Dry Skin & Winter Itch  

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.

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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.