5 Ways Your Mood Can Affect Your Skin

It’s not just in your head — everyday stress, mood disorders, and even your emotion-driven facial expressions can affect your skin’s health and appearance.

Have you noticed that pimples and skin breakouts tend to be worse when you’re stressed?Boris Jovanovic/Stocksy

Being stressed out can have a major impact on your health — and that extends to your skin health, too. Stress can lead to breakouts and exacerbate conditions such as eczema and psoriasis, experts say, and that’s just one example of how what you’re feeling on the inside can show up on the outside.

“Your mood can absolutely affect your skin, and your skin can affect your mood,” says the board-certified dermatologist Doris Day, MD, who practices in New York City.

Read more here: https://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-skin/ways-your-mood-can-affect-your-skin/