How do you treat dehydrated skin? | Skincare tips and Spa treatments

Treat your skin to some post-summer TLC

After the summer there’s a good chance that you’ll be experiencing dehydrated skin. Travel, holidays and the warm weather can zap your skin of its moisture reserves and clog up pores, leaving it looking and feeling dull and lifeless. And central heating will be taking its toll soon too! Follow our advice here to help repair your skin (and read our other blogs on holiday skin – preventative measures to prepare and care for your skin to prevent long-lasting damage from hot weather on your next trip).

Is your skin dehydrated?

Dehydrated skin can be tight, flaky and sore; it isn’t lacking in oil, though, as dry skin is, but in water. Dehydrated skin can be brought back to life through a bespoke skin-care regime. Dehydrated skin is often mistaken for dry skin and is treated incorrectly with rich moisturisers that cause breakouts. It is important you identify your skin’s needs and address them correctly to ensure your skin’s thirst is quenched.

Identifying dehydrated skin:

• Dull complexion
• Fine lines and wrinkles visible
• Temporarily plumped after a shower
• Rough and Tight feeling
• Itchy
• Moisturiser causes spots

Keep hydrated:

The heat of the summer can cause many problems for the skin, including dehydration and its associated side effects. Warmer temperatures demand extra hydration, inside and out, so it’s important to increase fluid intake to hydrate from within. But this isn’t the only way to ensure the skin stays plump and smooth: a series of hydrating facial treatments, a healthy diet rich in antioxidants plus a good skincare regime are vital and can boost your skin’s vitality, keeping it looking fresh.

Have your own skincare or beg, borrow or steal from partners?

The most important thing is to use skincare which targets your own specific skin – a good product regime is bespoke, according to skin type and condition. Men’s skin is not the same as women’s but of course skin varies in many other ways – your and your male or female partner’s skin will probably be very different. If you have dry skin with pigmentation and he or she has oily skin with enlarged pores, clearly you require skincare which tackles these differing features. That said, there are also products which are fairly universal so you may be able to share them. check out the best  spa in rockland county ny

Most popular treatment for male clients?

Treatments for hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) – these are particularly popular with City workers who suffer from embarrassing sweat patches.

Dermal fillers are also really popular, to add volume to areas of the face where elasticity has reduced.