Hello! I'm Dr. Neal Schultz, and welcome to DermTV. There are a bunch of skin problems that you can get when you travel from bites to burns, but what I'd like to discuss with you today is what my friend affectionately calls her airplane skin.
She gets an airplane skin after long trips on airplanes, because her skin just dries out, especially her face. And the reason that happens is because there's almost no humidity in airplane cabin air. As a result, whatever natural moisture you have, seeps away into the air and causes your dry skin.
But there's an easy solution for this. Bring with you a small sprayer filled with water. Hopefully, under three-and-a-third ounces, so the TSA people don't take it away from you. Every hour, spray your face once. With that finest, let it settle on your skin, and apply a thin layer of oil-free moisturizer.
If you do this every hour, it will help to maintain the normal moisture of your skin. In addition to that, whatever is good for your skin is good for your lips. So bring your favorite lip balm with you and also apply your lip balm every hour. Follow this routine on long airplane flights, and I promise you when you get off the airplane, you'll have normal feeling skin.
Please join me again at DermTV.com. If you have a question, please send it to me by visiting DermTV.com/Question. I'm Dr. Neal Schultz, and thank you for watching today.
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