What's Causing Your Dry Skin?

Dry skin happens to be very uncomfortable.

It also happens to be something that you can avoid by
just paying attention to how you are caring for your skin.

The causes of dry skin range widely but there are some
considerations for this condition that happen more often
than not.

You may have just bathed in water that was too hot too
often or you may have a medical condition that is causing
your skin to become too dry.

In any case, understanding what is causing your dry skin
will help you to prevent it from happening over and over
again.

Common Dry Skin Causes

The causes for dry skin range in severity too. While you
may be just a bit uncomfortable with the itchy skin, for
others it is painful. Here are some of the causes that you
may have been exposed to.

• Low humidity. When you are exposed to warm air indoors
and then venture out into the cold outdoor air, your skin
reacts to this humidity level. Because it is used to the
warmer temperatures, when you are outdoors it easily can
dry out causing your skin to flake and even hurt at times.

• Too Much Washing. If you wash your skin too often or you
are using a very hot temperature of water, your skin loses
its important natural oils which results again in dry skin.

• Soap. Some soaps are too harsh for the skin. They will
draw out and wash away those natural oils which will leave
your skin dry and cracking. Using only mild soaps can be
helpful in avoiding dry skin.

• Vitamin A. If you don’t get enough Vitamin A in your
diet, you too may experience dry skin. Adding more will
reduce the occurrence and severity of your dry skin.

• An illness. There are several illnesses that can bring on
dry skin. Usually this is due to the medications that you
may be taking for the illness that you have.

• Sunlight. Sunlight actually can draw out the moisture in
your skin, too, leaving it dry. To avoid this problem, seek
out a moisturizer that provides sun blocking benefits to
you, too.

The cause of your dry skin may be something different, too.
The fact is that there are many causes to this common
condition.

The good news is that most of the time all that is needed
is prevention from these conditions or a few moisturizers
to give you the relief you deserve.

Paul Cass
www.healthandbeautyinformation.com