the skin.
Even when drinking enough water, your skin could still become dehydrated due to external influences like cold weather, overwashing (which strips oil from the skin), harsh exfoliation or other skincare products that don’t correspond with your specific skin type.
4. It Helps Reduce Scars
Water is essential in terms of skin health. While it doesn’t erase acne scars, it does help prevent future breakouts by pushing out existing ones and relieving dryness by hydrating cells, lubricating skin, and decreasing chances of clogged pores.
Water should always be consumed when feeling thirsty, and starting and ending your day with a glass. Water can help reduce dark circles and puffy eyes by decreasing inflammation and improving circulation, flushing out toxins from your body that contribute to acne breakouts, healing existing scars faster, reducing fine lines/wrinkles such as crow’s feet more quickly – it is one of the easiest and most effective ways to stay skin healthy!
5. It Helps Reduce Wrinkles
Consuming several gallons of water daily won’t erase wrinkles or plump up skin, but it will help your cells remain healthy and reduce your chances of suffering from dry skin conditions, which can cause redness, itching, flaking and other adverse symptoms.
Drinking too much water can cause your cells to swell up, a condition known as water intoxication that is both unhealthy and potentially lethal.
As it stands, most people don’t require drinking extra water in order to have clear skin. There are other more efficient and healthier methods of accomplishing the same results such as topical skincare products and treatments such as Michelle Sivolob’s services as a Registered Nurse at Westlake Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery where she performs dermal fillers, neurotoxin injections and photofacials; she is passionate about skincare benefits and advocates for leading a healthy lifestyle, including adequate hydration.
