Getting back from holidays with golden skin is always a pleasure. The tan immediately gives a brighter and healthy appearance, but keeping it is not easy. Many make mistakes that make it disappear rapidly, leaving room for dryness, spots and a uneven complexion.
With the right precautions, however, the tan can last longer and vanish gradually. Here we analyze the most common mistakes and I show you what experts say, with scientific and dermatological sources of reference.
Neglect daily hydration
One of the main errors is to think that the tan remains without any care. In reality, tanned skin tends to dehydrate faster, because sun exposure accelerates water loss. If the skin remains dry, the tan vanishes and the effect immediately becomes turned off.
Hydration must be a daily ritual, essential to keep the color uniform.
It is also essential to drink, when we are hot, we sweat more, which means that our body has less liquids available to normal. Our skin is always at the bottom of the list when it comes to distributing beneficial substances throughout the body, so if there is not enough for everyone, dehydration will manifest itself with a dull appearance, accentuated thin lines and skin tension. If your skin is well hydrated, it will appear toned, luminous and with a lasting brightness.
But before starting to drink pints of mineral water, keep in mind that it is not necessary to overcome the recommended daily dose of about six to eight glasses of water. If it is too hydrated, the skin will not have a better appearance and you will waste precious time to go to the bathroom.
Exaggerate with the scrub
There are those who think that the scrub takes away the tan and who, on the contrary, exaggerates to “regenerate” the skin. Both streets are wrong. The truth is that a delicate scrub, made once a week, eliminates only dead cells and makes the color more uniform and bright.
A light no scrub does not compromise the tan, but enhances it.
Do not use sun protection
A still widespread mistake is to believe that sun cream prevents them from tanning. Some even think that “burning” is an obligatory passage to obtain a darker skin. Nothing more false.
The truth, as the expert Aba Cleeve on Woman & Home recalls, is that “it doesn’t need to become red to become brown”. Indeed, a tan obtained gradually and with protection lasts much longer. Avoiding protection not only damages the skin, but accelerates the fading of the tan.
Hot showers and aggressive detergents
Many, once back from holidays, continue to wash with very hot water or use fragrant shower gel and rich in alcohol. Result: the skin drys out, loses elasticity and the color fades faster.
The advice is to prefer lukewarm water and delicate detergents.
Neglect the power supply
Keeping the tan is not just a question of creams. Food also plays an important role. A diet rich in antioxidants, vitamins and beta-carotene helps the skin to keep its golden color longer.
Load the post-vacanze skincare too much
Immediately after the holidays, many resume their normal skincare rich in exfoliating acids, retinal or very strong anti-aging treatments. The result? They accelerate the cell turnover and therefore the loss of color.
Experts, on the other hand, advise to simplify the routine, at least for a few weeks, favoring hydration and delicacy.
Do not consider the natural cycle of the skin
A widespread error is to expect that the tanning months without exposure to the sun. The dermatological reality is clear: the epidermis is naturally renewed every 28 days. So the tan still tends to vanish, but it can gradually and uniformly do it if the skin is well treated.
The average duration of the tan is about three weeks, but hydration, diet and delicate exfoliation can extend its life.
Keeping the tan is not a matter of luck, but of care. The most common errors – forget to hydrate, exaggerate with the scrub, avoid sun protection, stress the skin with hot water or aggressive products, neglect the diet or use too strong cosmetics – make the color fade quickly and damage the skin.
If, on the other hand, you hydrate regularly, gently exfoli, protect the skin, choose a diet rich in nutrients and keep a simple skincare, your golden complexion will remain longer and disappear uniformly.
The tan is not eternal, but it can become a pleasant memory that accompanies autumn, if you learn to avoid these errors.
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