Dry Skin Treatment

Our hands are probably the most used parts of the body right from the time we wake up until we go to bed at night. Throughout the day, your hands come into contact with a variety of objects that could cause infections and settling of bacteria. Hands are as equally exposed to the hazards of environmental conditions as are other parts. Thus, timely care of hands also needs to be taken.

One of the ways to care for your hands include: taking 2 to 3 cups of buttermilk and heating it to the lukewarm state. Then you can soak your hands in it for about 20 minutes. Immediately thereafter, apply a few drops of Vitamin E on your hands. Following that, apply a generous amount of petroleum jelly on it. Wrap your hands in a cotton cloth or gloves. Keep it until the morning when you can remove the gloves or cloth and rinse your hands.

Always make sure when you apply sunscreen you apply it generously to your hands as well. The tanning and drying of the skin on the hands is very fast because it is most exposed and most neglected part of the body. You may have noticed how your skin around the wrist (if you wear a watch) or upper half of the arm (if you wear half sleeved clothes) is remarkably different form the exposed areas of the hands.

Make sure you do not ignore your fingers. A good manicure once a week helps to take care of your hands really well. But this does not mean you should not care the other days. The area around the fingernails tends to get dark very easily. This is the region that is the driest as well. The back of your hand deserves special attention. Massage it well and try and keep it covered especially during winters. Summers evidently deprive you of that opportunity but a healthy load of sunscreen frequently during the day should be just fine.

The palm can get extremely chappy during the winters. Make sure you apply enough winter care lotion. Avoid trying to peel the dry skin out with your hand. It could result in the peeling of the good skin as well.