5 Easy Tips To Protect Yourself Against Dry Skin

Our skin can become dry for various reasons. The sebum on the skin can get washed away very fast because of frequent washing of your skin. One of the reasons is that you might be using harsh detergents. The weather may also be playing a part. Dry air will suck the moisture away from our skin. Air conditioners and room heaters are well known to produce dry air and that is one dry skin cause.

When winter comes, the moist, warm weather will soon become dry, cold and harsh. It is a good time to look for a good remedy to combat the dry, chapped, chafed and itchy dry skin. Shielding lotion is now recommended by dermatologists as dry skin treatment. Here are some additional tips that may also help protect you against dry skin.

1. Use sun blocks lotion on sunny days. 15 SPF is usually strong enough, but if you are outdoors for a long time, you need more protection.

2. Although a long, hot bath or shower can feel very comfortable when you are indoors from the cold. However that hot water will cause dry skin just as easily in the winter as the summer. It's also best to use as little soap as possible to avoid washing off protective natural oils.

3. As soon as you get out of the shower, pat dry (rubbing chafes the skin and the towel absorbs too much of the skin's natural oil) and apply a shielding lotion immediately. It can keep the moisture locked in and protect yourself from both the dryness indoors and the harsh elements outdoors. Don't forget about your hands and face.

4. If you're going to be out in the cold for a long time, or you're involved in outdoor sports, you need to prevent overheating and becoming too cold or wet - all of which will cause dry skin. The best way to accomplish all three is to dress in layers of clothes. Silk is best next to our skin. It is good insulation, is soft, lightweight, and allows the skin to breath. It also dries quickly so your skin doesn't chafe from being continually wet. Avoid cotton, it retains moisture.

Wool is moist resistant, and retains its insulating qualities even when it is wet. However, it's not very comfortable right next to the skin. Silk undergarments are readily available in sporting goods stores - pants, tops, and liners for gloves and socks.

5. Use a humidifier if possible. Integrating it into your central heating system is best, but if you have one that's portable, using in the bedroom at night is most effective for preventing dry skin.

Just following the 5 tips above will help you withstand the winter unharmed, and without the cracked, chafed, itchy dry skin that is typical of the season.

Skin Care Tips

Preparing For the Winter Months

Many people think that just because the sun isn't shining down on us as much as it is in the Summer months, that sunblock does not need to be applied during the Winter months. That could not be further from the truth! Sunblock is important no matter what the temperature is. Sunblock not only protects from the violentuv rays of the sun, but it also works to moisturize an protect the skin as well as prevent wrinkle formation.

If there is one thing to apply as you ice skate, downhill ski, go sledding, cross-country skiing, or just spend time outdoors (shoveling snow more like it), it should be sunblock. Immediately after coming back inside, a moisturizer should be applied to the skin. These are two of the best ways to take care of your skin, in a defensive manner, and protect it from the elements such as the cold and wind.

So, tip number one is be sure you have an ample supply of sunblock as well as a good moisturizing cream.

Second, you need to stimulate cellular repair and regrowth. This can be done in a number of ways, with a wide variety of products, so what I'm going to do is list some of the properties and ingredients that I feel are important to keep in mind as you buy skin products.

For starters, a new trend that has been becoming quite popular in the last few years is telomere maintenance. Telomeres are strands of DNA that wear down and become shorter as we age. These days, there are telomere creams that work the skin on a level that aims to restore and replenish the telomeres.

Second, I always like ingredients like squalane, which is derived from olive extract and found naturally in the oils of olives. It's a great anti aging ingredient that once again reaches the cellular level of the skin and works to rejuvenate cells. You can usually find this ingredient in serums. Red and green tea extracts are also becoming quite popular and will work in defense in the winter months.

If you wish to keep your skin looking good throughout the winter, it's important you apply skin products more than usual. This is because the wind, combined with the cold weather, will dry your skin out at a much faster rate than what you are normally accustomed to. If you don't suffer from dry skin all throughout the year, this is one time of year you should pay extra attention to your skin. You don't want to lose out on all the work you've put in throughout the year just because you were lazy during the winter months.

If you follow those winter skin care tips, you should be better off come Spring! Then you can set off and look for that tan you lost during the last few months!