What’s Your Answer for Dry Skin Care?

There are many causes of dry itchy skin. During the summer, we alternate between the dry air of our air-conditioned offices and cars to the outdoor summer heat and humidity. Then, winter rolls around and the lack of humidity and the dry heat from our furnaces draws the moisture out of our skin again, causing the familiar winter itch. Every day products used for cooking and cleaning, perfumes, cosmetics, laundry detergent, medications, even anti-bacterial soap is absorbed into our skin causing it to dry out. Sometimes you take the long hot shower at the end of the day that robs your skin of needed moisture. For me, having hard-water at home leaves my skin dry year-round. My dry skin care solution had always been a variety of drug store lotions, which only offer temporary relief, until now.

A friend of mine suffers from Psoriasis, a chronic condition that causes her skin to be red, itchy, spotty, and inflamed. Dry skin care is something she is virtually an expert at. When I learned that products applied to your skin eventually, make their way into you blood stream I was shocked. Studies have shown the chemicals used as preservatives by many pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies have been shown to cause cancer, especially breast cancer and can affect estrogen levels. As a woman and mother to two daughters, I want to do whatever I can to protect us from increased health risks. Knowing what is in the products you use on your skin is essential, that’s why we only use all-natural products we know are safe.

Many dry skin care products are actually made up of mostly synthetic waxes and fillers, and use active ingredients in such low concentrations that they really are not effective. Small concentrations of beneficial ingredients are included just so they can be added to the label, but are completely ineffective when used in such small doses. Some manufacturers use fragrances as a draw to make their inferior products smell better. Fragrance is created by using chemicals, which can be potential allergens for people with sensitive skin like me. Some skincare products use chemicals in their products designed to kill harmful bacteria that can be found on the skin, many of these ingredients are actually classified as pesticides. Would you knowingly put a pesticide on your skin? Of course not! Dry skin care products should be safe, effective and not cause potential health risks.

Left untreated, dry skin can sometimes lead to dermatitis, an inflammation of the skin, which causes swelling, and infection. Scratching your dry itchy skin can cause a spread of infection as well. When your skin is dry and cracked, it allows infection to reach the deep layers of your skin.

Lotions provide artificial moisture to dehydrated skin. Artificial, conventional lotions provide temporary relief from dry skin itch and irritation, but wash off or are rubbed off easily. Only all-natural products can create moisture similar to what your own body naturally creates which can penetrate deep within the layers of your skin. Dry itchy skin is not always caused externally; some causes can start from the inside. Keeping your body well hydrated will give you healthy, hydrated skin that looks and feels good.

Look at the labels on your dry skin care products and find out what is really in them. Your skin needs a safe and natural product that nourishes your skin with essential nutrients without adverse, harmful side effects. The right products will keep the good stuff in and the bad stuff out. Say goodbye to dry itchy skin by finding the right dry skin care product you can feel good about.