i live in colorado and in the winter i get very dry skin. what can i do besides putting lotion on me to help?

Answer 1

I had dry skin as well and what helped was to put baby oil on my skin right after I showered. I would just pat myself dry a little and then put it all over. After about a week or so my skin was really soft.

Answer 2

I have the same problem during the winter. Besides the obvious, like applying a rich lotion or body oil as soon as you get out of the shower, I'd suggest drinking a lot of water and maybe supplementing your diet with flaxseed oil, which is supposed to be great for the skin. Humidifiers also work wonders - you should keep one running in your bedroom all night to add moisture to the air.

This article has a bunch more great tips for relieving dry skin:
http://www.chilloutla.com/Winter-Dry-Skin-Care.htm

Good luck - I hope you get some relief soon!

Answer 3

Ok, my shins used to get so dry, that I would scratch them until the bled.

3 years ago, I went to bath and bodyworks, got some of their glycerin soap, is expensive, (but 2 days after christmas, it goes on sale) and lotion and body butter. I use the soap and body butter at night and the soap and lotion during the day.

Avoid hot showers.

Before you go outside, lotion up real good. I put the lotion on exposed parts 3-4 times a day.

Doing this I no longer scratch my mad.

Answer 4

I run a humidifier in my house 24/7. I bought on that has a gauge on it that you get set the level of humidity in your house. I got it at Wal-mart. They say the optimum level is around 55% humidity in your home. You don't want it too high or too low. I just keep it running all of the time. I also use really expensive good lotion called moisturel. It works so much better than that cheap crap. I get it on drugstore.com it comes in a big round tub it's about 17.00 per container but a container last a long time. It's definately worth it though. My feet get really bad too, so I use a product called bag balm on them. It's actually an old time product that was meant for the udders of dairy cows. It doesn't smell the best, but man does it work wonders on my feet. P.S. I'm in Kansas

Answer 5

get some really good olive oil and put a few drops of essential oils with the smell of your choice. use as a moisturizer. do this in italy all the time. works great, and i never have dry skin. at night, use neutrogena hand salve. small tube for seven dollars in usa. works great. it is not a lotion, it is a petrolatum based hand salve.

Answer 6

Hi, Jesse,

A doctor recommended to me that I do three things...
1. Make sure I drink plenty of water
2. Take Vitamin E soft-gels
3. Take Evening Primrose Oil softgels.

In combination with a skin cream with shea butter, drinking water and taking those two supplements have helped significantly.

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

Drink plenty of water to keep your skin hydrated and use a face pack of ripe bananas and honey. You can find more cheap, effective and natural home remedies for dry skin at http://www.wellnesstalk.org/dryskin.html

Answer 8

soak in the bathtub bathtub for extra or less 30 minutes with the peeling section in the water or bypass swimming previous due in the day approximately 7 or 8 whilst theres not a wager of burning back desire this facilitates

Answer 9

go to a sanna and sit in there as long as you can stand it. it will pack your skin with moister. also try to stay warm and bunddled up in the winter. when your skin is cold it tries to protect itself by drying out the top layer as a type of natural blanket.

Answer 10

I would suggest a humidifier for your home to keep the air from getting too dry.