Top 10 Symptoms Of Dry Skin You Should Be Aware Of

With the onset of winter, you experience dryness in your skin. Your skin loses its natural sheen and health, and if left neglected, it becomes rough and brittle. This has become a major concern for some and few even dread this season.

It is very important to not only take care of your diet, but also the creams and lotions that you use to moisturize your skin. But how will you know that you are suffering from dry skin problem? It is very important that you know the symptoms of dry skin. Here is a list of the top 10 dry skin symptoms.

1. Skin Tightness:

The easiest way to identify that you have dry skin is a feeling of skin tightness. You will usually get this feeling after bathing, showering or swimming. Your skin loses its elasticity and you may experience skin stiffness when you stretch your fingers.

2. Skin Dehydration:

Another way to know that you are having a dry skin problem is when your skin appears dehydrated. You will feel as if all hydration and moisture has vanished from your skin. This is quite an irritating feeling which I often encounter.

3. Roughness:

Roughness is another common symptom of dry skin. Your skin appears to be rough and coarse. This usually can be seen between fingers, arms, feet, heel and cheeks.

4. Redness: 

Often dry skin becomes red. This redness usually appears on your cheeks, forehead and chin area of your face.

 

5. Pruritus or Itching:

Pruritus or itching is another common dry skin symptom. Your skin becomes sensitive and results in itchiness which at times is very intense

6. Fine Lines:

Fine lines on your skin appear when you have dry skin. These lines are similar to rashes, but these are white in color. When you touch your skin or gently apply pressure on it using your fingers, white line appears and leaves a mark for a long time. These lines or marks are known as fine lines.

7. Rashes:

Rashes!! The ugly and small red marks that appear naturally when you have dry skin. Rashes are really bad. They appear and disappear naturally. Sometimes rashes are accompanied with itchiness when is a worse situation.

8. Skin Peeling and Scaling:

This is a situation when your skin starts to shed the top most layer of it in a very uneven way. It tends to irritate you and can cause pain when you try to peel the skin at once. This is a very bad and painful symptom of dry skin.

9. Flaking:

Dandruff is a very common example of flaking. Skin tends to fall away from a surface like flakes. Flaking though is connected to dandruff, yet it is seen on legs and arms.This can be a very embarrassing situation. Flaking when related to dandruff is much different than the one you experience on skin. The skin starts peeling at slightest tough or after a bath or a swim.

10. Deep fissures and cracks:

This is the most painful and sometimes very serious symptom of dry skin. Deep fissures and cracks on your skin may even lead to bleeding. Usually deep fissures appear on lips, hands and feet.

So now you know the symptoms of dry skin on hands, face and the rest of your body, but knowing the symptoms is just not enough! Once you see any one of these symptoms, start medication or treatment immediately. I would advise that you start taking care of your skin on regular basis, to avoid dry and itchy skin. Dry skin symptoms and treatments are usually easy to stop and treat, all you need is a good product. If using a good quality beauty product doesn’t give results, you know it’s time to consult a good skin specialist.