Dry Skin

Bathing:

Long showers or baths, while they feel great, strip moisture away from your skin. Limit your shower or bath to 5-10 minutes per day.
While hot water feels good, it strips away your natural oils and can make you even drier. Wash with lukewarm water.
Use gentle soaps made for sensitive skin. Avoid products that have added fragrance or dyes. Antibacterial washes should be avoided, unless specifically recommended by your doctor.

Moisturizing:

Apply moisturizer immediately after bathing, while your skin is still damp, to seal in the moisture.
Creams (white, in a jar) and ointments (clear, greasy) are thicker and preferred over lotions, which are thinner. While lotions spread more easily, they contain alcohol which can contribute to dryness.
Use gentle, fragrance-free moisturizers. While fragranced products smell great, fragrance is one of the most common causes of allergic reaction (contact dermatitis) of the skin.
Look for moisturizers that contain ceramides. Ceramides are lipid molecules that help repair the barrier of the skin, which helps your skin better retain moisture.
Don’t forget your hands. Apply moisturizer to your hands after every hand wash to avoid dryness.

Recommended Products:

Body Moisturizers:
- CeraVe® Moisturizing Cream CeraVe® Healing Ointment
- Aveeno® Eczema Therapy Daily Moisturizing Cream or Aveeno® Eczema Therapy Itch Relief Balm
- Cetaphil® Pro Dry Skin Eczema Soothing Moisturizer
- Vanicream ® Moisturizing Cream for Sensitive Skin

Face Washes:
- CeraVe® Hydrating Facial Cleanser or CeraVe® Foaming Facial Cleanser
- Cetaphil® Daily Facial Cleanser
- Vanicream® Gentle Facial Cleanser

Face Moisturizers:
- EltaMD® PM Therapy Facial Moisturizer (sold at DGOC)
- Revision® DEJ Face cream (sold at DGOC)
- CeraVe® Facial Moisturizing Lotion
- Vanicream® Lite Lotion

Hand Moisturizers:
- CeraVe® Therapeutic Hand Cream
- Neutrogena® Norwegian Formula Hand Cream
- Eucerin® Advanced Repair Hand Cream

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