We have entered the season of low temperatures and a lack of humidity.The Daily Herald shared in its Health and Fitness Section that to keep your skin from drying out in the winter, take short, lukewarm showers and moisturize every day.

Winters are dry and brutally cold, causing most of us to retreat indoors. Dry indoor heat not only adds to skin’s dryness, but causes a thickening of dead skin cells. Local skin specialist Dr. Josie Tenore of Highland Park offers the following tips to keep your skin healthy:

• Exfoliate unwanted flakes: Microdermabrasion or hydrafacial treatments are perfect to remove this thick buildup of dead cells.
• Moisturize the skin every day: Also, transition to a heavier, thicker moisturizer as needed.
• Hot showers are a no-no for the winter: Yes, they are a great way to warm us up, but they tend to strip the skin and nails of natural oils, making the skin even drier. Lukewarm water and shorter showers are less damaging to the skin.
• UV protection: You might think if it is cold and cloudy, you don’t need sunscreen, but you do. UV light exists regardless of whether the sun is shining or not, so UV protection must be worn everyday and should include the lips and any body part that is exposed,
• Hair removal treatments: If you’ve been considering laser treatments to remove hair, the winter can be a good time to have them done. Since the process usually takes multiple treatments spaced weeks apart, if you start now, you could be done by pool season.

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