Dry body skin

Quite often, many representatives of the fair sex face the problem dry skin. But you really want to look beautiful, well-groomed and healthy. How to get rid of dry epidermis and what are the causes of its occurrence, you will learn from this article.

Causes of dry skin

Most often, with dry epidermis you can observe:

• small cracks on the body;
• peeling of the skin;
• slight itching, redness, irritation;
• discomfort after water procedures;
• the skin on the body is rough and looks like the scales of a snake or dragon.

If any of this is present or has arisen, then there is no need to immediately panic, all this can be cured. But what are the causes of these problems? This can occur due to a variety of diseases, poor diet, and skin care, but let’s take a closer look:

• first of all, it may be a hereditary predisposition;
• skin dermatitis, psoriasis, ichthyosis;
• dystrophy;
• allergies;
• infectious diseases and renal failure;
• diseases of the digestive tract;
• disturbed sleep, frequent depression and stress;
• improper diet;
• hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, tumors;
• blood disease, diabetes;
• old age;
• incorrectly selected skin care products or lack of care;
• peeling, masks, cleaning products, dishwashing products, baths with plenty of salt;
• alcohol and smoking;
• excessive abuse solarium, or the sun in summer;
• climate change, for example, a trip to the sea;
• too hot shower or bath;
• dehydration, lack of daily water intake;
• too dry air, air conditioners, batteries;
• hormonal imbalances;
• incorrect diets;
• lack of vitamins;
• chlorinated water in swimming pools, baths and saunas.

Vitamins for dry skin

As it turned out, one of the reasons for dry epidermis is a lack of vitamins. Most often this is due to poor nutrition, taking various medications, especially hormonal ones, severe diets, which lack the necessary products.

To begin with, it is better to review your diet and add the necessary foods rich in B vitamins, C, A and E. These include: fresh vegetables and fruits, eggs, fresh herbs, fish, dairy and fermented milk products, brown rice, beans, walnuts. Do not neglect clean water - no less than a couple of liters per day, because the condition of the skin also depends on it.

At the pharmacy you can buy special vitamin complexes, which contain many different vitamins and microelements. These include:

• drug Aevit, it contains vitamins E and A;
• ascorbic acid;
• vitamin complex Revivona;
• Vitasharm;
• multimineral and multivitamin supplement from 21 st Century;
• Alive vitamins from Nature's Way;
• Complivit.

Dry skin care

When caring for dry skin, you need to follow some rules and remember that if you want to achieve good results, you cannot neglect care. First, it is necessary to identify the cause; if it is exposure to climate, air, solarium or sun, then tanning procedures should be reduced, or even stopped altogether. Install air humidifiers at home and at work.

It is necessary to moisturize the epidermis after taking a shower at least a couple of times a day. Carefully select products to moisturize and nourish the skin, the main thing is that they do not contain alcohol and some esters, for example, mint or orange. Showers or baths should be warm, but not hot, and last no more than a quarter of an hour. You can add a decoction to baths daisies and flaxseed, or half a glass of medical glycerin. Warm milk and honey can be added to moisturize.

Once a week, you can apply soft peeling and moisturizing masks to the entire body. Do not use aggressive means for scrubbing, this can further damage the epidermis.

For scrub you can mix fine salt, heated honey and a little olive oil, flax or sunflower.

A few fresh strawberries and heavy cream or milk are also quite mild and effective peeling. Or you can mix crushed oat cereal and almonds mixed with sour cream. Apply with very soft and gentle movements.

For a moisturizing mask, you can take an equal amount of olive oil and warm honey, or a glass mineral water combine with 50 ml of warm milk.

Another mask recipe is to combine mashed banana and avocado pulp, 100 g butter, a few drops of rose oil and half a glass of cream.

After water procedures, you can moisten a large napkin in kefir, aloe juice or milk and apply it to the body for a quarter of an hour.

Lotions for dry skin

After masks, peelings and wraps You can use special lotions specifically for dry body skin. Some of the best are:

• moments of pleasure from Nivea;
• Happy Skin with sesame oil or extract pumpkin Oriflame brand seeds;
• Dove DeepCare Complex;
• Johnson's with oil for dry skin types;
• Let It Snow by Sephora.

In addition, you can prepare the lotion yourself from ingredients that are quite easy to find in pharmacies and stores.

• Almond – combine and thoroughly beat 5 drops of an oil solution of vitamin E and rose essential oil, a spoon glycerin, 20 ml of clean water, half a spoon of sweet almond oil. The lotion is stored in the refrigerator in a glass container.
• Honey - make 20 ml of chamomile decoction, dissolve a spoonful of oil in it shea butter and add half a spoon of honey and 10 drops of liquid vitamin E.
• Lavender – heat half a spoonful of jojoba and coconut oils in a water bath, add 5 drops of lavender essential oil and 25 ml of gel. aloe faith.
• Banana – mix banana puree and powdered sugar in equal parts, adding 20 ml of lemon juice, 230 ml of milk. Bring the mixture to a boil, cool, strain and store in the refrigerator.
• Oil – combine 50 ml of sesame oil, 15 ml of almond and olive oil.
• Citrus – mix 100 ml of any citrus juice, 100 g of honey, 100 ml of almond oil, heat on the stove for a couple of minutes and can be used.
• Creamy – combine 40 ml of vodka, juice of half lemon, yolk and 100 ml cream.

Oil for dry skin

To nourish and intensively moisturize dry epidermis, you can use natural oils. Some of them can be used in their pure form, while others can be added to lotions and skin care creams.

The best natural oils for dry skin:

• olive - many use it in its pure form, it also makes a wonderful cream, you just need to mix the yolk and a little heated olive oil;
• coconut– can be used neat, you just need to warm it up, or make a peeling from oil and thick honey;
• oil shi;
• lavender;
• grape seed oil;
• sunflower;
• almond;
• apricot.

Very dry body skin - what to do

With very dry skin, it is necessary to follow the correct diet, diet, care of the entire skin of the body, and the amount of water drunk per day. You can take vitamin complexes, or limit yourself to taking vitamin E, fish oil and flaxseed oil. Flax oil contains quite a lot of vitamins and elements necessary for the human body. Scientists have proven that flaxseed oil is many times more effective than fish oil.

Get rid of the bad habits of smoking and alcohol, reduce coffee consumption, especially with large amounts of granulated sugar, sweets, baked goods, unhealthy chips, crackers. Do various cosmetic procedures, not forgetting about hydration.

If your skin is very dry and nothing helps, then the best remedy is to consult a specialist for advice. He will identify the causes, prescribe appropriate treatment, procedures, medications, ointments and nutrition.