How To Combat Dry Skin In 3 Simple Steps

If you are cursed with dry skin, you may have been combating the flakiness and redness of your visage for decades. The opposite of oily skin can be a difficult skin type to tame. You might be suffering with raw, dry and itchiness across your cheeks, forehead and chin. The discomfort of dry skin can make you feel self-conscious, embarrassed and unhappy when heading out and about. While people probably aren’t looking at you, it can certainly feel like they are. As the winter months start emerging, dry skin can be compounded by cold and harsher weather. Take a look at these simple ways to combat dry skin.

Moisturize

The most important aspect of developing a dry skin taming regime is moisturizing. You must rehydrate the top layer of your skin on a regular basis. This needs to be the very foundation of your skin care routine. Go for a moisturizer that contains hyaluronic acid and sorbitol. These agents are effective at helping your skin to retain moisture. The moisturizer you choose should be thick rather than greasy and should sink into your skin rather than simply glide over it. Moisturize in the morning and in the evening before you go to bed. Moisturizing just after a shower or bath can be effective at retaining even more moisture. Don’t use other soaps and go for organic facial cleansers that use wholly natural ingredients.

Consider Alternative Treatments

For some people, the dry skin that they are afflicted with can be stubborn. If this sounds like you, think about investigating a microneedling treatment that will cause minimal trauma to the skin to stimulate the production of collagen. This has been proven to increase the radiance, tone and moisture levels of your skin. 

There are many facial masks that utilize ingredients and treatments that can benefit dry skin. Rather than getting an at-home face mask, head to a spa where a specialist can assess your skin type and provide you with a facial treatment that will really reinvigorate your pores. Mud and heavily salted facials can increase the moisture levels within your skin, giving your new facial skin care regime a real kick start.

Home Life

It’s crucial that you can consider the climate where you live. Too humid and your skin becomes dry, not humid enough and it can still become dry. It can be hard to win. To find the ideal environment for your skin, get yourself a dehumidifier and set it to around sixty per cent. This should be optimum to ensure the top layer of your skin does not dry out, become itchy or start flaking. Forget about using harsh laundry detergent or conditioners. Go with the super sensitive varieties as if you had a newborn in the house.

Don’t scratch no matter how much of an urge you have. For a really bad breakout of dry skin you may need some medical intervention to get your skin feeling comfortable again. Head to your doctor and have a chat with them about steroid ointments and Vitmain E derivatives for short term use.

Follow this guide and you can combat the horrors of dry skin before it takes over your life.