The condition of our skin directly depends on what we eat and drink. If you drink little water, it will become dry, flaky and rough from lack of fluid. This is due to the fact that dehydrated skin cannot renew cells in time. The lack of fluid does not produce collagen, which makes it elastic.
Most often, rough skin occurs on the hands and heels. This is also due to the fact that there it is most exposed to physical impact. Rough skin on the hands also occurs in women who have a lot of contact with chemicals, expose their hands to wind, frost, cold water. This makes the skin rough and looks ugly. To avoid this, you need to use gloves in winter and during housework, lubricate your hands with cream and do not forget to moisturize the skin from the inside - drink enough water.
If, nevertheless, it was not possible to avoid the fact that the skin became weathered and coarsened, you must immediately take action. After a frost, if your hands are very cold, you can’t warm them in hot water, first hold them in cool water, and then take a warm bath withchamomile.
So that the skin does not become coarse after a frost, you need to make a mask with nourishing cream or linseed oil.
To do this, thickly oiled hands are covered with a napkin or gloves are put on them.
Baths with sauerkraut, potato broth or masks with mashed potatoes soften hands well. The skin after that becomes soft and tender. If rough calluses appear on the palms, steam them in a soap and soda bath and gently rub with a pumice stone.
The skin of the hands can be softened with peeling. It is good to massage them with this composition: mix a banana with brown sugar and olive oil. Even the roughest skin will be softened by massaging it with a linen bag of heated sea s alt and herbs: sage, psyllium and chamomile.
Often women forget about caring for their elbows, but rough skin can appear on them too. Frequent massage with lemon peel will help to cope with this. A good effect against hardened elbows will be from baths with olive oil: dip them in a bowl of warm oil, after 10 minutes rub them with a pumice stone. And don't forget to lubricate your elbows with cream.
Most women are concerned about rough skin on their heels. This is due to long walking in uncomfortable shoes and improper foot care. Soap-soda baths or baths with potato starch soften corns well. After the steamed skin is rubbed with a brush or pumice stone. You can remove corns with a compress of aloe leaves, onion gruel, grated apple or lemon. Old calluses can be softened by tying the crumb at nightrye bread,
soaked in apple cider vinegar, fresh cabbage leaf, smearing the heels with honey.
A very effective cream against rough skin is easy to make yourself: take half a glass of olive oil and rub three carrots into it. After a day, squeeze and strain. This cream has no contraindications and side effects.
If you have rough, dehydrated skin, treat it regularly with mild moisturizers, make sure you drink at least two liters of water a day, eat right.
