Skin Care
How to Detox From a Winter Skin Hangover
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Jan 10, 2012 - 2:50:43 PM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - It’s here—the week after the holidays. How you yearn to turn back the hands of time and erase this year’s holiday over indulgences. How can you recover from your holiday hangover? Don’t fall back into bad holiday habits. When it comes to appearance it’s not just about keeping off the pounds, certain holiday drinks can affect your skin. Board certified dermatologist Dr. Rebecca Baxt provides the top 5 beverages to avoid that can do more harm than good to your skin this winter.

Hot Chocolate
The comforting taste of hot chocolate is perfect for this year’s harsh winter weather. But—it is not so perfect for your skin, especially for chocolate sensitive patients with acne or rosacea. Containing dairy and sugar, heat and chocolate, can be trouble for the skin. There are ways to customize your hot chocolate and make it more skin-friendly.

Recommendation: Instead of whole milk, use nonfat milk to make your hot chocolate. Settle for a mix low in sugar, and don't drink it scalding hot, settle for warm chocolate instead!

Apple Cider
Nothing screams fall like apple cider. Though apple cider contains nutritional benefits, it contains a lot of sugar. Drinks that are high in sugar are a big no-no when it comes to youthful skin. Sugars have a glycemic effect, and can cause break outs in sugar sensitive patients.

Recommendation: Try organic unsweetened apple cider to avoid high sugar intake.

Alcoholic Beverages
With the recent holidays and celebrating the New Year, you may have gotten into the habit of a drink with dinner. But ringing in the New Year with an alcoholic beverage at hand can result in dehydrated skin. And with various sodas as mixers to compliment your favorite alcoholic drink, throwing caffeine and sugar in the mix does more harm to the skin. And—don’t be fooled by sugar-free drinks. Some sugar-free sodas contain sodium which causes puffiness of the skin.

Recommendation: It is better to steer clear of alcoholic beverage. But if you must, clear alcoholic beverages affect the skin less than caffeinated or highly sugary drinks. And make sure to rehydrate your body by drinking lots of water.

Coffee
Caffeine-laden drinks like coffee cause a dehydrating effect on your body and therefore your skin. This can cause wrinkles to appear deeper, and can cause rosacea breakouts in some patients.

Recommendation: Try decaf coffee and steer clear of sugar and cream. Use nonfat milk instead of whole milk, and don't drink it scalding hot.

Eggnog
One of the most popular creamy winter drinks can be your healthy skin downfall this holiday season. Creamy drinks, like eggnog, can lead to skin breakouts. Dairy drinks tend to contain naturally occurring growth hormones, resulting in a hormonal increase, which may lead to a breakout of acne in some patients.

Recommendation: If you are craving eggnog, try a non-dairy eggnog recipe, sans sugar.

About Rebecca Baxt, M.D.
Rebecca Baxt, MD, MBA, FAAD is a Board Certified Dermatologist specializing in both cosmetic and general dermatology for adults and children. Attending Ivy League University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Baxt graduated Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in English Literature. She continued her studies at the University of Pennsylvania for medical school and an completed an internship in Internal Medicine. She also obtained an MBA from the Wharton School of Management in Health Care administration.

Upon graduation, she moved to New York to train in Dermatology at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine in the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, where she was a chief resident and the recipient of the Morris Leider award for excellence in patient care. She continues to teach Dermatology at NYU where she is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology. She joined her parents at Baxt Cosmedical in 2000 in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Baxt is on staff at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood NJ, as well as Bellevue Hospital in NY. She also volunteers at Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative in Hackensack in the Dermatology clinic.

Dr. Rebecca Baxt maintains many society affiliations. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, a member of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, New Jersey State Medical Society, Bergen County Medical Society, and the Dermatological Society of Greater New York, as well as the American Medical Association. She is a member of the Skin Cancer Foundation, and always volunteers free skin cancer screenings yearly.

Dr. Rebecca Baxt treats both adults and children, and specializes in cosmetic consultations and procedures. She also has a particular interest in acne and rosacea. She performs Botox injections, Chemical peels, Intense Pulsed Light Photorejuvenation/Photofacial procedures, Isolaz Acne Treatments, Laser Hair Removal, Facial Filler injectables (Juvederm, Restylane, Perlane, Sculptra, etc.), Leg Vein injections, Smoothbeam Laser, Photodynamic Therapy, Vbeam Laser and Fraxel Laser resurfacing. She treats all skin conditions and she performs Skin Cancer screenings and treatments. Dr. Baxt currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and three children.

For more information, please visit www.cosmedical.com.

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