The International E-Magazine On Adolecent Health; Skin and Skeletal.Muscular System Volume 1 | Page 2

Marcelo Decrescenzo
Santiago Castaño

Octavio Hermida
Jorge Rodriguez

Guidelines for skin care in adolescents
The skin is a very important part of our body, it protects us from pathogens and helps
maintain the body healthy, but it is also very important to keep the skin healthy and to
take care of it. During the adolescence the skin can be very fragile and can cause teens
to have acne due to their changing hormones. It is very important to realize that the skin
must be taken care of even if we think it’s not that important.
There are many different factors that affect our skin and there are many ways in which
we can take care of our skin. Some ways in which we can take care of our skin are using
sunscreen when we go out, because although vitamin D (which the sun provides) is very
important for adolescents to be able to grow, skin can be damage for being exposed for
too long to the sun, so by using sunscreen we can protect our sink from being burned
and damage. It is recommended to wash your skin every day at least once, so it’s
important to shower once a day, and since our face is more fragile we need to wash our
face twice per day to keep it clean and healthy. Another thing that helps keep our skin
healthy is not to be picking in any pimples or blemishes that we might get, although you
may want to get rid of them picking on them can cause a scat in your skin. This also
means not to be touching your skin with things that are very dirty or that may cause your
skin to have a bad reaction, be sure to wash your hands every time before you touch
your skin.
Other important things that affect our skin are those things that we do to the skin, like
tattoos or piercings. Although they may seem cool for teens nowadays, or they are the
mainstream right know it’s important to know the effects that these things have on our
skin and or body. These things can harm our skin for the rest of our lives and can cause
diseases in our body that will make our lives harder to live. So it’s important to realize
the consequences of choosing to do this type of things before doing them.
Even if we do take care of our skin it’s also important consider that there needs to be a
limit. Some teens spend hours in the bathroom trying to make their skin look perfect and
that can be harmful. We need to take care of our skin but not in an extreme way.

Taking care of our skin is as
important as letting it rest and
not using so many medicaments
on it. During the adolescence is
very important to take care of
the skin, and if you do, you will
be able to have a healthy skin
for the rest of your life, if you
keep taking care of it that is.