Transition Your Skin Care from Winter to Spring

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Despite the flaking that results from wintry weather, many people avoid exfoliation during the winter months because it can dry out the skin. As the weather warms up and the humidity increases, however, our skin is better able to tolerate acids and stronger formulations.

Start Exfoliating

Spring is the prime time to return to exfoliating and brighten dull winter skin.

You don't have to limit yourself to just physical exfoliation. Chemical exfoliation can also be incorporated into your spring skin-care routine. 

Carilion Clinic Cosmetic Center offers several exfoliation products to help you kickstart your spring skin-care regimen—and your employee discount puts them within reach.

  • SkinMedica AHA/BHA Cleanser
  • ZO Exfoliating Cleanser
  • ZO Exfoliating Polish
  • ZO Dual Action Scrub

Switch It up

While the rich emollients in heavy creams feel amazing on dry winter skin, we do not need such intense moisturizers in warmer, more humid weather. Lighter moisturizers with humectants and hyaluronic acid or water-based formulations are best for spring and summer months.

Our Cosmetic Center offers a range of products perfect for switching up your seasonal skin-care routine.

  • SkinMedica HA5 Rejuvenating Hydrator
  • Obagi Hydrate
  • Revision Hydrating Serum

Upgrade Your SPF

Sun protection is important year-round, but UV rays grow stronger as the planet draws nearer to the sun during spring and summer, so it's a good time to increase your SPF to at least 50.

Products that offer broad-spectrum coverage are key to ensuring adequate sun protection. Make the most of summer's simplified makeup routine by using a tinted moisturizer/SPF instead of a heavy foundation.

Some high-quality SPF products offered at our Cosmetic Center include:

  • Revision lntellishade
  • ZO Broad-Spectrum SPF 50
  • ZO Daily Sheer Broad-Spectrum SPF 50

Go Pro

Here are some great professional treatment options for summer offered by our Cosmetic Center:

  • Microdermabrasion and dermaplaning
  • Light chemical peels
  • Hydrafacials
  • Moxi laser resurfacing
  • Laser hair reduction with BareHR

For questions about any of these products or services, or to schedule a consultation with a master aesthetician about which are right for your skin, call our Cosmetic Centers:

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Spring is an ideal time to reintroduce exfoliation into your skin-care routine to combat dullness accumulated during winter.

Both chemical and physical exfoliation are recommended, as humidity increases and skin can better tolerate acids and stronger formulations.

As temperatures rise, lighter moisturizers with humectants and emollients are preferred over heavy creams.