Dry body skin

Quite often, many of the fair sex are faced with a 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 dryness of the 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 you do not need to immediately panic, all this can be cured. But what are the reasons for these problems? This can occur due to a variety of diseases, improper diet, skin care, but let's take a closer look:

• first of all, it can be a hereditary predisposition;
• skin dermatitis, psoriasis, ichthyosis;
• dystrophy;
• allergy;
• 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;
• elderly age;
• improperly selected skin care products, or lack of care;
• peeling, masks, cleaning products, dishwashing agents, baths with a lot of salt;
• alcohol and smoking;
• overuse solarium, or the sun in the 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 disruptions;
• wrong 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 the dryness of the epidermis is a lack of vitamins. Most often this is due to improper diet, taking various medications, especially hormonal, hard diets lacking the necessary products.

To begin with, it is better to revise your diet and introduce necessary foods rich in B vitamins, C, A and E. These include: fresh vegetables and fruits, eggs, fresh herbs, fish, dairy and sour milk products, brown rice, beans, walnuts. Do not neglect clean water - do not less than a couple of liters per day, because the condition of the skin also depends on it.

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

• a drug Aevit, it contains vitamins E and A;
• vitamin C;
• 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 must adhere to some rules and remember that if you want to achieve good results, then you must not neglect the care. To begin with, it is necessary to identify the reason, if it is the effect of climate, air, solarium or the sun, then tanning procedures should be reduced, or even stopped altogether. And at home and at work, put humidifiers.

It is necessary to moisturize the epidermis after taking a shower at least a couple of times a day. Carefully select products for moisturizing and nourishing 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 the baths chamomile and flaxseed, or half a glass of medical glycerin. Warm milk and honey can be added to moisturize.

Once a week, you can apply a gentle exfoliation and moisturizing masks for the whole body. Do not use aggressive agents for scrubbing, so you can even more mutilate the epidermis.

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

A few fresh strawberries and heavy cream or milk are also quite gentle and effective exfoliation. Or you can mix the shredded oat flakes and almonds mixed with sour cream. Apply with very gentle and gentle strokes.

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 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 skin of the body. Some of the best are:

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

In addition, the lotion can be prepared on your own from ingredients that are not difficult to find in pharmacies and stores.

• Almond - combine and beat thoroughly 5 drops of an oil solution of vitamin E and rose ether, a spoon glycerin, 20 ml of pure water, half a spoonful of sweet almond oil. The lotion is stored in the refrigerator in a glass container.
• Honey - make 20 ml of chamomile broth, dissolve a spoonful of oil in it shea and add half a spoonful of honey and 10 drops of liquid vitamin E.
• Lavender - in a water bath, heat half a spoonful of jojoba and coconut oil, add 5 drops of lavender ether and 25 ml of gel aloe faith.
• Banana - mix equal parts banana puree and powdered sugar, 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 each 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, half juice lemon, yolk and 100 ml of cream.

Oil for dry skin of the body

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, skin care creams.

The best natural oils for dry skin:

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

Very dry skin of the body - what to do

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

Get rid of the bad habits of smoking and alcohol, reduce coffee consumption, especially with a lot of granulated sugar, sweets, pastries, unhealthy chips, crackers. Do various beauty treatments without forgetting moisturizing.

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 the appropriate treatment, procedures, drugs, ointments and nutrition.