Severe Dry Skin Treatment

What is Dry Skin

Dry and dehydrated skin is uncomfortable – plain and simple.

Many people wonder why their skin is so dry even when they use a moisturizer. A severe form of dry skin is known as eczema, which can appear throughout the body and may cause a red, itchy rash, along with forming dry skin on the feet and painful cracked skin on fingers. If your dry skin has intensified, you might want to learn more about eczema and how our lotions can treat these symptoms. 

Millions of Americans have dry skin and/or eczema. There’s no need to be embarrassed – it’s manageable.

Wellness Tip

Hot showers can harm – not help – dry skin. A hot shower, as momentarily soothing as it may be, can strip the natural barrier of oil off your skin, which is needed to help keep it smooth. So dial down the heat, don’t linger, and moisturize after.

Spotting Severe Dry Skin

If you suffer from dry skin, you’ll feel it just as much as you’ll see it. It looks like dehydrated skin and is rough, scaly, and sometimes has discolored patches of skin. It can feel tight, itchy, painful, crack and bleed, and can cause various parts of the body a lot of discomfort, such as the following:

  • Dry, cracked skin on the sole of foot
  • Fingers to start peeling and cracking
  • Flaking and itching on the palms

Treatment for dry skin and severe dry skin includes using moisturizers, like Moisture-All, and essential oils for eczema on a daily basis.

If moisturizers are not helping your dry skin, you may have eczema.  Learn more about eczema and how you can treat it with remedy lotions, skin barrier repair creams, and some of the best moisturizers for dehydrated skin offered at Summers Labs. 

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  • Normal Skin
  • Oily skin
Image of SYMPTOMS Dry skin can cause scaling, itching, cracking, and/or your skin to fall off in flakes. For example, there can be cracked skin on the palms of hands and soles of feet.  If you suffer from this uncomfortable condition, Summers Labs products like Cutemol Cream to soothe, heal, and prevent irritation.

SYMPTOMS

Dry skin can cause scaling, itching, cracking, and/or your skin to fall off in flakes. For example, there can be cracked skin on the palms of hands and soles of feet.  If you suffer from this uncomfortable condition, Summers Labs products like Cutemol Cream to soothe, heal, and prevent irritation.

DRY SKIN TREATMENT

Cutemol with its unique natural beeswax base is clinically proven to help restore your skin’s natural barrier to retain moisture, helping to prevent the skin from drying out. This is an effective cream for dry skin throughout the body, and includes helpful restorative qualities such as a foot care cream for dry skin and cracked heels. It is also important to practice proper skin care, using natural soaps to prevent a more severe dry skin condition. Moisturize frequently, especially after washing.

SYMPTOMS

Normal skin isn’t oily, dry, or blemish prone, even though it can be susceptible to each from time to time. Your skin may fall more on one side of oily or dry than the other, but proper care will help to keep your skin healthy.

NORMAL SKIN TREATMENT AND CARE

Even if you aren’t regularly affected by overly dry or oily conditions, your skin will always benefit from proper care as well as making sure that you treat any flare-ups. Treat affected areas and moisturize regularly.

SYMPTOMS

Oily skin can be shiny, feel greasy, and look textured, especially in the “T-zone,” which is the area across your forehead and down the center of your face to your chin. Oily skin can be more prone to breakouts or acne.

OILY SKIN TREATMENT

Oily skin can be treated by absorbing excess oils, but leaving essential oils in place. Wash your face gently moisturize, and then use absorbents like Sebasorb. Use a noncomdogenic, liquid-based makeup like Liquimat.

Severe Dry Skin and Dry Skin Symptoms

Dry skin is incredibly common. Here are just a few signals that it’s about to rear its pesky head and turn into severe dry skin:

  • Your skin might feel tight, especially after bathing.
  • Your skin feels rough, itchy, and begins to flake, scale, peel, or change color.
  • Your skin can crack and bleed if it worsens.
Wellness Tip

The cold and dry air of winter can cause dry skin. Using your heat to stay warm can exacerbate the situation. Your heat can steal the moisture out of the air in your home, which can make dry skin even drier. To balance out that lack of moisture, use a humidifier.

Dry Skin and Severe Dry Skin Treatment

Dry skin usually responds well to TLC and moisturizers.  In addition to using gentle and specifically formulated creams and soaps during a bout with dry skin, you should also practice prevention.  Be sure to use a moisturizer after washing your hands and patting them dry. Avoid chemicals that can come in contact with your skin. Use fragrance-free and gentle, skin and household products whenever possible.

Summers Labs offers some of the best Barrier Cream, for dry skin, called Cutemol Cream. Its unique natural beeswax base prevents loss of moisture from the skin. Products that can help moisturize and heal cracked fingers, palms, feet, dry skin, soothe eczema, and prevent flare-ups can be seen below.

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Cutemol Emollient Skin Cream

From $14.99

For treatment of Dry Skin

Frequent hand washing and repeated exposure to drying soaps and sanitizers can lead to brittle nails, damaged cuticles, and severe dryness associated with eczema. Cutemol Emollient Cream is for dry cracked hands and skin. Effective for dry hands, feet, and any type of dry skin.

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Moisture-All

$16.50

For treatment of Dry Skin

We offer Summers Laboratories Moisture-All® both as a great daily moisturizing lotion for dry skin and as a readily available option for the famed lotion, Moisturel® that was recommended for decades by dermatologists and pediatricians. Summers Laboratories Moisture-All® uses the same ingredients at the same percentage. This light, fragrance-free formula helps dry skin feel smoother and softer.

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Preventing Dry Skin and Severe Dry Skin

Dry skin symptoms can come and go – it’s up to you to manage them and avoid your skin’s triggers. Here are some things that might help you keep your skin healthy, as well as help to speed up the healing process.

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Ease up on the bubbles.  Soap can be drying, so use sparingly. Use gentle soap to clean the areas that most need it.

2

Use gloves. Everyday wear and tear of your hands, including coming into contact with cleaning products, doing the dishes, and weather conditions, can trigger dry skin. Cover up when you can.

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Moisturize. Moisturize. Moisturize. Not just after showers or when your dry skin is acting up. Keep your moisturizer, like Cutemol, with you – on your person or in your bag – to reapply throughout the day.

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Avoid fragranced soaps, lotions and cleaning products. Lotions, soaps, and detergents can be sweet smelling, but additives can also irritate your skin.