Face, hands and feet are the most exposed to the weather and the results are obvious: rosacea, chilblains, redness.
The long exposure to low temperature or prolonged immobility in a cold environment, causes a narrowing of blood vessels to contain the dispersion of heat, the heart beat faster to increase the arrival of warm blood in the most exposed areas like the head, hands and feet.
If the cold persists and threatens to bring down body temperature under 35 degrees, the compensation mechanism is triggered, which dilates blood vessels, which causes an oozing of blood from the capillary wall, the areas exposed to cold reddened and, if not returns quickly to heat, redness that does not pass multiple formats chilblains on hands and feet and rosacea on the face.
Here are some tips to implement good prevention.

Face:
• Apply a cream ipernutriente and iperidratante when one is exposed to cold but also when it falls in the home
• If the skin is more proven than usual, also effective masks nutrients and decongestants honey or seaweed
• When you apply the moisturizer, it is important to dwell a bit ‘more on high-risk areas such as cheeks and around the eyes


• Fighting the contaminants by eating some food “pollution” such as whole grains, carrots, cabbage, citrus fruits and berries, rich in antioxidant vitamins.
• Protect your lips several times a day with sticks or creams highly protective as those based on karate butter, beeswax, calendula.

Hands:
• Protect it with gloves and outdoor chores in both dry and always with care, because the water trapped between the surface layers of the dermis to the cold air, causing redness.


• During the housework under the best to wear rubber gloves, a pair of cotton gloves to avoid excessive sweating and irritation caused by contact with latex
• Apply a moisturizer every night and several times a day, a nourishing cream
• For those who suffer from poor circulation and always has cold hands, could benefit dall’idroterapia astray and prepare the first two bowls with hot water at 35-40 degrees, the second with cold water at 15 degrees in which to pay a handful of flowers hay purchased in herbal medicine: Soak hands in warm water for 2 minutes, then in cold water for half a minute to be repeated for 4-5 times.

Feet:
• Make every night a hot and cold footbath as a genuine vascular workout, indicated in cases of tiredness or heaviness of legs; go performed with the help of two basins, the first filled with water at 38 degrees, the second with water at 17-18 degrees, dip your feet in warm water for 5 minutes, then in cold water for half a minute and repeat 4-5 times.
• chilblains ie red-purple nodules that cause annoying itching and burning, can be treated with ointments or creams specific vitamin A, C, D, and applied with gentle massage.

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