Depression and your skin condition

When you’re feeling down and out, you can barely look in the mirror, much less try to do anything to improve your appearance. But at a cellular level, your skin is suffering right along with you. As your body becomes depressed, your cells start to slow down, causing a multitude of problems, not the least of which, sallow and unhealthy skin.

As you begin to feel sad, you might start forgetting your skin care routine. You fall asleep without washing your face or applying your favorite lotions and potions. This results in skin damage due to dirt and chemical buildup. You might also begin to eat unhealthy foods (or not eat at all) which can slow down the cellular function and repair for your body.

If your body is depressed, the cells are not functioning at their highest capacity. In order to have healthy skin, there needs to be a constant turnover of skin cells. This way, the dead skin cells are pushed to the surface of the skin, while the newer skin cells emerge and showcase a brighter complexion. If your mind is not healthy, your cells can not turnover as easily as they should, leaving you with a dull appearance.

By taking a few moments to simply drink some water and to get a little exercise, you will be able to enhance the appearance of your skin as well as to begin to increase your moods. Exercise has been shown to not only improve blood flow to the skin, but also to encourage rapid cellular repair – this adds up to fewer wrinkles as well as more moisture in the skin itself.

Feeling depressed is something that everyone experiences at once point or another, but it doesn’t mean that you need to look unhealthy at the same time. You can do something about your depression and if you feel that you need more help, check with your doctor to see what options you have.