Vacations are meant to help you relax, but long journeys can leave you feeling tired instead. Travelling often means less sleep, irregular eating, and adjusting to different weather conditions. As a result, you may experience “post-vacation fatigue,” where your body feels dehydrated, your skin looks dull, and your routine feels out of sync. And in that phase, all you need is a skin reset. This reset should not only be from the outside but from within.
According to physician Dr Srishti Mohapatra, The Wellness Co, “To truly reset, we must look at recovery from the inside out”. Dr Mohapatra shares these five advanced wellness treatments that provide a holistic foundation for healing and total body recovery.
Customised IV Drip Therapy for recovery
According to Dr Mohapatra, “Travelling to new regions often means a change in water quality, diet, and exposure to local microbes. This can deplete your essential micronutrients”. She recommends going for a customised IV Drip therapy for hydration, immune support, energy boosts and skin enhancement.
This therapy delivers fluids, vitamins, and nutrients directly into the bloodstream. Because it bypasses digestion, the body can absorb these nutrients quickly, which may help with hydration, energy levels, and recovery after stress, illness, or fatigue.
The Science: “Unlike oral vitamins, IV therapy has 100% bioavailability, bypassing the gut to deliver hydration, electrolytes, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants directly into the bloodstream”, says Dr Mohapatra.
The Result: Dr Mohapatra mentions that this therapy flushes out toxins from vacation indulgences, restores energy levels, and provides the “building blocks” for cellular repair.
Far-Infrared Sauna for a deep cellular detox
After a week of trying new cuisines and perhaps more alcohol than usual, the body needs a “cleanse” that goes deeper than the skin’s surface. That is where the far-infrared sauna comes into the picture. It works by using heat that penetrates deeper into the body than traditional saunas. This deeper heat encourages sweating at a cellular level, which is believed to help the body eliminate toxins, relax muscles, and improve circulation.
The Science: “Far-infrared light penetrates up to three inches into the body, raising your core temperature to induce a deep, detoxifying sweat”, says Dr Mohapatra.
The Result: She further mentions that this process helps pull out heavy metals and environmental toxins stored in fat cells, reduces travel-induced inflammation, and resets your metabolic rate.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for lung and brain reset
Then comes travel exhaustion and jet lag, which are often the results of poor oxygenation and pressurised cabin air. This calls for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurised chamber. This allows the lungs to take in more oxygen than usual, which is then carried through the blood to support healing, reduce inflammation, and improve brain and tissue function.
The Science: “By breathing 100% pure oxygen in a pressurised chamber, the body’s oxygen levels are increased by up to 15 times”, tells Dr Mohapatra.
The Result: She recommends using HBOT to accelerate tissue repair, clear “brain fog” caused by disrupted sleep cycles, and aid in lung recovery, especially if you’ve been travelling at high altitudes, underwater, on long flights, or in highly polluted or crowded urban areas.
Whole Body Cryotherapy for an inflammation flush
Long flights and constant walking can lead to systemic inflammation and muscle soreness. Dr Mohapatra recommends going for whole-body cryotherapy, which exposes the body to extremely cold temperatures for a short time. This sudden cold exposure can reduce inflammation, numb pain, and may help the body recover faster after physical strain or injury.
The Science: She further explains that exposing the body to sub-zero temperatures (down to -110°C) for three minutes triggers a massive “fight or flight” response that rushes oxygenated blood to the core.
The Result: “This cold shock flushes out lactic acid, boosts collagen production, and releases a surge of endorphins, leaving you feeling mentally refreshed and physically vitalised”, she says.
Red Light Therapy for skin boosters and hydrafacial for collagen recovery
Even if you feel better internally, your skin often reflects the true “travel toll”. Dehydration, disrupted sleep, UV exposure, muscle fatigue, and environmental stress directly impair collagen production and skin barrier function. You need a therapy to take that toll out of your skin. Red light therapy, along with treatments like skin boosters and HydraFacial, focuses mainly on skin health and repair. These therapies stimulate collagen production, improve skin texture, and support healing, helping the skin look healthier and more refreshed over time.
The Science: Travel-related factors such as poor sleep, dehydration, excess sun exposure, alcohol, sugar, and pollution increase oxidative stress and slow down fibroblast activity, leading to reduced collagen synthesis and delayed recovery. Muscle soreness from long flights and excess walking further adds to systemic inflammation. Red Light Therapy works at a mitochondrial level, enhancing ATP production and stimulating fibroblasts to restore collagen and elastin. It also:
The Result: As per Dr Mohapatra, this therapy helps regulate the circadian rhythm, which improves sleep quality. It also reduces muscle soreness and inflammation for faster physical recovery. This therapy also accelerates skin healing post UV and environmental damage.
To complement this, you should also go for a hydrafacial, which gently exfoliates, removes pollution buildup, infuses hydration and prepares the skin to respond better to regenerative treatments without compromising the barrier.
The Result: This combined approach not only restores lost hydration but reactivates collagen production, improves sleep recovery, eases muscle fatigue, and strengthens the skin barrier, thus leaving you feeling restored and looking visibly rejuvenated from within.
Doctor’s tip
A true reset requires a professional’s touch. Because every individual’s vacation “toll” differs, whether it involves more smoking, drinking, or sun exposure. A doctor-led consultation and thorough history taking are essential. These advanced therapies are customised to your specific metabolic needs, helping you return to your routine not just rested, but optimised.
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Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.
