Dry Skin: Do’s and Don’ts
Going crazy from dryness? You are not alone.
The changing weather causes dry facial skin and chapped lips why does it happen and how to keep the skin moist and pleasant even in the transition season? All tips and advice in one place.
Moisturize it
Skin restoration is done by intensive hydration and renewal of skin cells through treatments and products suited to the skin condition.With seasonal changes there is a drastic drop in humidity, which is noticeable dramatically as dryness on the face and body, For women using active ingredients, it is recommended to take a planned break of six weeks, until the weather stabilizes.
Products with active ingredients dry out the skin even more and cause a feeling of dryness. Also, reduce the use of soaps and increase moisturizing products while doing treatments to infuse moisture into the skin, giving it a boost.
Those suffering from dermatitis, seborrhea, or other skin conditions will feel a worsening during this short transition period, but when winter arrives the situation will stabilize.
Until then, prefer herbal based or gentle ingredients.
At the beginning of winter, it is recommended to gradually return to active ingredients, whitening agents, and various retinols recommended for use in the cold season.
Face: Apply your face cream to damp skin to lock in moisture and improve absorption.
It is recommended to clean the face with a gentle cleansing gel and use moisturizing products containing ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, collagen, and vitamin E, and apply a nourishing cream over them to give a fatty layer and protection.
Look for ingredients like jojoba oil, wheat germ oil, vitamin A, carrot oil, and lecithin.
Do not forget the neck: The neck area is also thirsty for moisture, so it is recommended to apply moisturizer gently there as well.
Warm the cream with your hands and place it on the neck and décolleté area without massaging up and down.
Water: Drink 8-12 glasses of water a day.
Especially recommended is a glass of water in the morning before any rituals, to clean and hydrate the body after the night and nourish the facial skin.
Water maintains skin moisture and helps its elasticity.
Homemade nourishing mask and recipe: Mix a teaspoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of lemon juice, a tablespoon of yogurt, and a teaspoon of carrot juice. Apply on the face while massaging. Wait 10 minutes and rinse with water.
Do’s and Don’ts for Winter
Warm showers: Using very hot water in the shower causes the natural oils on the skin to evaporate and makes the skin rough. Our skin moisture is maintained by sebum the skin fat that oils the skin and hair, kills bacteria, and prevents environmental irritants from penetrating the skin.
When heated, this fat melts and washes away from the skin, causing dry, cracked, sensitive, and sometimes itchy skin.
Use oils: If your moisturizers are water or gel-based, it is recommended to replace them with products containing more oils, which treat dryness more intensively.
Less coffee, more tea: Reduce coffee intake and cigarette smoking, which constrict blood vessels and cause skin dryness.
Herbal teas or water remove toxins from the body and moisturize the skin.
Proper nutrition: The fastest way to renew natural fatty acids is to eat foods rich in minerals and fatty acids. Avocado, walnuts, fresh almonds, and fish improve skin health.
Leave a glass of water in the room: Avoid overheating the home/office. To create some moisture in the air, pour a glass of water and place it in a corner of the room.
Appropriate face soap: Clean the face with a suitable soap with a PH of 5.5 close to the skin’s natural PH. Besides cleaning, using a PH5.5 soap prevents skin dryness.
Face cream by skin type: Match your cream to the season. Add a cream with moisturizers to hydrate the skin. Not only dry skin suffers in winter oily skin also dries out and needs moisturizer.
For dry skin, it is important to apply a nourishing cream enriched with vitamin E for hydration and vitamin A to help skin cell renewal.
And the lips what about them?
Dry and chapped lips are common in the transition season and winter.
The source is dryness and reflexive wetting of the lips by licking.
Saliva causes the opposite effect: instead of moisturizing, it dries and creates a vicious circle where dryness and licking worsen the condition.
Apply moisturizing products rich in shea butter for pleasant lips.
You can gently exfoliate using your regular face scrub, then apply pure shea butter, a lip-specific mask, or coconut oil.
Products based on petroleum jelly, similar to licking, are ineffective and should be avoided.