Treatment
Dry skin often responds well to lifestyle measures, such as using a moisturizer and avoiding long, hot showers and baths. If your skin is very dry, your doctor may recommend a moisturizing product that suits your needs.
If you have a severe skin condition, your doctor may treat it with a prescription cream or ointment. If dry skin is itchy, you can use hydrocortisone cream. If your skin breaks, your doctor may prescribe a wet bandage to prevent infection.
Tenderly wash your confront at slightest twice a day. Utilize a delicate, alcohol-free, nonfoaming cleanser on your confront twice a day and after sweating. Items with stearic corrosive (found in she a butter) or linoleic corrosive (found in Organ oil and others) can offer assistance repair your skin. If you have touchy skin, wash with a cleanser in the evening and fair wash with water other times.
While your skin is still moist, apply any topical pharmaceutical you're utilizing, hold up a few minutes (see pharmaceutical bundling for specifics), at that point apply your moisturizer. If you utilize makeup, consider selecting items with a cream or oil base. Utilize a moisturizer that contains sunblock or a broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of at slightest 30, indeed on cloudy days. Apply sunscreen liberally and reapply each two hours — or more regularly if you're swimming or sweating.
Look for recuperating fixings such as urea, ceramides, greasy acids and glycerol (too known as glycerin), she butter, and cocoa butter. See for fragrance-free items that do not cause skin break out (noncomedogenic) and do not contain allergy-causing substances (hypoallergenic). Dodge items that contain sodium lauryl sulfate, which is drying.
For the confront and neck, you might need to utilize a cream. Select something that's simple to apply and takes off no unmistakable buildup. If you are acne-prone, maintain a strategic distance from items on your confront that contain petroleum jam, cocoa butter or coconut oil. If you skin is exceptionally sleek, attempt utilizing a sunscreen instep of a moisturizer. If you have develop skin, you might anticipate flaky, flaky skin by utilizing items that contain cancer prevention agents or alpha hydroxy corrosive. Moisturizers frequently shape the premise for wrinkle creams, with included retinoids, cancer prevention agents, peptides and other ingredients.
If non facial skin is exceptionally dry, you might need to utilize a thicker moisturizer
( Cetaphil, others) or an oil, such as child oil. Oil has more remaining control than do salves and anticipates the dissipation of water from the skin's surface. Another plausibility is a petrolatum-based item (Vaseline, Aquaphor, others). If it feels as well oily, utilize it as it were at sleep time or fair on modest breaks in your skin. For exceptionally dry hands, apply petroleum jam generously at sleep time and put on plain cotton socks or gloves.
Use hot water and reduce shower time. Taking a long shower or bath with warm water strips your skin of its natural oils. Limit your showering to no more than once a day and to no more than 5-10 minutes. Use lukewarm water, not hot.
Use allergen-free soap. Use unscented (hypoallergenic) soap to wash your hands. Then use lotion while your hands are still young.
Try a gentle cleansing oil or soap when showering or bathing, and use soap only when necessary, such as on your hands and feet. Avoid loofah and pumice stones. Wash and dry thoroughly.
Use a cooling fan. Hot, dry indoor air can irritate sensitive skin, further irritating and irritating it. An indoor fireplace or one connected to your furnace adds moisture to the air in your home.
Choose the right fabric for your skin. Natural fibers such as cotton allow your skin to breathe. Although fur is normal, it sometimes irritates sensitive skin.
When washing, use detergents that do not contain dyes and perfumes, as both of these can irritate your skin. Such products often have the word 'free' in their name.
Get rid of him. If dry skin causes itching, apply a clean, cool, damp cloth to the affected area. You can also use an anti-inflammatory cream or ointment that contains at least 1% hydrocortisone.
If these measures do not relieve your symptoms or your symptoms are severe, consult your doctor or dermatologist for a customized skin care plan based on your skin type and any medical conditions you may have.
Use hot water and reduce shower time. Taking a long shower or bath with warm water strips your skin of its natural oils. Limit your showering to no more than once a day and to no more than 5-10 minutes. Use lukewarm water, not hot.
Use allergen-free soap. Use unscented (hypoallergenic) soap to wash your hands. Then use lotion while your hands are still young.
Try a gentle cleansing oil or soap when showering or bathing, and use soap only when necessary, such as on your hands and feet. Avoid loofah and pumice stones. Wash and dry thoroughly.
Use a cooling fan. Hot, dry indoor air can irritate sensitive skin, further irritating and irritating it. An indoor fireplace or one connected to your furnace adds moisture to the air in your home.
Choose the right fabric for your skin. Natural fibers such as cotton allow your skin to breathe. Although fur is normal, it sometimes irritates sensitive skin.
When washing, use detergents that do not contain dyes and perfumes, as both of these can irritate your skin. Such products often have the word 'free' in their name.
Get rid of him. If dry skin causes itching, apply a clean, cool, damp cloth to the affected area. You can also use an anti-inflammatory cream or ointment that contains at least 1% hydrocortisone.
If these measures do not relieve your symptoms or your symptoms are severe, consult your doctor or dermatologist for a customized skin care plan based on your skin type and any medical conditions you may have.
