Exploring Dry Skin Care
Suffering from dry, itchy skin is a problem for women everywhere. It’s worse yet for those that must spend time outside in direct sunlight. Just the hassle of needing extra skin care to fight the condition is a constant pain. Having a regular daily skin care routine can help with dry skin, but your choice of skin care cream is critical.
Never forget that cravat emptor (buyer beware!) is the norm in the world of skin care products. The ingredients of any skin cream will determine it’s quality. Some skin care creams, even those with brand names, can be bad for dry skin.
If your skin cream has any kind of alcohol listed on the label, get rid of it and start over! Alcohol will only help to dry your skin even more and make your condition worse.
Ingredients that make your skin cream “smell good” are useless for moisturizing. For dry skin, your cream has only one job…moisturize!
Skin creams that contain derivatives of natural products can also harm dry skin. Dioxane, an artificial derivative of coconut cream, is a good example. There are anecdotal reports of people that have used a product containing contracting all kinds of skin problems.
You should also avoid products that list “essence of ______” on their list of ingredients. The essence of anything means that the ingredient is similar to that thing, but, is actually a man-made chemical. “Extracts”, on the other hand, are made from the real thing, so, use products with extracts instead.
Please Note: This article is based entirely on information freely available in the national press and medical journals that deal with dry skin care. Nothing herein should be or taken as any kind of medical advice. For medical advice you have to visit with his or her physician or other medical specialist.
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