After-sun care: What your skin really needs

After-sun care: Why it's more than just wellness

The sun is good for our soul – but our skin often has a hard time coping. UV radiation, heat, wind, and salt or chlorinated water stress it, dry it out, and can cause long-term damage. After-sun care is therefore not an optional wellness step, but essential for regeneration and protection.

In this article, you'll learn how to properly care for your skin after sunbathing – with tips that will surprise many.

Moisture – deep down

After sunbathing, the skin loses a lot of moisture. Many people resort to traditional after-sun products, which have a cooling effect but offer little lasting care.

Products with natural moisturizers such as aloe vera , glycerin or hyaluronic acid are particularly recommended – these penetrate deeply and help to stabilize the skin barrier.

Tip: Avoid alcohol or perfume if possible, as these can further irritate the skin.

Gentle cleaning instead of aggressive washing

Cleansing after sunbathing is often underestimated. But chlorine, salt, sweat, and sunscreen residue all need to be removed – without further stressing the skin.

The rule here is: use mild cleansing products , preferably without foaming surfactants or synthetic fragrances. Ideally, you should shower with lukewarm water so that your pores don't constrict and your skin can better absorb the subsequent care product.

Cooling – but without shock

The need to quickly cool overheated skin is understandable. But ice packs or ice-cold showers aren't a good idea. They can disrupt circulation and further stress the skin.

Better: natural, gentle methods such as cool lotions, curd wraps, moist cotton cloths or sprays with mineral water – they cool evenly and help reduce inflammation.

Antioxidants – the underestimated protection

Sunlight stimulates the formation of free radicals, which attack skin cells and accelerate aging. Therefore, after-sun care should also contain antioxidant active ingredients .

Natural sources include vitamin E , green tea extract , sea buckthorn oil , and resveratrol . They support cell renewal, mitigate damage, and help protect the skin in the long term.

Natural care in practice: What Quellmed products can do

For a gentle, effective after-sun routine, select products from Quellmed are also suitable, as they rely on natural ingredients and minimalist formulations:

• Quellmed Care Soap: Based on high-quality plant oils, it cleanses the skin particularly gently – ideal for sensitive or easily irritated skin.
• Quellmed skin spray: With original healing spring water and over 20 minerals – for immediate refreshment and soothing of sun-stressed skin, even on the go.
• Quellmed Skin Cream: For targeted care of dry or reddened skin areas – with natural fats, without fragrances or irritating additives.

These products fit easily into any skincare routine – especially if you want natural soothing and real ingredients after sunbathing.

Conclusion: Less cosmetics – more understanding

Good after-sun care doesn't require a large range of products, but rather an understanding of what skin really needs after sun exposure: rest, moisture, protection and natural help for self-regeneration .

If you choose products carefully, clean gently and avoid irritants, you will do something good for your skin in the long term – without much effort, but with great effect.