There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing. But on some parts of the body, clothing doesn't help - such as the face. When cycling, the wind chill effect also cools you down: at 30 kilometres per hour, zero degrees on the thermometer feels like minus 6.5 degrees on your skin. What's more, you hardly sweat in the cold and the skin stops producing sebum at temperatures below eight degrees Celsius. However, the skin needs both in order to form a hydrolipidic film, a mixture of sweat and sebum that surrounds it like a protective coat.
If you want to arm your skin against the winter cold, you should use protective creams. Dr Peter Manstein, dermatologist and racing cyclist, recommends water-in-oil emulsions: "They are based on fatty substances and form a protective film against wind, water and dehydration." A cream with a high water content, on the other hand, can even remove moisture from the skin in cold weather or lead to frostbite, says Manstein. If the composition is not clear from the information on the packaging, it can be recognised by the consistency: oil-in-water lotions are more fluid, are absorbed more quickly and feel lighter than water-in-oil creams, which initially leave a visible film on the skin.
The test results of these products can be found below as a PDF download:
- Heat products:
Active 3 Warm-Up Massage Oil
Born Warming Up
Hansaplast Warm & Care Foot Cream
Ozone Elite
Sixtufit Sport Start Oil
Sixtufit Sport Cream
Sport Lvit Sport Oil Active
Sportique Whying Up Cream
Sportslife Warm Up Fluid
- Cold protection products:
Avène Cold Cream
Babylove Wind & Weather Face Cream
Bregenzerwald mountain fir goat's butter ointment
Born Protext Extra
Eimü Hama Milking Grease
Eucerin Face Cream 12 % Omega
Ladival sun and cold protection
Sportique Elements Cream
Weleda Coldcream
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