Dry skin: Causes, Tips & Home remedies

Dry skin: Causes, Tips & Home remedies

 

White powdery and tight skin causes dryness in skin, commonly known as dry skin. Dryness in the skin can occur because of many reasons including overbathing, genetics, poor nutrition etc. Dry skin cracks the skin. Dry skin is one of the most common skin problems that mostly occurs in winters, dry skin affects every person equally including men and women, however, increasing age surges the chances of dryness in skin. People with old age more often face the problem of dry skin. Dry skin doesn’t create any such big complications in the body. Following certain ayurvedic tips and simple home remedies for dry skin can cure your dry skin.

 

What is dry skin?

Dry skin is a rough medical skin condition that occurs due to various reasons including poor nutrition, bad environmental factors, dehydration etc. Dry skin makes skin rough, itchy and scaly. Skin looks tighter than usual and sometimes cracks occur to the skin. When skin doesn’t have enough moisture or the body do not produce sebum (Oil) to moisturize the skin causes dry skin. Dry skin can be cured with healthy eating and simple home remedies. Simple home remedies for dry skin can turn skin glowing.

 

What causes dry skin?

There are a few major causes of dry skin mentioned below-

  • Poor nutrition
  • Genetic factors
  • Extreme temperature (Extreme cold or extremely hot)
  • Dehydration
  • Dry atmosphere
  • Bad environmental conditions
  • Hot shower bath
  • Usage of alcohol-containing lotion
  • Overbathing
  • Usage of chemical soap
  • Usage of chemical skin cosmetics

 

What are the complications of dry skin?

There are the few complications associated with the dry skin mentioned below-

  • Eczema (Dermatitis)
  • Flaky skin
  • Skin infections
  • Itching problem
  • Skin cracking
  • Tightness in skin

 

Dos and don’ts for dry skin

Follow the tips mentioned below to treat your dry skin-

  • Drink the ample amount of water
  • Moisturize your skin regularly
  • Avoid overbathing
  • Avoid hot shower (Lukewarm water can be used to bath)
  • Avoid the application of alcohol-containing lotions
  • Apply the aloe vera gel to your dry skin
  • Use ghee as a natural moisturizer
  • Massage your skin with sunflower oil
  • Use coconut oil in summers but ignore it in winters
  • Drink milk regularly
  • Apply honey to your dry skin
  • Cover your skin with clothes in windy weather
  • Eat liquid-rich products like cucumber
  • Do shaving with high care

 

Home remedies for dry skin

Follow the home remedies mentioned below to cure the dry skin naturally at home-

 

Home remedy for dry skin

Ingredients: Multani mud, tree oil, and rose water

Step 1: take a few spoons of Multani mud and make a paste of it using rose water.

Step 2: Mix a few drops of tree oil, and make a thick and fine paste.

Instructions: Apply this paste to your skin and let it remain for half an hour, then wash it off with normal cold water. This home remedy is one of the best home remedies for dry skin, this remedy snatches out the dead cells and opens up the pores of the skin.

 

Home remedy for dry skin

Ingredients: Gram flour (Besan) and yogurt

Step 1: Take a few spoons of gram flour or besan and pour a few spoons extra of yogurt in it.

Step 2: Mix both the ingredients to make a thin paste.

Instructions: Apply this paste to your dry skin and keep it as it is for 20 to 25 minutes and then rinse it off with normal water. Gram flour and yogurt contain high nutrients that help skin glow. Follow this home remedy for glowing skin.

 

Home remedy for dry skin

Ingredients: Neem leaves, rose water and turmeric powder

Step 1: Take a few clean leaves of neem and crush them to make a fine paste.

Step 2: Take turmeric powder as per required and make a paste of it with crushed neem and a little amount of rose water.

Instructions: After making a thick paste of all these ingredients apply it to the skin and let it remain for 20 to 25 minutes and then wash it off with cold water. Neem itself is a very potent ingredient for the skin. This home remedy is one of the best effective home remedies for dry skin.

 

Home remedy for dry skin

Ingredients: Ghee

Step 1: Take a few tablespoons of ghee and massage your dry skin with it.

Instructions: Ghee is a very potent natural moisturizer for the skin. Apply the ghee to the dry skin at night.

 

Home remedy for dry skin

Ingredients: Cooked rice, yogurt, almond oil, and honey

Step 1: Cook a small bowl of rice and after the rice gets ready, make a paste of it.

Step 2: Mix 1 big spoon of yogurt, one tablespoon of honey and 2 tablespoons of almond oil.

Step 3: Mix all the ingredients properly to make a skin pack of it.

Instructions: Mask up your face and skin with this paste, leave it as it is for a minimum of 20 to 25 minutes and then wash it off with normal water. This home remedy is one of the best effective home remedies for dry skin.

 

Home remedy for dry skin

Ingredients: Almond oil and honey

Step 1: Take a small container and pour 2/3rd of the container almond oil into it.

Step 2: Fill the remaining 1/3rd of the container with the soft pure honey.

Step 3: Mix both the ingredients properly and keep the container with your beauty products.

How to use: Use this mixture as the moisturizer of skin, take one to two drops of lemon sap and mix the lemon sap with the mixture of honey and almond oil you are taking to apply on your skin. Mix lemon sap with the mixture and then apply it to the skin. (Take fresh sap of lemon each time while using almond oil and honey mixture)

 

Home remedy for dry skin

Ingredients: Aloe vera and almond oil

Step 1: Take a leave of aloe vera and extract the gel from it.

Step 2: Take 4 tablespoons of aloe vera gel and mix 2 tablespoons of almond oil in it.

Instructions: Apply this paste to your dry skin two times a week, this home remedy is one of the potent home remedies for dry skin.

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