Both women and men can use certain vegetable oils and other natural oils to keep their skin young, healthy, and beautiful. Good quality pure virgin olive oil is one of them. Another oil that can be recommended is argan oil. Another natural substance useful for this purpose is squalane. This is a hydrocarbon produced naturally in the human body, the body of marine animals, and in certain plants.
You can use pure olive oil and argan oil, or a mixture of these directly on the skin. Squalane is already a component of these oils. You can add additional squalane to the mix to enhance the effect, but this substance can cause irritation if used in its pure form on a regular basis.
Good quality olive oil is readily available at any supermarket or grocery store. Argan or squalane oil can be found at pharmacies, certain general stores, or through online purchases.
These oils will reduce inflammation and encourage healing of all types of skin injuries. They also counteract injuries due to excessive sun exposure. They probably don’t block the sun’s ultraviolet rays in the same way that sunscreen lotions and creams do. They should not be used instead of sunscreen for prolonged exposure to the sun.
There are many ways to use these oils to benefit the health and beauty of the skin. Here’s a handy procedure that’s fine to use a few times each week:
– First take a warm shower and wash your whole body with mild soap.
– Rinse off all the soap.
– Then dry your whole body with a clean towel and wait a few minutes for it to be completely dry.
– Then spread the oil of your choice all over your body and on your face. Use so much that you feel like there is excess oil all over your body.
– Then wait a few minutes. During this time, you can massage yourself with your hands or let someone else do the massage so that the oil penetrates your skin well.
– Then take a new warm shower, but this time without soap. Now most of the excess oil will drain off during the shower.
– Finally dry your whole body with a new clean and dry towel. The towel will soak up any excess oil.
After this procedure, your skin will be saturated with oil, but not excessively. The skin will feel smooth, shiny and comfortable after the procedure.
A man can use the procedure after having shaved. If he has a heavy growth of hair on his body, the procedure works best if he shaves the skin on his body first during the first shower.
