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Dry skin, itchy skin, winter skin, the whole deal. It’s no fun. Here is the run down on how to change dry, scaly, flaky skin into soft, supple, and shiny skin.

Dry Skin Tip #1 – Take short showers.

Dry Skin Tip #2 – Always wash using luke warm water.

Dry Skin Tip #3 – Don’t use any soaps with alcohol or fragrances, not ever.

Dry Skin Tip #4 – A sugar scrub is an excellent way to exfoliate away dry skin. Sugar scrubs are moisturizing too.

Skin Fitness Facts recommends Whish Pomegranate Three Whishes Sugar Scrub. Note: only exfoliate once or twice a week.

Dry Skin Tip #5 – Don’t shave with soap. Shave with a moisturizing shave lotion (remember, no alcohol or fragrances).

Dry Skin Tip #6 – Pat yourself dry after washing and apply moisturizer right away. By applying lotion while there is still some moisture on your skin, you’ll optimize hydration.

Dry Skin Tip #7 – Dry winter air and cold air-conditioned air is very drying. In the winter, wear stockings or long john’s beneath your clothes to protect your skin. In the summer, keep your thermostat turned up a few degrees.

Dry Skin Tip #8 – Nutrition. Nutrition. Nutrition. Vitamin A and Essential Fatty Acids will help you maintain moisturized skin. Eat nuts, fish, and vegetables like carrots and spinach, and say “no” to dry skin.

Dry Skin Tip #9 – Oh yeah, one more thing: Drink more water!!!!

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Dry skin is part genetics, part hydration levels, and definitely a result of the weather-particularly winter weather.

If the chill has got your skin looking ashy and feeling scaly, consider these skin facts.

• There may be more moisture in your skin than in the air, which is why moisture is evaporating from your skin. Try a humidifier and lowering your thermostat to even out moisture levels in the air at home.
• Baths, long showers, and hot showers pull all the oil from your skin. Try short, cool showers instead.
• Your skin can only absorb so much product at one time. Apply a bit of moisturizer throughout the day. I’ve gotten the best results from shea butter.

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For those plagued with persistent dry skin, essential fatty acids are sometimes the magic weapon. Omega 3 and Omega 6 are both essential fatty acids and are important for you skin fitness because they control oil production in the skin. Too much oil or too little oil can offset your skin’s balance creating never ending dry patches, flaky skin, and even black heads.

An Omega 3/6 supplement is easy to find at the drug store, and is usually in the form of fish oil. Keep in mind that you probably have enough Omega 6 as it is. Its Omega 3 that most of us lack in our diets. In addition to the supplements eat cold-water fish and flaxseed too for optimal skin fitness.

There are also a number of topical products containing essential fatty acids. Here are two of Skin Fitness Fact’s favorites.

DDF Retinol Energizing Moisturizer

Sundari Omega 3 and Raspberry Tonic Water for Dry Skin