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Dry Skin Care-Health
Maintain your natural oils.
Your body naturally produces oils that keep your skin protected and prevent
drying out. However, you do lots of things throughout the day that remove these
natural oils. The biggest threat to your skin's natural protectant is your
bathing routine. Soaps which remove to much oil from your skin and water which
is too hot both put your skin at risk. Lower the temperature of your showers as
low as you can stand and use only soaps which contain moisturizers or are
marked for "sensitive skin".
You should also be sure not
to bathe too often or for too long. Both can also wash away too much of your
natural oil. Shower for no more than 10-15 minutes and no more than once a day.
If you can, bathe only every other day.
Exfoliate gently. You have
probably seen the advice to exfoliate dry skin. This removes the dead skin,
preventing infection and allowing moisturizing products to absorb properly.
This is good advice but you should follow it carefully. You don't want to
exfoliate too often, first of all. Once or twice a week can be plenty, especially
for sensitive areas like the face. You also shouldn't use harsh exfoliants,
like a loofah or pumice stone. Instead, baking soda paste or a clean washcloth
will get the job done without causing damage.
It
is also important to make sure the washcloth you use is clean. One of the
reasons why things like loofahs cause problems is because items like that
easily harbor germs and bacteria. Using a clean washcloth can help keep that
problem from happening.
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