Dealing with Dry Skin

There are a lot of people who suffer from dry skin not only during cold season but also on warm days of summer. The increase in humidity indoors and outdoors worsens the entire situation.

Symptoms may include but not limited to:

• Redness
• Tight sensation on the skin (especially when try to bend the joints of your bones)
• Cracking
• Bleeding (extreme)

Having a dry skin can cause both discomfort and embarrassment. That is the reason why you need to find the ways to deal with it.

1 – Moisturizing soap

Make sure that you use a moisturizing soap whenever you take a bath. Most soap, if not appropriate with your skin type, have a drying effect. Moisturizing soaps will bring back the moisture that was removed during taking a bath.

2 – Do not be compulsive when it comes to cleanliness

Washing your hands with soap several times a day can actually remove the natural moisture from your skin. If you have to wash your hands, use tap water only and avoid using soaps all of the time.

3 – Use moisturizing lotion

If you do not want your skin to be extremely dry make sure you apply moisturizing creams or lotion unto your skin after bathing so that your skin can still retain its moisture.

4 – Gently exfoliate

Gentle exfoliating products remove dead cells from your skin that actually do not contain moisture at all. Exfoliation will expose your new cells that are filled with moisture.

5 – Consult a dermatologist

If the problem is still there after you have done what you can, the best option would be to consult a dermatologist so that he can help you with your dilemma. Dermatologists can recommend stronger moisturizing products.

These are just suggestions to help you control your dry skin.