5 Ways to Protect Your Skin in Utah

What is the largest organ in your body? Any guesses? Are you surprised to know it’s your Skin?

Skin is all over you, providing a protective covering to your muscles and tissues. In today’s Utah environment where the weather and air quality change on a daily basis, our skin needs protection from harmful UV radiation, pollution, and dust.

Unfortunately, our skin takes the beating and protects our muscles, tissues, and various organs from getting directly impacted. This direct impact can lead to dry and itchy skin.

To revive the skin and give it the proper protection it needs, it’s very important to understand the basics of dry skin care in Utah County.

When we talk about dry skin care most of us immediately turn our heads to moisturizers because we think it’s logical to moisturize. Before we even go there, let’s first understand what causes dry skin.

Cause of Dry Skin in Utah – 
Our body produces natural oils and moisturizer to maintain a balance. If this oil is lost for any reason our skin becomes dry. The loss of oil could be because of cold weather, pollution in the environment, and exposure to dirt. This oil is used to keep the skin moist and also helps our skin maintain natural nutrients. When this oil is lost our skin becomes dry and itchy.
Dry skin care in Utah is not a very complex process to follow. There are a few key things we should do:

  1. Stay away from skin care products that are not natural. 
These products might be manufactured using harmful chemicals or harsh chemicals that can further make your skin dry. Instead use natural skin care products
  2. Use natural ways to moisturize the body. 
Drink ample amount of water to provide natural moisture
  3. Avoid dry and harsh weather. 
Protect your skin from weather. Cover it properly if you are going out.
  4. Avoid unnecessary prolonged hot showers. 
Long exposure to hot water washes the natural oils of our body.
  5. Work with a Utah dermatologist. We had to put this one in :)

Dry skin care is very easy if you follow these tips.

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One Response to “5 Ways to Protect Your Skin in Utah”

  1. Dealing with Dry Skin in Utah | Utah Dermatologist says on August 17th, 2010 at 9:43 pm :

    [...] Dry skin in Utah, also referred to as xerosis, is often itchy and irritating. Dry skin results from the loss of oils (sebum) in the skin that serve as a natural moisturizer. This may occur with excessive bathing (particularly with hot water), low humidity (in desert climates or cold winter weather), advancing age, or the use of drying soaps (antibacterial, deodorant soaps, Ivory). [...]

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