When you are at the airport, your skin goes through a lot as you navigate long security checks, cabin dryness, crowded terminals, layovers, delayed flights, long hours of indoor air-conditioning and poor sleep. The culmination of all these results in your skin looking dull, dehydrated and just very tired as you step out of the airport looking dishevelled. The post-travel skin fatigue is referred to as ‘airport skin.’ ALSO READ: Face looking dull or tired? Bengaluru dermatologist shares tips to keep skin radiant: ‘Eat low-salt diet like…’ Skin looks drier than usual in airports. (Picture credit: Gemini AI) As much as it gets in the way of your well-planned airport OOTD, airport skin can also feel uneasy to bear. It may leave the skin feeling uncomfortable, rough, tight, dry and even scratchy at times. Dermatologist, Dr Rupika Singh, founder of Akiya Aesthetics, told us that airport skin is a very ‘real’ response of the skin to long hours of air travel. Major reasons why airport skin happens The first reason, according to the dermatologist, is …