«TBasically most people don’t really know their own skin – this is the problem at the base of many blemishes, including acne” explains Alice Lastrato, skin therapist who, in this area, has helped many people including Chiara Ferragni, Aurora Ramazzotti and Matilda De Angelis. She today she is the author of Under skinbook written together with the journalist Azzurra Digiovanni. More than a manual, a real path to better understand your person and your body.
Acne, the difficulty of accepting it
It’s easy to talk about skin positivity. It is difficult to put it into practice. As Alice Lastrato explains in the book: «It’s not mandatory to love or accept each other but everyone must have the right to be able to do it. As well as starting a path of change».
And that’s what the expert tries to do during her sessions. With a past in the holistic world, «after dealing with acne on my skin and starting a journey of self-knowledge, I am now a skin therapist. In practice, I passed from caring for the soul to caring for its “container”».
Acne according to Alice Lastrato
“Acne for me it is not an epidermal problem but a blemish, a way that the body uses to tell us that something is not working and it must be changed. At the same time, however, it is also a disabling phenomenon that makes people much more fragile, especially in a world where perfection is fundamental».
Because of this Alice Lastrato pushes first of all to build a conciliatory relationship with oneself, which can also go through a psychological therapy. A journey that the skin therapist begins with a series of questions that she asks all of her clients: «What do you do for your skin every day? Are you living in a particular period of your life?». THEThe secret of beautiful skin also lies in understanding each other.
Among the causes of acne, a bad relationship with the skin
«Acne is believed to have a genetic or hormonal origin. Definitely, but sometimes the origin of the blemish is elsewhere. For example in an incorrect skincare routine, in a period of stress understood, both negative and positive, which leaves consequences on the epidermis».
Matilda De Angelis, client of skin expert Alice Lastrato (Getty Images)
What does it mean? “Often we don’t consider that the skin, at any age, has its needs and requirements that must be listened to and satisfied. It is believed that not taking care of the largest organ in our body is not fundamental or always necessary. This is because the blemishes are not immediately evident on the skin surface but appear over time».
Psychodermatology studies the relationship between skin and psyche and how the latter influences the former. Anxiety, trauma, great joys, strong emotions are all factors that can be “read on the face” and influence it.
On the other hand, as the authors write: «The skin is nothing but the mirror of our inner world. Delineate the line between us and each other. Everything that is experienced outwardly could be filtered in through our skin.”
How to take care of acne according to Alice Lastrato
After learning the method from André Malbert, beautician of Caroline of Monaco and Rudolf Nureyev, Alice has learned to “read” the skin and everything it wants to communicate. Then uniting it to the holistic world, a extremely personalized method that is well suited to every problem. Starting from his questions, and which perhaps we should all ask ourselves, Lastrato arrives at theelaboration of an absolutely personalized skincare.
«Taking care of your skin with an adequate routine is essential. The first thing to learn? That the epidermis must be cleansed whenever necessary.
There is a bad habit of washing your face at most twice a day, for fear of ruining your skin. It is not so. For example, cleansing must also be carried out after physical activity to eliminate sebum and sweat» explains the expert.
Sotto Pelle, the book by skin expert Alice Lastrato written with Azzurra Digiovanni (Fabbri publisher)
The importance of hydration for the skin
The second fundamental step is hydration: «It is essential for all ages, from adolescence to mature age. Moisturizing means donating water to the skin, just like you do with plants. And it is thanks to hydration that the skin maintains its turgidity and its compactness over time».
A step that over time turns into an anti-aging treatment thanks to the introduction of plumping ingredients into your routine.
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