#HealthBytes: 5 tips to treat skin dryness and cracks
During winters, you need to be extra careful about your skin health. The chilly winds and low humidity levels, result in dry air, which ultimately takes the much-needed moisture away from your skin. Skin dryness also often leads to irritation, chapping, redness, itching, cracking, or even bleeding. Here are 5 simple, yet effective tips to treat skin dryness and cracks.
First things first: Keep your skin moisturized
Right after you take a bath, use a natural oil or a good-quality moisturizing cream, and apply it all over your body. In case of extremely dry or cracked skin areas, petroleum jelly can work. Also, make sure to use lip balm before stepping out. A regular and religious skin moisturizing habit will go a long way in maintaining good skin health.
Cover your skin; Use lukewarm water
Cover up: Keep your skin as much covered as possible. Protect the otherwise exposed skin areas like your neck and hands to stay safe from the skin-deteriorating chilly winds. Lukewarm water: A hot shower might feel like the best thing to do during winters, but hot water will strip your skin of essential oils, rendering it weak and lifeless. That's why, it is suggested to use only lukewarm water.
Stay hydrated; Consider installing a humidifier
Hydration: Generally, we tend to drink much lesser amount of water during winters, as we turn to hotter drinks like tea and coffee. However, for maintaining good skin health, it is important to stay hydrated inside out. So, make sure to drink plenty of water throughout the day. Humidifier: Lack of natural-humidity, during winters, harms the skin. So, you might consider installing a humidifier.
