Danger: Dry Skin Season Ahead
How to beat the elements and retain skin moisture
(NC)-As cooler weather approaches, you can expect children back at school, leaves falling ... and your skin drying out. When autumn winds pick up, when toasty central heating kicks back in, those are prime conditions for skin damage due to moisture loss. Exposure to cold weather and then to low humidity environments indoors is a fact of life for Canadians every year at this time. But those are not the only risks to skin. Skin is at risk when it is exposed to chemical irritants or when it reacts to allergic stimulants. Detergent soaps are effective at removing dirt and grease, but also strip away protective natural moisturizers in the skin. Some people have an even greater risk for dry skin, if they have underlying skin problems like eczema. Other people work in low humidity or extreme temperatures, or wash hands frequently. All of these conditions may be unavoidable and "just part of the job", but they also contribute to skin damage. For all these reasons, you can look forward to another season of rough, damaged and itchy skin. But if you're "skin smart", you can develop habits and choose products that keep in moisture and keep out damage. Those that contain urea, an effective moisturizing factor and keratolytic agent that exfoliates and softens skin, are particularly useful. One such moisturizer, Uremol, when used after a shower or bath and before going to bed, can help beat dry skin this season.
- News Canada
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