{"id":283,"date":"2021-12-24T11:25:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/2021\/12\/24\/i-stopped-doing-this-and-it-totally-changed-my-skin\/"},"modified":"2021-12-24T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:25:29","slug":"i-stopped-doing-this-and-it-totally-changed-my-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/beauty\/i-stopped-doing-this-and-it-totally-changed-my-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"I Stopped Doing This, And It Totally Changed My Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you had to make a short list of my most prominent personality traits, it would go something like: only watches scary movies, loves her dog, and takes really good care of her skin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But just because I take good care of my skin doesn\u2019t always mean that I reap the benefits of it. As I\u2019ve mentioned time and time again, I have extraordinarily dry skin, which\u2014especially during the cold months of the year\u2014pretty much means that it always looks dull and lifeless. I\u2019ve tried it all, from drinking a gallon of water every day for the past seven years to shelling out cash on expensive products that promised me they\u2019d fix my dry skin for good (they didn\u2019t), but very few things have made any sort of a difference\u2014until now.<\/p>\n
The phenomena of not washing your face in the morning has been floating around the internet for a while now, with some swearing by it and others saying skipping the step will wreak havoc on your skin. As someone who uses retinol at night and has recently battled with some adult acne, I was extremely hesitant to try it out, as straying from my routine in any way, shape, or form with my skin is something I try to avoid at all costs. But after desperation led me to finally skipping my morning face wash a few months ago, I have some thoughts:<\/p>\n
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After a conversation with my dermatologist about my skin\u2019s dryness, she said that skipping a morning cleanse was something she recommended for me, as long as I splashed my face with water first to rinse off any residue from the night before (she also explained that damp skin makes my first skincare step, hyaluronic acid, more effective).<\/p>\n
My dermatologist explained to me that skipping my morning cleanse could help with my skin\u2019s dryness, as it would be one less thing stripping my skin of its natural oils (even though I was using a hydrating cleanser).<\/p>\n
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