How to Rehydrate Your Skin After Holiday Bingeing

The holidays are synonymous with last-minute bingeing thanks to all the reunions and parties. Plus, it feels good to finish off the year with a final round of guilt-free merriment before the resolutions kick in. However, this innocent fun carries consequences that you’ll need to deal with come the new year – including parched skin. Want to revive your glowing complexion? Find out how to rehydrate your skin, stat!

End-of-the-year partying won’t give you zits and fine lines per se, but overindulging on rich food, late nights, and drinking can. Here are some ways holiday bingeing could impact your skin health.

Picture this: You fill up on lechon, jamon, barbecue, and liempo. You don’t realize it, but you slip into a food coma – yes, with your greasy, meat-sweaty face.

The scientific link between eating oily food and oily skin is shaky at best. However, a food binge not followed by a proper skin-cleansing routine is a recipe for clogged pores. Clogged pores are the gateway to pimples, whiteheads, and blackheads. Don’t forget to wash your hands, too.

Back-to-back parties this season? A healthy nightlife can be good for your soul, but the sum of staying up too late and excessive drinking is exhaustion, puffiness (thanks, french fries!), and dehydration – which you know means dry skin, chapped lips, and even acne breakouts!

Have you been hanging out in bars and clubs a lot? Exposure to secondhand smoke can also make you more prone to signs of aging, like wrinkles and sagging.

Sugar is the worst thing for your health and skin! Excessive sugar intake can mess up your hormone levels, triggering health issues that can manifest on your skin. There’s even a term for it – sugar face! 

Too many sweets can set glycation in motion. Glycation is when sugar molecules break down collagen and elastin and trigger toxic compounds called advanced glycation end products. AGEs generate free radicals that can cause wrinkles and hyperpigmentation.

Sugar is not the only ingredient that can wreak havoc on your skin. Other food items can prompt your oil glands to go on overdrive – many of them are long-time staples on your holiday feast. Salt, dairy, refined grains, and spicy food can trigger some serious skin issues.

You don’t have to give up your favorite queso de bola. Just enjoy it in moderation.

Remember all the things you did during the holidays that dehydrated your skin? Just do the reverse. A well-balanced lifestyle may sound boring but it’s most effective secret to reviving and maintaining healthy skin. Master how to rehydrate your skin with these tips:

Sleeping is your skin’s chance to renew and repair itself. Yes, you can apply fancy moisturizers and serums, but they would all be moot without good Z’s.

In a study in Clinical, Cosmetic, and Investigational Dermatology, participants who slept late noticed a drop in their skin hydration levels. Moreover, staying up regularly damages the skin barrier and skin structure and diminishes the facial bacterial microbiome.

Partying from December through January? Alcohol consumption has a dehydrating effect on your body so you might want to counter that by drinking the prescribed eight glasses of water a day. Drinking enough water gives your skin strength and elasticity.

Supplement good sleep and H2O with a moisturizing skincare routine. Moisturizers are a given, but you should also find a facial wash that nourishes as well as it cleans. Many facial wash products in the market tend to leave your face dry, so find one with hydrating hyaluronic acid.

Try Dove Facial Cleansing Mousse Moisture Care. It has 40% Active-boost Serum and hyaluronic acid to keep your skin radiant, plump, and moisturized for up to 24 hours.

The Philippines is a very humid country, but many houses tend to be dry thanks to air-conditioning and poor ventilation. Installing a humidifier can help retain moisture in your home and skin.

Sunscreen is an essential step in any skincare routine. UV rays are responsible for uneven pigmentation, accelerate aging, and spur spider veins. It also dries your skin faster.

Never leave home without applying POND'S UV Hydrate Sunscreen. It has SPF 50 PA++++ and Hyaluron, protecting your skin while hydrating it. This sunscreen also gives you instant glass skin, making your complexion look extra healthy.

Knowing how to rehydrate your skin after the mindless fun of the holidays is simple. Be consistent with your basic skincare routine and don’t forget to protect your skin with some SPF. Also, remember to sleep well and drink – water, that is.