How To Protect Your Skin While Traveling

It's no secret that traveling can be incredibly stressful, and skincare can take a nosedive on the backburner during hectic planning and activities. Thankfully, various types of travel-friendly products and healthy skin habits can make a significant difference, are low maintenance, and are not time-consuming. In addition, considering your skin is the largest organ in the body, it's also essential to care for.

• Keep your face hands-free.

Avoid touching your face is crucial to prevent unwanted acne flare-ups or various types of skin rashes. Doing so is especially important when traveling because there's no way to know what harmful pathogens may be on your hands, and these can even cause illness if they get into your eyes, nose, mouth, or ears. Wash away germs on your hands frequently with water and soap, hand sanitizers, cleansing wipes, etc.

• Invest in a high-quality lotion.

Poorly moisturized skin can be uncomfortable, resulting in flaky, itchy, dry skin. Additionally, dry skin can be caused by specific conditions such as dermatitis or psoriasis. Suppose you know you're traveling to a hot and dry climate. In that case, it's crucial to moisturize your skin correctly and throughout your trip, especially if you're traveling by plane, as the air inside planes may have drying and damaging effects on your skin.

• Ditch the make-up products.

While traveling, you will be exposed to changing environments and weather conditions, and applying layers of make-up will lessen your skin's ability to adapt, which increases the risk of breakouts. In addition, traveling can be quite energy or time-consuming, and you can easily forget to take it off or decide to leave it on overnight for convenience's sake.

• Add a facial cleaner to your shower or bath routine.

Despite all the creams and serums you apply, they will only work effectively on a clean face. An effective facial cleanser will rid your facial skin of unwanted dirt, excessive oil and sweat, and other impurities. Facial cleansers work well in the morning for a fresh start to your day and at bedtime to keep these contaminants off your pillowcase and avoid laying directly on them.

• Make it a habit to apply SPF sunscreen.

Sun exposure puts our skin n contact with UV rays (ultraviolet radiation) which is not only harmful to the skin but is responsible for skin cancer and sunburns. Sunscreen works by blocking the absorption of these rays into your skin. A sunscreen with a higher skin rating will provide adequate protection and increase how long you can stay outdoors without burning your skin. However, it's crucial to understand that no sunscreen completely blocks UV rays, so it would be advisable to use sunscreen with other skin protective gear, such as a wide-brimmed sunhat and sunglasses with UV protection.