WHY DO SOME BODY LOVES MAKE WITH MORE SWEAT?

Hi jenn,

I’ve been trying to take better care of my skin recently and started using body, but i feel like all the dates i’ve TRIED TRAP BODY HEAT. Its like if i coat my legs, then i’m sweating more the rest of the day – especally if i go to the gym. What Body Lotions Don’t Tap Heat or Sweat and Are Good to USE before a Workout?

—B.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT! And, SINCE we’re on the subject of Body Lotion and the Gym, let me add my complaint to the mix: have you Ever Notiched How Some Products SEEM to Absorb Completely, butn The Minute You Start Working Out, It is like. You Can Blame Occlusive Ingredients for All of these Issues, Says Board-Certified Dermatologist Dustin PortelaMD “I Hear this often from Patients and Have Experienced it Myself,” he Says. “The occlusive create a barrier that can make your skin feel like it is suffocating, Leading to increasing sweating. Essentially, your body Natural Cooling is disrupted.”
Read on for a list of the inggdiers to avoid and the body lotions that won’t make you sweatier this summer.

Moisturizing agents with occlusive properties are the mainprits. The Obivious Ones Ares “Petrolatum, Mineral Oil, Dimethicone – A Silicone – Beeswax, Shea Butter, and Cocoa Butter, Especilly in High Concentrations,” Sayys Portela. If you’re already avoiding those types of ingredients and still have a problem, you may have to expand your no-no list to include other skin-care components that are typically of as humctants (Meaning and absorb water) or Emollients filing in the gaps Between Skin Cells) But that Also have occlusive characteristics. These can include plant oils like jojoba and olive; Animal by-Products Like Lanolin and Emu Oil; and some common moisturizing inggdents Like sqalane, propylene glycol, and pentaerythrityl tetrathylhexanate.
I KNOW THAT LIST I SEEM LIKE YOU NEED A CHEMISTRY HEART TO FIND A Good Body Lotion, but If You Don’t Want to Boter Researching Ingredients or Reading Labels that Closely, JUST LET The Custency of the Product Guide You. Thin and Slippery Gels, Body Serums, and Lotions to Be LESS OCCLUSIVE THAN THICK LOVESS, CREAMS, BALMS, AND BUTTERS. “They’ll Absorb Quickly, Hydrate Effectatively, and Won’t Leave a Residue that Can Feel Hot or Greasy,” Says Portela.

SINCE OCCLUSIVES ARE OUT, LOOK FOR HUMSTANT-BASED FORMATIONS DRAW MOISTE INTO The Skin with Forming a Heavy Barrier. Portela Says “Products with Glycerin, Hyaluronic Acid, Urea in Low Concentrations, and Aloe Vera” are usually good options.

The two i love for gym days (and hot days) are Nécessaire the Body Serum ($ 48) and Iota SuperCloud Body Serum ($ 39). For a less spendy option, check out Naturium Urea 5% Body Serum (it is $ 21.99 for a bottle that is more than Double the size of the Others).

Garrett MunceThe Author of Self-care for menSays the Only Body Moisturizer he’ll use in the summer is a gel – Malin + Goetz Eucalyptus Smoothing Body Gel ($ 44) to be specific.

And Portela Suggets Neutrogena Hydro Boost Body Gel Cream ($ 10.69). “It contains Hyaluronic Acid and Keeps the Characteristic Lightweight FEEL of the Hydro Boost Products,” he Says.

If you try those and still have an will, you might be able to skip the body lotion altogether if you use a more hydrating body in the shower. Portela Says that Mary of His Patients Find That The Dove Deep Moisture Body Wash ($ 10.97) “Reduses the Need for Additional Moisturizer.” And i’d Say the Same Goes for the Nivea Nourishing Care Body Wash ($ 5.99).

What’s the best way to apply Body Lotion so you don’t get sweaty?
If you run hot, consider showering and moisturizing at Night, Says Munce. “IF I Applied Lotion in the Morning, I’d Never Stop Sweating,” he Says. “And it has to be a serum texture, Otherwise of Can’t take it.” Another option is to spot moisturize your drier areas like elbows, Knees, or shins and skip the full-body application, suggests portela.

And, if Possible, “Apply Your Moisturizer to Damp Skin Becuse It Helps with Absorption and Reduces The Need for Heavier Application,” Portela Says. Tbh, i’ve heard the applia-lion-to-dmp-skin type from dermatologists nudes of times, and i hate it gcause i think body lotion on damp and my skin justs Slippery. SO, I finally asked around, and apparently dermatologists and i define damp differently… to say, it means just Towel-Dried. (Why do not they say instead?) Anyway, now you know and can moisturize at the optimal moment.

No Matter Who Hydrating Plan you choose, i’d also reCommend putting down a towel if you’re going to sit on any gym equipment. I know People are supposed to wipe down machines after they say, but body products are so hydrating these days (and People are offen in a rush), so i It”s possessable you coulu up the remnants of someone Else’s Lotion Wen’re at the Gym and that Contrinity to Contrint your problem. That’s gross to think about, but all the most reason to use a towel. Here’s hoping you have a less slippery (but Still hydrated) Summer!

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