Being under a lot of stress can affect your body in more ways than you probably realize. Stress impacts your sleep, your mood, and your skin, among many other things. So, when a sudden, increasingly stressful event occurs, it can send your skin into a fit (which, we all know causes more stress). It's a vicious cycle.
"Everyone is different, and everyone reacts differently to the various stressors that arrive in their days," said Tammy Fender, aesthetician and holistic practitioner. "So often when we are emotionally drained, or exhausted, or both, the skin shows it." Breakouts, redness, and rashes are just a few of the characteristics of stressed skin, but what causes this flare-up to occur in the first place?
What Causes Your Skin to Become "Stressed"?
"Stress causes unbalancing of the immune system, which allows activation of inflammatory diseases, such as rosacea, acne, dermatitis, and psoriasis, which reduce your ability to fight off viral, bacterial, yeast, fungal, and parasite infections," said Carl Thornfeldt, dermatologist and CEO and founder of Episciences, Inc. In addition to inflammatory diseases, stress also impacts oil and sweat production (hello, acne), as well as an increased sensitivity of the nerves which can result in itchiness, burning, prickly, or pain sensations. "Stress can contribute to a change in the hormonal balance, which can trigger irritation and the eruption of redness, or even a rash," said Fender.
How to Soothe Stressed Skin
In an ideal world, we would be able to snap our fingers and remove the external stress from our lives, but unfortunately that's not possible. Instead, it's all about making small changes to combat stress. "As a holistic practitioner, my approach is to treat stressed skin as a physical, emotional, and spiritual condition," said Fender. That's where practicing self-care and taking care of your body comes in. "This can mean switching to plant-based skin care, getting betteRead More – Source
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