How To Cure Dry Skin

by Owen Jones⁽¹⁸⁸⁾ Red Star

http://the-real-way.com

Dryness affects the biggest organ of our bodies - the skin, has an effect on most people at some time in their life and has many causes. Furthermore, it does not necessarily affect all your skin at the same time, which makes it more difficult sometimes to spot..

You may experience dry flaky skin on your head, but we call that dandruff and the skin is the scalp or you might experience dry skin on your hands where the skin, being thick might crack and bleed. Some people call these chaps.

Most people are aware of dry skin on the face and most moisturizers are sold to control or cure this condition. The scalp comes second in dry skin care and then the hands. However the feet and legs may also experience dry skin.

Rubbing moisturizer on all over is an simple manner of attempting to cure dry skin and one manner of doing this is taking a hot bath with oil in the water. A different way is to have a Swedish style oil massage. However, a better, long term strategy is to watch what you consume and do: in one word, your lifestyle.

Skin, hair and eyes obtain their nutrients from inside the body. External creams have a minor effect when compared to diet and exercise. In essence, you can rub your favourite moisturizer and shampoo on each day if you like and it might help, but it will not help as much as eating well and exercising enough.

So, what to do? Well, there is nothing wrong with skin and hair moisturizers, so long as you realize that it is like taking an aspirin to cure a hangover, when the real problem is that you drank excessively. You are treating symptoms not causes.

There are two types of moisturizers for skin care and they help in completely different ways. The first thing to comprehend is that we are evaporating away through our pores and breath all day long, so the first sort of moisturizer attempts to seal that moisture in. Vaseline comes into this classification

The second type of moisturizer strives to replenish this evaporation from the moisture in the air around us - the humidity. This sort is known as 'humectants' and covers most of the more expensive moisturizers on the market.

Moisturizing has to be done properly to get the most advantage. A fundamental regimen is to use mild soap on the face, neck and hands and then to apply the moisturizer to the skin when it is still damp. You may exfoliate first if you like to remove dead skin, but the benefits are exaggerated.

Dead skin will fall off on its own, it does not have to be ripped off. If you choose to help it on its way, do not be rough on yourself and do not do it too frequently. The dead skin acts as a shield for the tender skin underneath, so if you remove this skin, you will need extra protection from the sun. Make sure that this contains a moisturizer too.

Finally, dry skin can be the result of illness, medication or hormonal imbalance. This makes skin a fantastic barometer of what is going on inside you. If you are worried by the condition of your skin, hair or eyes and you cannot fix it with chemicals out of a bottle, see your doctor.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on many subjects, but is at present involved with how to restore hair loss. If you have an interest in hair loss, please visit our website now at What is the Best Hair Regrowth Product?

Article submitted Monday, October 31, 2011 & read 162 times.

Owen Jones writes on many subjects and is currently running several websites. He was born in Wales but now lives in northern, rural Thailand.

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» left by Christofer French (203 days 4 hours ago.)

Great article. I loved the paragraph on dry skin, how to deal with, why it protects, and the understanding of skin's purpose in general.
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» left by Owen Jones⁽¹⁸⁸⁾ (203 days 3 hours ago.)
Thanks, but it is quite obvious, when you think about it, eh?
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» left by Christofer French (202 days 23 hours ago.)
I understand the clarity and simplicity with which you respond, but there is a whole school of crazy Californians and uppity health types who scrape their bodies regularly...all in the belief that health, vitality and general beauty are benefited.
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» left by Owen Jones⁽¹⁸⁸⁾ (202 days 14 hours ago.)
It's the same in the UK, but I have not noticed it here in Thailand.

Here people shower often - 3-4 times a day is not unusual.
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