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All the late-night sleep and too much sun exposure at the beach one might have gotten during the holiday season, no doubt, could impose so much strain on one’s skin and make one look haggard at this point. Now, that the frenetic holiday activities have abated, it’s time to give one’s skin and body the recovery they need.

There’s no substitute to having a good night’s rest. To further help our skin regain its glow, the good old lemon treatment can help do the trick, according to our daughter Shelly, who’s now a dermatology resident at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital.

Good ‘skin food’

“When life throws you lemons, don’t make lemonade. (That’s extra calories!) Instead, squirt them all over your face, hair and nails. Replete with citric and ascorbic acid, which are natural exfoliants and antioxidants, lemons are good ‘skin food’—they make your skin lighter, clearer and more radiant,” writes Shelly in her published article in the latest issue of Zen Health magazine.

Source: Inquirer.net

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