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Add another thing to the list of reasons I despise the winter time...Dry Skin. Blah! I really hate how dry my hands get in the winter time and it's not just hands...it's legs, arms, face and lips as well, oh and my back and stomach sometimes too. If I'm not extremely careful about what kind of body wash I use I end up having to lather myself in lotion. Dry skin isn't just something that goes away really easily either, once you let it go for so long it becomes a bigger problem.
According to the UIhealth site these problems are associated with dry skin:
Dry skin very commonly produces itching, which can be severe and interfere with sleep and other daily activities. Repeated rubbing and scratching can produce areas of thickened, rough skin (lichenification). Dry, thickened skin can crack, especially in areas subject to chronic trauma (e.g., hands and feet), causing painful cracks in the skin (fissures). Dry skin and scratching may result in a dermatitis when the skin becomes red (inflamed) in addition to dry and scaly. Round, scaly, itchy, red patches scattered over the legs, arms and trunk (nummular eczema) may also appear. The appearance of yellow crusts or pus in these areas indicates that a bacterial infection is developing. This would require specific antibiotic therapy from your dermatologist or family physician.
If your skin is very dry, or if you have an associated red dermatitis, it is a good idea to seek the advice of your dermatologist or family physician. Severe dry skin is a feature of certain genetic diseases such as atopic dermatitis and ichthyosis (fish scale-like skin). In addition, people with hormone imbalances such as underactivity of the thyroid gland can also experience severe skin dryness (there are other changes in the body that accompany dry skin in this setting that helps doctors recognize this problem). On occasion red, dry skin rashes can be confused with other skin problems such as a ringworm infection or allergic contact dermatitis (i.e., a poison ivy-like skin rash), which would need different forms of treatment.
I mean who wants to have sandpaper skin at any time of year? But worst of all when you're having to pull on sweaters that get caught on dry skin and cause more itching or worse! A good remedy for dry skin is to get a really good moisturizing body wash to use in the shower as well as a good moisture intensive lotion. Be sure that you don't use an exfoliating body wash in the winter time unless you have every intention of using some serious moisturizer afterwards. My personal recommendation for lotion is either a really great body butter or the Bath and Body works line of body cream because it holds the moisture into your skin. As for body wash... anything with the word moisture or moisturizer are good choices. Dove skin care has a really great line out right now and not only will it moisturize you but you'll smell pretty darn good too!
According to the UIhealth site these problems are associated with dry skin:
Dry skin very commonly produces itching, which can be severe and interfere with sleep and other daily activities. Repeated rubbing and scratching can produce areas of thickened, rough skin (lichenification). Dry, thickened skin can crack, especially in areas subject to chronic trauma (e.g., hands and feet), causing painful cracks in the skin (fissures). Dry skin and scratching may result in a dermatitis when the skin becomes red (inflamed) in addition to dry and scaly. Round, scaly, itchy, red patches scattered over the legs, arms and trunk (nummular eczema) may also appear. The appearance of yellow crusts or pus in these areas indicates that a bacterial infection is developing. This would require specific antibiotic therapy from your dermatologist or family physician.
If your skin is very dry, or if you have an associated red dermatitis, it is a good idea to seek the advice of your dermatologist or family physician. Severe dry skin is a feature of certain genetic diseases such as atopic dermatitis and ichthyosis (fish scale-like skin). In addition, people with hormone imbalances such as underactivity of the thyroid gland can also experience severe skin dryness (there are other changes in the body that accompany dry skin in this setting that helps doctors recognize this problem). On occasion red, dry skin rashes can be confused with other skin problems such as a ringworm infection or allergic contact dermatitis (i.e., a poison ivy-like skin rash), which would need different forms of treatment.
I mean who wants to have sandpaper skin at any time of year? But worst of all when you're having to pull on sweaters that get caught on dry skin and cause more itching or worse! A good remedy for dry skin is to get a really good moisturizing body wash to use in the shower as well as a good moisture intensive lotion. Be sure that you don't use an exfoliating body wash in the winter time unless you have every intention of using some serious moisturizer afterwards. My personal recommendation for lotion is either a really great body butter or the Bath and Body works line of body cream because it holds the moisture into your skin. As for body wash... anything with the word moisture or moisturizer are good choices. Dove skin care has a really great line out right now and not only will it moisturize you but you'll smell pretty darn good too!
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