There is various home dry skin remedies that you can make to help sooth and heal dry chapped skin.
For example, taking a milk bath once a week helps to sooth and nourishes the skin. Warm your bath water and put a couple of tablespoons of powdered milk, a couple of drops of almond oil and a few drops of your favorite perfume or bath oils. Then just lay back, relax and let the milk moisten your skin and nourish it.
Another good tip is to exfoliate your skin, once a week, with a facial mask, this helps to eliminate dull, dry surface skin. Use a biological face mask and not one containing bleaching and harsh chemicals like benzoyl peroxide or alcohol.
Most people don’t realize that maintaining a healthy diet can effect your skin type and moisturize your skin. Dry skin is easily produced when we lose liquids. Our bodies are made-up of 80% water and losing liquid directly effects our skins hydration.
Balanced Diets to alleviate Dry Skin
* Consume plenty of fruits, grains, seeds, vegetables, and nuts. Consume a good portion of proteins from vegetable sources. Increase your intake on raw vegetables because they have more vitamins than cooked vegetables.
* Eat foods like onions, garlic, asparagus, eggs, these are all rich in sulfur and help to keep your skin young looking.
* Consume plenty of colorful vegetables, specially yellow and orange. These are rich in beta carotene and anti oxidants.
* Consuming plenty of omega 3 oils in a regular diet help to keep your skin supple and moist, flack seed oil is a good choice as it contains Omega 3’s and Omega 6 linoleic acids. These elements are converted into a hormone like substance named Prostaglandins, which help with healthy skin.
* Carrots, cantaloupes and apricots are all healing fruits for your very dry skin. These are all very rich in vitamins A & C with help to keep your skin moistened and smooth. All the fruits are rich in vitamin B5 and pantothenic acids. Pantothenic acid is required for the production of fats and oils used by your skin.
* Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water everyday maintains your skin sufficiently hydrated.
* Avoid consuming fried food, animal fats, and heated processed vegetable oils. Heating oils leads to the synthesis of free radicals, which can have negative effects on your skin.
* Stay away from processed sugars found in soda pop, chocolate (dark chocolate is ok) potato chips, or other manufactured junk foods.
* Avoid consuming caffeinated beverages and alcohol; these beverages take away important minerals and fluids that are good for your skin.
* Smoking has a damaging effect on your skin for various reasons. Nicotine shrinks blood vessels, including the tiny capillaries that are present in the skin. This deprives the skin of the oxygen and nutrients it requires for good health. Smoking can also make your skin dry and leathery.
These simple tips are a powerful ally against the fight of dry skin.
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- Patricia Bascunan