| Dry skin, occurs most commonly on the lower | | | | Only use very mild cleansers or mild soaps if you |
| legs, arms, the sides of the abdomen and thighs | | | | must use a soap or cleanser. Natural treatments |
| and is a very common condition. It's easily | | | | should always be the first type of treatment to |
| treatable naturally today when you know how to | | | | consider when you want to heal your skin and |
| take care of it both inside and out. | | | | take the best care of it. For any skin condition, it |
| The dermis is the layer of skin just beneath the | | | | is always better to take a natural approach first |
| epidermis that consists of connective tissue and | | | | I buy virgin coconut oil by the gallon; it's cheaper |
| cushions the body from stress and strain. The | | | | for a whole gallon of coconut oil than a small jar |
| skin contains hair follicles, sweat glands, sebaceous | | | | of department store, name-brand moisturizer. |
| glands, apocrine glands and blood vessels. The | | | | After a soothing bath or shower at night just |
| blood vessels in the dermis provide nourishment | | | | before bedtime, apply a very thin layer of |
| and waste removal to its own cells and to the | | | | coconut oil over your entire body. It will even last |
| epidermis. | | | | on your skin through your shower in the morning. |
| If you have a forced-air furnace it may make | | | | And use coconut oil to remove your make-up at |
| skin even drier than it already is. Serious skin | | | | night, like I do; it leaves a fine layer of oil to |
| complications, including a dry skin condition, can | | | | nourish your skin all night long; but better yet, |
| occur in people with type 2 diabetes. Dry skin can | | | | apply even more coconut oil. |
| also be caused by a deficiency of vitamin A, | | | | If you have acne, eczema or any type of skin |
| systemic illness, overexposure to sunlight and a | | | | condition coconut oil will treat and quickly heal |
| lot of medications. | | | | these too. When you buy coconut oil, make sure |
| When the oil glands don't supply enough lubrication | | | | you get the kind that hasn't been bleached, |
| to the skin, the skin becomes dry and | | | | refined, processed and deodorized. |
| dehydrated. Dry skin can also be due to a genetic | | | | Many skin conditions can be converted into clear, |
| condition but it's not common. Some drugs, | | | | healthy skin by using natural home remedies. Skin |
| including diuretics like Lasix, antispasmodics, and | | | | that is not clean encourages the development of |
| antihistamines, can contribute to dry skin | | | | pathogenic organisms; the dead cells continually |
| conditions; check with your doctor and get a drug | | | | slough off of the epidermis and mix with the |
| insert from your pharmacist. | | | | secretions of the sweat and sebaceous glands |
| Consider taking cod liver oil or fish oil supplements, | | | | and the dust found on the skin, to form a layer |
| in the liquid form, every day. Good nutrition from | | | | on the surface. |
| living foods - foods that are alive and full of | | | | Usually most of us take care of dry skin without |
| energy - will help nourish your skin from the inside | | | | seeing our doctor, but sometimes we can't avoid |
| out. Eat at least two organic apples every day | | | | it. Following some of the above natural |
| especially while working to clear up your skin; | | | | treatments, your dry skin should be well on its |
| apples are good for your skin health. Eat organic | | | | way to recovery and clearing up. If you're still |
| so you can eat the pesticide-free skin (most of | | | | worried about your dry or damaged skin, or the |
| the apple pectin is in the skin), which helps with | | | | problems persist too long, see your skin doctor. |
| constipation too. | | | | |