Typically eczema is worse during the winter months and sufferers grow to either hate the skin battle upcoming or prepare themselves with preventative medicine and skin care.
Winter can be a particularly bad time of the year for children with eczema skin conditions, and unfortunately, the weather conditions cannot be changed in the winter.
Some of the main reasons for the contributing wintertime dry skin problems are:
. Cold, dry air outside, and harsh windy cold days.
. Dry air inside, and associated low humidity of indoor heating, because you often have heaters on indoors.
. The use of heavy winter clothing does no favors to sensitive skin types, with irritating fabrics such as wool and others.
. In the winter people often take hotter baths and showers and stay in them longer which seems to worsen the drying affect, as well as worsening the skin conditions of eczema skin types.
. People don't drink enough fluids which doesn't help the skin stay supple and moist from the inside.
. Air from indoors and out in the winter has drying affects on the skin because of the humidity levels.
It is a great idea to have a game plan set aside with effective ways to be prepared for prevention as well as ways to combat the dry skin or eczema issue when or if it's necessary.
Remember, prevention is probably the best medicine, with that being said, plan ahead and get your humidifier as well as creams, lotions, ointments, oils, etc.
The use of a humidifier can greatly benefit those would be sufferers by placing much needed moisture in the air which helps the dry air situation. This is very helpful in the winter when home heating systems dries out the air in your home and the humidity gets to low.
The treatment plan for wintertime eczema and dry skin care is to increase moisture to the skin and to prevent flare-ups if at all possible.
Here are some treatment and prevention tips for the wintertime eczema and dry skin condition:
. Moisturize your skin consistently with high quality products made for the condition.
. Keep hand lotion in your car or purse, etc; to have when necessary.
. Use gentle soaps that are fragrance free on hands or when bathing, showering.
. Apply moisturizer within 3 minutes of washing hands, bathing, showering.
. Where gloves while washing dishes or anything else that keeps your hands submerged for large amounts of time.
. Use a humidifier in your house, especially your bedroom.
. Try to keep level temperatures, not extremes up and down, where you are spending most of your time daily.
. Drink a lot of water; keep your body moisturized from within.
. Try to keep scratching to a minimum especially if you get a dry spot or flare-up.
. Clothing should not be an irritant to your skin, if it is change to a non irritant, 100% cotton usually works.
For most sufferers of eczema and dry skin it is an ongoing battle, especially in the wintertime and what's worse is the holidays just happen to be in the mix for most.
Dry skin is a huge problem that's not gonna go away anytime soon and the products to battle this condition are mind numbing to say the least. The old saying of "An ounce of prevention is equal to a pound of cure" I think will certainly fit the bill.
The secret to Infant Eczema Skin Care, is the better it is prevented the better your chances are of avoiding the many pitfalls that result because of. Do you know of any good Eczema Creams that will keep your skin moist and supple so as to prevent the wintertime battle with dry skin.
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