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Dry Irritated Skin If you have dry skin that is also irritated, then your skin has become excessively dry to the point of the surface of the skin developing small abrasions. This is a very advanced stage of dryness which is reached only after you have totally neglected your skin for a long period of time. It has become too dry. In order to repair matters, you must begin first with deep moisturizing your skin. You can start this procedure by applying a cold cream to your skin after a bath at night and leaving it on overnight. On spots such as your hands and feet, you can cover them with gloves and socks so that the cream has a better chance to work on your skin all night. It becomes essential to use cold cream on your skin because a simple moisturizer will have little effect at this stage of dryness.
After a week of doing this every day, you will notice that the irritation has disappeared and the dryness has also reduced to a large extent. You must also switch to using a cream based soap for a bath. Do not bathe with very hot water, as this will dry your skin further. Keep it lukewarm and after a bath, make it a rule to apply moisturizing lotion. You can also massage the particularly irritated areas with olive oil, which is known to have therapeutic properties.
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