The human skin is exposed to many problems as a result of the different environmental, health and psychological conditions facing it, which negatively affects its health, causing it to split and dry from time to time. Most short-term droughts may occur more often in the winter, or because a person does not care enough about his or her skin and his or her behavior. Dry skin is generally not a serious problem, and by increasing the person’s attention to its care, it can rebuild the surface skin and make its appearance bright, healthy and healthy.
Signs of dry skin
A person can know that his skin is suffering from dehydration through a number of signs such as:
- The skin is very tight and elastic especially after bathing.
- The skin is hard to feel rough rather than soft.
- He feels continuous itching in the skin.
- Wrinkles, lines and redness on the surface of the skin.
- There are clear cracks on the skin surface that may bleed occasionally.
Causes of dry skin
Often the cause of dryness of the skin is due to environmental factors and at other times may be evidence of the existence of an internal disease, and the following are two types of causes of the drought:
* Environmental reasons:
- Exposure to cold weather In winter, the skin loses its elasticity, especially if exposed to cold air currents and wet skin is not completely dried.
- Frequent use of air conditioners and heaters in hot summer and cold winter.
- Frequent bathing, especially hot water, presents the skin to severe dryness because hot water breaks the layer of fat on the surface of the skin and loses its elasticity.
- Household detergents, handwashing agents, especially those containing sterile, antibacterial or deodorant substances, are the most skin-reducing products.
- Injury to some types of allergies that cause dehydration.
- Lack of interest in moisturizing the skin, and not being fed with moisturizing creams after using water especially in the winter.
* Health reasons satisfactory :
- Some skin diseases such as psoriasis or eczema, which form a dry layer and thick thick on the surface of the skin.
- Thyroid disease: The lack of activity of the thyroid gland leads to the lack of secretion of natural oils moisturizing the skin.
- Drinking alcohol and stimulants that contain a large percentage of caffeine dries the skin.
- Anemia: The loss of the body to the minerals and vitamins of the skin loses its vitality and causes dehydration.
- Taking after drugs such as diuretics and antihistamines dries the skin.
- Dryness of the body caused by vomiting, diarrhea, excessive sweating or lack of drinking water causes dryness of the body and therefore dryness of the skin.