Natural Remedies for Dry Skin

Ciara: I am Ciara, I am from Illinois. I have a question. My question is what are the natural remedies for excessively dry skin?

Vesna Petronic Rosic: Well, Ciara, the important thing to know about very dry skin is that it has lost its ability to retain water from evaporating back into the environment. In order to help this, you need to add moisture to the skin and correct the protective skin barrier. There are several easy ways to do this.

You can apply natural products like cocoa butter or shea butter right after you have taken your bath, and before the water that has been applied to the skin has had time to evaporate. Another thing you can do is add some olive oil to your bath or add some milk to your bath every week or so. However, if you do that you need to be careful not to sleep in the bathtub because they will make the surface of the bathtub slippery. Also, a healthy diet with enough water intake and healthy foods and vegetables is crucial to maintaining healthy skin.


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