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The holiday season happens to coincide with that time of the year when your skin is really unhappy thanks to weather and an erratic diet. Well+Good has some tips to help you keep it under control so that you can look amazing in all those ugly sweater photos:
We all know pimples (and their evil twin—mysterious facial rashes) love a sneak attack. When you wake up, have a big meeting, run into someone hot, they’re there.
But the thing is, skin is a pretty reactive organ, so it’s likely the annoying red blotches on your face aren’t really there out of the blue.
Your skin could be responding to something internal or environmental, says New York dermatologist-psychiatrist Amy Wechsler, who wrote The Mind-Beauty Connection: 9 Days to Reverse Aging and Reveal More Youthful, Beautiful Skin.
SEVEN REASONS YOUR SKIN MIGHT BE FREAKING OUT
1. Your skin-care products changed
2. Your diet changed
3. Your stress level changed
4. Your travel schedule has changed
5. The season (and humidity) changed
6. Your hormones changed (hello, Aunt Flow)
7. Your hours of shut-eye have changed…for the worse
Continue reading for more tips on how to help your freaked out skin…
Related posts from Well+Good NYC:
- Why fall is skin freakout season, according to Ayurveda
- Could stress be the ultimate skin predictor?
- Confirmed: Dairy and sugar cause acne
Photo: aen0214
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Funny coincidence – - I just wrote a blog post on the exact same thing. I’ve noticed that my skin always looks a bit nastier this time of year, and it’s clearly due to changes in eating habits (for the worse), high stress, low exercise and limited access to fresh air. Thanks for the info and the validation of what I had observed.
For those interested, my blog post can be found: http://mloublog.squarespace.com/pure-talk-journal/2011/12/6/healthy-aging-healthy-skin.html
Why did you choose this photo? This person has normal, freckled skin. I wouldn’t qualify that as “freaking out” skin.