Dry Skin – Causes and Treatments

Your skin is the largest organ of your body. It’s also one of the most visible so taking care of it doesn’t just make you healthy, you will also feel good, and of course, look good. Taking care of yourself and your body is good for your well being. It also affects your confidence as a person when you feel good and when you like how you look.

Part of taking care of your skin is knowing when it needs extra care and attention. Dry skin is the most common skin condition that can happen if you don’t moisturize your skin enough. Although it is not really that serious and is often temporary, you should also try to avoid it from happening. One of the most common causes of dry skin is the weather. Sometimes it’s not necessarily what you don’t do or do to your skin. The weather where you live is definitely a factor. If you live in a place where it has dry, cold or low-humidity climates it can cause you to have dry skin. Dry skin can also be caused by your age and your lifestyle. Those who are ages 40 or older are more prone to have dry skin. Activities that you do that require you to be outdoors all the time can also be a cause. Also if you have a job or a hobby that you like doing that requires you to immerse yourself in water all the time that may be a cause. When on vacation, or if you really just often swim in chlorinated pools that may be a factor. So if you notice that your skin is kind of dry,  try to improve it.

How will you know if you have dry skin? Sometimes just by the look of it, you can tell but here is a list of symptoms to look out for:

• If you feel tightness on your skin
• If your skin looks and feels rough
• Itching can be a sign
• Slight to severe flaking, scaling, or peeling
• If there are fine lines or cracks that are prone to bleeding on your skin
• Gray and ashy skin
• Redness

Oftentimes the remedy for dry skin can be done at home but if home remedies do not work or it continues to worsen, see a doctor. To know more about booking or scheduling appointments with a doctor check out  Demandforce. How will you know if you need to see a doctor?

• Your skin does not improve despite putting best efforts
• Dry skin is accompanied by unusual redness
• Irritating dryness and itching
• You have open sores or infections from scratching
• You have large areas that have severe scaling and peeling.

Although dry skin is pretty harmless, if not cared for dry skin may it may lead to skin diseases such as:

• Eczema. Developing this condition will cause you to experience excessive dryness which can then lead to activation of the diseases, causing redness, cracking, and inflammation.
• Infections. If you have dry skin and you’re experiencing cracking, it allows bacteria to enter which leads to infections.

So what can you do to prevent yourself from having dry skin?

Number one is to always moisturize. Using moisturizing soap can help maintain healthy skin, applying moisturizing lotion regularly also keeps your skin healthy. Limiting yourself to water exposure will also help. Limit your bath or shower time to only 1 minute or less. Also, avoid using hot water. And if you can, try to bathe no more than once a day. If the weather is cold, cover as much skin as possible. If it’s winter where you leave make sure to wear a scarf, hat, and gloves when you go out. Windbreakers are helpful when it’s just windy. If you’re doing chores where you will need to touch water or cleansers use rubber gloves.

All in all, it definitely takes effort and proper knowledge to keep our bodies healthy. Some of the health conditions we experience with our body are unavoidable so prevention is always better than cure. Never wait for things to get worse before you try to fix it especially when your health is on the line. We owe it to ourselves to make the best effort to take care of every part of our bodies.

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