Dry Skin Care - A natural care for dry skin
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Dry Skin Care - A natural care for dry skin
Dry Skin looks dull and life less due to lack of moisture. Well
hydrated moist skin glows and exhibits a healthy look.
Wrinkles
develop at an early age due to prolonged dryness of skin. Dry, rough
and wrinkled skin gives an aged appearance. Dry and cracked skin
harbor microbes and cause fungal infections. Excess drying of skin
leads to dry eczema.
Hence a proper care should be taken to increase the moisture level
of skin and prevent drying. Soft ,smooth and wrinkle free skin gives
young and healthy look.
Here are the natural tips to take care of dry skin
- Do not use hot water to cleanse the dry skin.
- Use a soft cotton cloth and pat dry your skin. Do not rub the skin with harsh ,rough textured towels.
- Instead of washing with water use a clean sprayer to moisten your skin. Use mineral water instead of tap water for spray.
- Lightly pat dry the skin.
- Avoid using harsh soaps and face washes as they remove natural oil that protects your skin.
- Pamper your skin by massaging with moisturiser. Moisturiser increases the moisture of upper layer of skin and makes it soft and smooth.
- Regularly massage your body with herbal oil. Herbal oil softens and sooth the dry skin and help to trap the moisture between skin pores.
- Apply a thin layer of coconut oil before finishing the bath and pat dry the skin
- Avoid alcohol-based cleansers.
- Consume a balanced diet which includes foods from all groups like vegetables, fruits, carbohydrates, cereals, milk and milk products.
- Include yellow and orange vegetables like carrot which have rich anti oxidants.
- Avoid junk foods like chips, deep fried foods etc.
Ayurveda tips for dry skin condition.
- Preventing further drying of skin as it does not contain much moisture.
- Avoid stale, over fried, dry food.
- Always consume fresh warm food with little fat like ghee or olive oil.
- Include sour and salty food in diet.
- Sweet juicy fruits are recommended.
- Drink 7-9 glasses of warm water everyday. (Do not drink cold water as it increases vata)
- Massage the whole body with herbal oil, which contains VATA balancing herbal ingredients before taking a bath.
- Drink the herbal tea, which contains vata-balancing ingredients with a squeeze of lemon early in the morning, in empty stomach.
- Liberally Apply moisturizing lotion on body skin daily. This naturally supplies the moisture needed for dry skin .
- Sleep for 8 hrs a day. (Preferably from 9 PM to 5 AM).
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