Moisturized Skin Helps Provide Protection Against Pathogens
(and gives our primary immune defense system a fighting chance.)
During this COVID-19 pandemic we are all trying to do our best to prevent the spread of infection by maintaining social distancing and constantly washing our hands. Dry skin abounds as a result, and in this article, I want to explain why moisturized skin is also equally important to our health.
First of all, hooray for those of us doing our part to fight the devastating impact of this virus by adhering to these guidelines. (And kudos to our mom, a nurse working with dialysis patients, many with COVID-19.)
At A Girl’s Gotta Spa! proper skin care is at the apex of our mission, not just for beauty, but for health!
As a retired nurse and AGGS team member, I couldn?t help but notice the magnitude and severity of people?s chapped and dry skin in the market places.
When I saw this, my spidy senses began to tingle! You might be thinking, ?Courtney, really" Dry skin is what?s turning up your tentacles during this pandemic"!?
My answer is, absolutely and with emphasis! Before you shrug me off too quick, here is why:
Our skin is the largest organ on the bodyOur skin is our PRIMARY barrier to prevent the entrance of nasty pathogensOur skin is not only a barrier it IS an active and complex immune system organOur skin is a surveillance systemOur skin is noted by Dr. Salmon, Armstrong, and Ansel as ?The frontline of immune protection against environmental toxins and microbes.?...
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