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Dry Skin: Causes and Options
Written for someone deciding about their own skin rather than studying the subject. If you read only one guide, read the first, because separating a barrier problem from a skin disease and from a systemic cause decides what the other nine mean for you.
All guides
10 guides
- Dry Skin Is Not One ConditionUnderstanding
- Why Skin Feels Dry When the Barrier Is DamagedCauses
- How Dry Skin Is AssessedAssessment
- What Washing Does to Dry SkinEveryday care
- What a Moisturiser Can and Cannot DoProducts
- Ingredients Worth Their Place in Dry SkinIngredients
- When Dry Skin Is a Medical SignMedical signs
- Prescription and Procedure Options for Dry SkinTreatment
- Dry Skin in Winter and in Air ConditioningEnvironment
- Maintenance, and When Dry Skin Needs No TreatmentMaintenance
Start with the routine, not another product
Arrange an assessment. We will say whether this is a barrier that needs a gentler routine, a skin disease that needs a diagnosis, or something that needs investigating, and what the next step is.