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Home Spa Treatment: Heal Dry Hands With Heated Socks
Colder weather means dry skin, and for me, my hands and cuticles are the worst since I'm constantly washing my hands. Here's a soothing and inexpensive remedy you can treat yourself to at home. If you suffer from dry skin on your feet, you can use this treatment on your tootsies too.
Minutes to a Healthier You: Shorter Showers
Itchy, flaky, dry skin is a common issue among fit women because they often shower twice a day — once in the morning, and once after a workout. The water washes away the natural oils in your skin that protect it from drying out. On top of that, now that cooler temps are moving in for many of us, we're indulging in longer, hotter showers to warm us up, which dries our skin out even more.
How-To: Heal Cracked Heels
Warm Summer weather inspires many of us to wear flip-flops and walk barefoot. When your feet are exposed to air, it can cause dry skin on your feet, which will create calluses. The pressure of pounding your feet on the ground when you run can then lead to heel fissures, or cracks in the skin.
6 Ways to Combat Winter Dry Skin
Many people suffer from dry skin, and when Winter hits, their skin can become scaly, itchy, and irritated. If this sounds familiar, here are some ways to combat your dry skin.
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5 Things: Foods That Improve Dry Skin
When Winter comes, dry skin comes along with it. Since there's less humidity is the air, my skin gets so uncomfortable and itchy. Besides using a rich moisturizer, turning down the heat, and using a humidifier, eating these foods can also help improve dry skin.
All Moisturizers Help With Dry Skin
Here's some good news this winter: despite the long lists of obscure ingredients, all moisturizers help with dry skin because they supply a little bit of water to the skin and contain a greasy substance that holds it in. Almost every moisturizer on the market, pricey or not, will help with dry skin, and in most cases, the choice comes down to whether you like the feel and smell. Good to know when you're standing there looking at the shelf full of lotions at the drugstore, right?
Feeling Flaky? Tips For Dealing With Dry Skin
Dry skin can be a real bummer in the Winter, especially when it gets all itchy and flaky. The good news is that you don't have to live with it.
Here are a few tips for people with dry skin:
- Turn down the thermostat: Hot air is drier than cool air.
- Use a humidifier: It can help put moisture back in the air.
Health Tip: How to Moisturize
Dry skin and Winter seem to go hand in hand, and speaking of hands mine surely are dry. I just learned that to properly moisturize skin you need to apply lotion when the skin is damp. The lotion helps to trap the moisture of your damp skin keeping it hydrated.
Humidifier - That's Wee NOT Wii
I love using a humidifier in the winter to combat dry, itchy skin. It also helps with my allergies and asthma.
But I absolutely hate cleaning it out.
Weather Through the Winter Itch
As the cold wind blows outside, we combat it by cranking up our heaters. It feels so nice to be toasty warm when you look outside and see bare trees naked in the bitter cold air.
Unfortunately, that heat makes the air super dry, and it takes a toll on our skin, drying it out.
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