Know Your Skin Type - Dry Skin

Dry skin is flaky and dull looking, especially on the cheeks and around the eyes: Even in the teens fine lines may appear on the cheeks, under the eyes and at the corners of the mouth.

Dry skin has a tendency for broken veins, flakiness, dry patches, reddened and sore skin in cold weather. A dry skin needs a lot of care. The oil glands are not supplying enough lubrication to the skin and the skin becomes dehydrated.

Tips and Care for Dry Skin

A dry skin needs a lot of care. If your skin is really dry, adopt suitable meaSures. If neglected, it turns into wrinkles and lines.

Cleansing should be done with a cream, followed by a very mild tonic like rose water or a herbal infusion to remove the remaining traces of oil and to have the skin feeling fresh.

Wash the dry skin with water and scrub. If you are afraid it will overdry your skin, use enough of moisturizer afterwards. Try washing with milk.

Instead of soap, you can also use oatmeal or almond meal. Lubricating and feeding are essential for this type of skin.

Never go out without a moisturizer at night. If your skin is feeling particularly dry, restore it with a rich nourishing cream, then blot off the excess cream after about twenty minutes. The skin will bave absorbed all the cream it can in ten minutes and the excess will only block the pores of your skin.

Dry Skin Test

If there is no grease on the tissue at all, you have either a dry or a normal skin. To check a dry skin, wash your face with soap and water.

If your skin is left feeling stretched or too tight, shiny and parched, it is dry.