It’s not always possible for adults to maintain the firm and blemish-free complexion like their youth, but it doesn’t mean you’ll have to give up on your pursuit to age gracefully. Here, we will share a list of dermatologist-recommended tips for smoother skin from head to toe.

• Consider your diet to get better skin

A healthy and nutritious diet plays a very important role to maintain smooth skin. You should avoid junk food, processed foods, alcohol, and refined carbs for the destruction of good bacteria and create an imbalance in your gut’s microbiome, leading to inflammation that can also manifest in your skin.

Instead of these unhealthy foods, add more vitamins and antioxidants to your diet, in the form of fruits and vegetables, they will help in boosting your skin’s defenses against free radical damage. You can also include fish in your diet, they are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for smooth, radiant skin.

You can also add Vitamins A and C and Zinc, they all play an integral role in skin repairing and health. Dairy products, poultry products, legumes, meat, and dark chocolates, all are good sources of Zinc.

• Take Enough Sleep

Stress is the biggest enemy of your skin, and when you are not allowing your body to rest and recover from the daily stress. Your body recovers itself from daily stress while you take enough sleep. If you don’t take enough quality sleep, it can cause premature aging of the skin. If you noticed every, you got that those who take proper rest, have less scalloping under the eyes and in their tear troughs and have plump, fresh-appearing skin. So, it’s time to make beauty sleep a priority. Taking seven to eight hours of good quality sleep every night rejuvenates your skin and your body.

• Add Regular Exercise in Your Daily Routine

You are eating veggies and fruits and you are following a healthier lifestyle, and you think that you will get smoother skin, then your journey to a healthier lifestyle and smoother skin is incomplete. With healthy eating habits, you will have to add regular exercise to your daily routine. Exercise encourages more blood volume to be pumped through the vessels of the face, leading to more micronutrients and healing properties to the facial skin. It also helps in regulating skin-significant hormones and prevents free radical damage.

• Cleansing Or Exfoliation

Cleansing and mild exfoliation make your skin smoother, and bright by removing dead skin cells on the surface and allows light to reflect from the skin. If you double cleanse your skin as per your skin type, is a good way to make sure you remove all traces of clogged pores, dirt, impurities, oil or sebum, and makeup residue without the risks of over-washing and drying out your skin.

• Keep Your Skin Hydrated With the Right Moisturizers

Whether you have dry or oily skin, keep your skin hydrated and moisturized is very important to balance your skin’s sebum production, and prevent flaking and dry patches and replenish lost moisture. Lotions and creams are moisturizers that can plump up some of the dead skin cells and provide a smoother-feeling texture by adding an oily layer to the skin’s surface.  There are different types of moisturizers available in the market, as per your skin type you can choose the good one.

• Drink Plenty of Water

Water also plays a very important role to provide you smoother skin, so make water your best friend. It helps in flushing out the toxins from your body and gives you blemish-free, and radiant skin. The more water you drink, the more hydrated and plumper your cells become. So, drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water, you can also include water-loaded fruits and vegetables like watermelon, cucumber, and more. They are loaded with micronutrients and antioxidants to maintain healthy skin.

• Avoid the Sun Exposure

You already know that UV radiation is bad for our skin. Most of the skin damage is caused by a lifetime of unprotected sun exposure. Chronic sun damage throughout our life has the cumulative effect of destroying the collagen and elastin that make up the connective tissues of our skin. For daily use, opt for broad-spectrum SPF 30 to SPF 50 to give your skin adequate defense from both UVA and UVB rays.