8 Common Habits That Affect Your Appearance

Brushing your hair after a shower is one of the common habits that can harm your hair. Indeed, it is often advisable to do it only when they are dry so as not to damage them.

Generally speaking, we don’t take the time to ask ourselves if our daily habits are the best.

However, certain often very common habits seriously damage our physical appearance, or can affect our health.

The problem is that very often, when we realize it, it is already too late to act.

For this reason, today we are going to show you in this article several common habits that can affect your overall appearance and which you should avoid at all costs.

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1. Sit with your legs crossed

Sitting with your legs crossed is a fairly common position among women. In fact, many people associate it with elegance.

• However, with the legs crossed, the blood flow does not flow properly through the legs. By decreasing, the blood flow will then produce problems such as varicose veins.
• In addition, it is a posture that promotes back pain and problems in the reproductive organs, due to the pressure on the leg for long periods of time.

2. Taking very hot showers is a common bad habit

For many people, taking a hot shower is pleasant and relaxing. We do not realize it, but the skin is often affected by too high temperatures. It’s a bit like getting sunburned, because hot water alters the skin’s natural balance.

For this reason, this habit can sometimes promote the appearance of irritation, itching or dryness of the skin.

• Dermatologists recommend reducing the temperature of the water, but also the time you spend in the shower.
• You should also be careful with the use of moisturizers and avoid those that could have aggressive effects on the skin.

If possible, you should not use products that have strong odors. Also, try not to buy ones that have large particles that could damage the skin.

3. Combing your hair after showering is one of the common bad habits

Combing your hair immediately after taking a shower is a very common habit. It is a gesture that we do almost automatically, but which is not conducive to the health of the hair. Indeed, the hair is much more fragile when it is wet than when it is dry.

• So if you wash your hair and comb it right after, it is more likely to break and fall out.
• If you want to keep your hair healthy, you should rather dry your hair with a soft towel immediately after bathing. Then let them dry naturally before brushing them.
• No matter how long your hair is, start brushing it through the ends.

4. Regularly use exfoliators

Sometimes we believe that by using exfoliators continuously, our face will remain free of blemishes. The problem is, if we use them too often, we can increase fat production or skin dryness.

For this reason, dermatologists do not recommend using exfoliating creams. Instead, they advise choosing mild lactic acid or glycolic acid based scrub creams instead.

5. Take the position of thought

The position of thought is very common and we all adopt it without realizing it. We usually do it when we are sitting and focused while reading or in front of the computer.

While adopting this posture, the hand exerts a slight pressure on the chin. Even if this gesture is light, it gradually moves the hyoid bone in a completely imperceptible way.

This habit leads to obstruction of blood flow to the area and, as a result, deforms the chin. Likewise, this gesture also accelerates the premature aging of the skin.

6. Touching your face constantly

It is common to regularly touch your face with your hands several times a day and not notice it. We do this automatically, but the hands are not always clean.

Be aware that this gesture can be the cause of many problems for your skin.

• You can cause irritation or acne because dirt and bacteria build up on your hands and immediately pass to your face when you touch it.

7. Not using sunscreen properly is a common bad habit

The damage to the ozone layer increases and the sun’s rays penetrate more directly. This has the effect of harming our skin more and more.

Very often we make the mistake of using sunscreen only on the skin of the face. We mistakenly believe that this is the only part exposed to the sun’s rays.

It is important to apply sunscreen on the face but also on other areas of the body. As soon as you leave your house, get in the habit of protecting your arms, neckline and other areas exposed to direct sunlight as well.

In this way, you will avoid premature aging and skin spots.

8. Go to bed without removing makeup

Very often we are tired or we come home from a party and go to bed without removing make-up.  Make-up accumulates in the pores, clogging them and can cause infections but also acne.

Before going to bed, it is always advisable to apply a cleanser, then wash your face and, finally, use a moisturizer.

We all have habits which are not particularly good and which can cause damage to our body and of course also to our skin.

Take note of these common habits which can harm our skin and make it look much older.