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Dry Skin - Treat yourself to
healthier skin this winter?
There are some
simple steps to follow and I'm listing some of
them here for you, however they all follow the
basic premise that dryness is caused by lack of
water in your skin, not oil. Keep that in mind
this winter and your skin will thank you
for it.
If Your Wrinkles Are Still
There?
You May Be
Using The Wrong
Product
 Don't try to drink the
dryness away.
Many beauty books
or magazines recommend drinking lots of water,
which while being good for your body will not
improve your skin dryness, unless you are
severely de-hydrated, which most of us are not.
Get the water where it will matter.
Itchy Scalp & Dandruff
Problems
The best way to get water into
your skin is to fill the bath and soak in it. A
fifteen minute soak in lukewarm (not hot) water
is best for bathing. Forget all you hear about
having to bath every day because using a lot of
stringent cleansers is not ideal for the skin.
Bath less but in cool water and see a marked
difference in skin dryness. On days you don`t
bath give your body an all over wash
down.
Moisturize,
moisturize, moisturize.
Follow each bath
with a moisturizer and even more so if you
bathe in hot water. This not only helps your
skin but prevents the water that soaked into
the skin during your soak stay there and not
evaporate. The moisturizer holds the water in
the skin longer.
We all know that
trying to keep our skin from flaking and
itching during the winter months can be a bit
of a chore. Those of us who live in dry cold
climates with the central heating on almost
continuously during the day know the agony of
dry skin and winter itch.
If you're unable
to turn you’re heating off because of the cold
or moving to a country in the sun is out of the
question then what should you be doing to
help
Use a
flannel.
Use a flannel in
the bath rather than a sponge. By doing this
you are exfoliating the skin gently removing
the dead skin layer that will itch and flake if
left to dry out further.
If you have
problem dry skin and no matter what you have
done the problem still persists then seek
advice from your GP.
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