Dry Air Can Wreck Havoc on Your Skin
Boy oh boy, was the point of dry frigid air not being good for your skin hammered home for me today. My husband and I decided to go to our alma mater where we both went to college, Kent State University, to the ice arena and go ice skating. Yes, neither of us is very good at it, and haven’t been in a while, so we though it would be fun to see if we could still do it.
Well, to make a long story short to that end, he ended up falling on his bum several times, and I had to struggle to hold back the snickers that I inevitably felt looming, that all aside, we both had a great time, and some solid, quality spousal bonding time!
One of the things I noticed on the rink was how dry the air was. Of course, they probably have to keep the humidity dramatically pared back on the ice rink since the ice has to stay as firmly frozen as possible, and the mere fact that it’s basically man made ice makes the surrounding environment very dry and very cold.
We weren’t cold though, because we were getting so much exercising skating and er, falling I guess, but nonetheless, I noticed that after the two hours on the open skate out on the ice, we had chapped hands, chapped lips, and my skin looked like I had aged a couple years because it was so dried out from not only the dry environment but the lack of water I had taken in to my body over the last two hours, that my crows feet looked more noticeable, and my skin just looked more sunken.
That goes to show you how important moisture is to your skin, inside and out, no matter if you have acne or not, especially if, like me, you have maturing skin that has seen some days on it. We were both really parched, probably from a combination of being nervous about falling and the zillions of tiny kids that seemed to be weaving in and out of everyone, causing people to crash, wobble and flail in attempts not to fall into a pile on top of the poor little kids, and the dry environment.
We literally couldn’t stop drinking water for like three hours after our adventure. And guess what? As soon as I rehydrated and also put some of my trusty moisturizer on my face, my face was back to looking “plumped out” and more firm, with less noticeable flaws – much more healthy! Moisturization and internal hydration are SO important to your skin, I can’t drive that point home enough!
