Tips on Treating Dry Skin

Monica Peterson just returned from a ski area and was complaining to her friend Tiffany Mitchell about the horrible problems she had with dry and cracked skin while skiing. Tiffany told her that she had exactly the same skin problem at Kobla in Bohinj, Slovenia. Another skier explained the three things to keep your skin in good condition in cold weather. She expects to use that on her trip to Baqueira-Beret near Vielha, Pyrenees, Spain next winter.

Winter is the harshest time for our skin. Lots of people fight itchy, rough, cracked, dry and painful skin. Running out to the market to find the most advertised healing lotions and creams to help quell the irritation and heal the roughness for moments of relief. Unfortunately victims are passing up on the vital and simple methods to not only get the help you need for dry, chapped and cracked skin, but also help prevent it.

People are made up primarily of water. For some reason, in the winter, we miss the need the body has of drinking enough water. During summer, when we are sweating and working out, we feel how much we need to drink lots of water to replace the water that we lost. During the winter the cold air does much the same to our body. It sucks that water right out of our bodies. This then dries out our skin, leaving it dry and itchy. Making sure that you are still drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water a day will improve the chances in the fight over your dry and rough skin. Use this one tip for the next two weeks and you will undoubtedly see a real positive change in your skin in just a few days.

Staying with the vital necessity of moisture, a reliable moisturizing cream is also a good idea. Try to get one that is appropriate for your skin type so you won't end up with oily uncomfortable skin. I recommend a cream as opposed to a lotion in cold weather, because a cream is thicker and more protective of the skin. Also spend a moment or so and read the label. The cream or lotion that you use in the summer probably won't be appropriate in the winter. Stay away from a cream or lotion with alcohol in the first few ingredients, as alcohol will actually dry out your skin, which is the opposite of what you need.

Make sure to dress appropriately in the cold. Before you laugh at this and scratch your head over what clothing has to do with battling dry skin, think about it. The more bare areas of skin that you have increase the opportunity that the cold air has to remove the moisture from your skin. Try to layer your clothes and let that next to the skin layer be clothes that are made out of cotton. Cotton will let you skin breathe, will keep you warm and won't irritate your skin.

By heeding these three basic methods, you will not only notice relief from that annoying dry skin, but you will prevent your skin from becoming dry. Drinking enough fluids, the right moisturizing cream and the right clothing and you will have moist, healthy and glowing skin covering you.