The September Skin Hangover Is Real - Here’s What to Do
A Dublin-based skin expert warns that post-summer skin pigmentation, often called a 'September skin hangover,' requires careful diagnosis before treatment. She advises against aggressive use of brightening serums, as different types of pigmentation require different approaches.
Why it matters
Understanding the difference between various skin pigmentary disorders can prevent consumers from causing further damage to their skin with inappropriate products.
Your skin's summer bill is about to land.
The tan is fading. The memories of whatever approximated as a summer are fading. But something else is arriving right on cue as we head into September — and a leading Irish skin expert wants you to pay attention to it before you do anything drastic.
Eavanna Breen, Clinical Director of the Eavanna Breen Skin and Laser Clinic in Dublin 2, has a name for what many of us will clock in the mirror over the coming weeks: the September skin hangover . Think darker freckles, more defined brown spots, patches across the cheeks, forehead and upper lip that somehow look far more obvious than they did back in June. You didn’t imagine it. Your skin has been quietly cataloguing every sunny commute, every afternoon sitting near a window, every ordinary day outdoors — and September is when the bill lands.
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