With our eyes constantly glued to our smartphones, for many of us, the number one source of news is your uncle’s Facebook status, and our source for healthcare products is more likely to be that TikTok ad rather than your family doctor. And we really don’t get a break from it! Most of our personal, social, and professional lives happen behind a screen and with today’s algorithms fueled by big data, advertisers know exactly what they should be selling you. And when. And how much of it can you handle before you dive in.
If you’re reading this article, well give yourself a pat on the back because you’re already a few steps ahead of the flock. Because when it comes to your health, you don’t want to be packing your bathroom shelves full with everything that pops up on Instagram promising “quick solutions.” That’s not how it works. As any doctor or pharmacist will tell you, medications, creams, ointments, and pills should almost never be the first thing you reach for.
And that’s not to say they can’t do wonders! The advancement of pharmaceutical technology in the last half century has been nothing short of a miracle and has saved or extended millions, possibly billions, of lives around the world. So no – we’re not going to be one of “them” to tell you to go through your medicine cabinet with a big trash bag and keep your body “natural” by using only herbal medicine. Yes, herbal medicine has been used for thousands of years, but for thousands of years, most people didn’t live past 40 or 50!
The world of science and medicine has come so far that it would be nuts to not think you should embrace at least some of it as beneficial for your body. In fact, we think most of it is pretty damn good, but here’s the thing you probably haven’t heard much of. Just like everything else we consume, medical care products should be consumed in small doses. And when we need them. We know that might be hard to comprehend in today’s consumerist world where everyone is trying to get you to buy everything and anything, but it’s what all doctors, pharmacists, and physiologists will tell you.
In terms of your health, nowhere is this “less is more” mindset more important than with skincare. Your skin is among the most vital bodily systems for care, as it’s always being exposed to the elements, including toxins and germs. It’s meant to take the hit for the rest of your body, absorbing all the unwanted stuff that your body doesn’t want and keeping the more sensitive and less care-demanding systems below it safe. And it does a pretty good job, but it takes huge hits in the process. Every month or two, each skin cell dies and is replenished in a process called exfoliation. While other external parts of the body, such as your hair and nails, do serve a similar function, they are not living tissues full of live cells like your skin.
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