What to do if your skin is dry and itchy in winter

I believe that when the cold winter comes, many friends will feel a large loss of water in their bodies, so they always feel that their skin is very dry. In severe cases, it will be accompanied by peeling and extreme itching symptoms. Many friends can't help but scratch their skin with their hands because of the itchiness, which will make the skin's resistance more fragile over time. So what should we do if our skin is dry and itchy in winter? In order to better help everyone, please share with me in the following time.

Keep your skin clean, but don't shower every day.

Keeping your skin clean is the first priority. It is not recommended to take a bath every day. Excessive use of the bathing layer will damage the stratum corneum and oil that protect the skin, which will affect the natural protection and moisturizing functions and make the skin more prone to dryness and itching. Generally speaking, if the weather is cold in winter, it is better to take a bath every few days. But if you exercise, do a lot of physical work, sweat, or get a lot of dust from outdoor activities, then you must take a shower to clean your skin.

Don't use too hot water for bathing.

In the past, in winter, especially when the weather was cold, I liked to take a bath with very hot water, about 40 degrees Celsius. Especially for itchy areas, I felt more comfortable when I washed them with slightly hot water. In fact, please remember that I later realized that this was a very wrong approach. If this happens to your skin, be especially careful not to wash it with too hot water, as this can easily damage the skin and affect the skin's basic metabolic function, which will only aggravate your symptoms of dryness and itching. So, try not to use water that is too hot, just not too cold.

Don't use body wash every time.

Regarding the use of shower gel, I used to feel that if I didn’t use it, I would always feel like my body was not clean. In fact, this is also a bad habit. Using shower gel too frequently will cause more oil on the skin to be neutralized and washed away, especially dry skin, which needs the protection of these natural oils.

The above paragraphs provide us with a good introduction to some ways to deal with dry and itchy skin in winter. I believe that friends who have read the above content carefully will have more insights into the above questions. But I also hope that everyone will pay attention to these dry skin problems, because long-term dry and itchy skin problems will cause skin inflammation if they are not relieved.