Treating Dry Skin

Treating Dry Skin

Gwendolyn Taylor just returned from skiarea and was filling in her friend Lisa Perry about the terrible issues she had with dry skin on the slopes. Lisa told her that she had exactly the same skin problem at Termignon-la-Vanoise, France. Another skiier explained the three ways that will keep your skin in good condition in nasty winter weather. She expects to use that on her trip to Somport, Pyrenees, France on her next vacation.

Winter is the roughest time on our skin. Lots of people suffer with itchy, cracked, dry and painful skin. Flocking out to the nearest store to buy the most advertised healing lotions and creams to help soothe the pain and heal the flaking for moments of relief. Unfortunately many victims are missing the vital and simple methods to not only get relief from dry, chapped and cracked skin, but also can go a long way to prevent it.

People are made up primarily of water. For some reason, in the winter months, we overlook the need to make sure that we are drinking enough water. During summer, when we are losing fluids through sweat and exerting ourselves, we realize that we need to drink water to replace the same amount of water that we lost. During the winter the cold air does much the same to our body. It sucks that moisture right out of us. This then dries and cracks our skin, leaving it dry and itchy. Making sure that you drink 8 to 10 glasses of water a day will improve the chances in the fight over your dried out and cracked skin. Try it for the next two weeks and you will undoubtedly see a noticeable positive change in your skin in a matter of days.

On the same topic of the necesity of moisture, a good moisturizing cream is also a good idea. Find one that is appropriate for your skin type so that you aren’t going to end up with oily skin. I recommend a cream more than a lotion in the winter, since a cream is thicker and more protective of the skin. You should also spend a minute to read the label. The cream or lotion that you use in the summer may not even help in the winter. Stay away from a cream or lotion with alcohol in the first few ingredients, as alcohol is a drying agent.

Dress appropriately in the cold. Before you laugh at this and scratch your head over what clothing has to do with battling dry skin, think this one over. The more exposed areas of skin that you have increases the opportunity that the cold has to suck the moisture. It is also a good idea to try to layer your clothes and let that inner layer be clothes that are made out of cotton. Cotton will let you skin breathe, will keep you warm and won’t irritate your skin.

By following these three easy methods, you will not only start getting relief from that really dry skin, an not only that you will prevent your skin from becoming dry. Plenty of fluids, the proper moisturizing cream and the right clothing and you will have moist, healthy and glowing skin to be in.

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