Homeopathic Treatment For Dry Skin in Lucknow, UP

• Eat a balanced diet that includes vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds and nuts.
• Eat protein from vegetable sources. Increase your intake of raw foods.
  Eat foods high in sulfur, which helps to keep the skin smooth and youthful. Good sources include garlic, onions, eggs, and asparagus. Sulfur is also present in the amino acid L-cysteine, which can be purchased in pill form.
• Consume plenty of yellow and orange vegetables. These are high in beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A.
• Drink at least 2 quarts of quality water every day to keep the skin well hydrated.
  Do not drink soft drinks or eat sugar, chocolate, potato chips, or other junk foods.
• Avoid alcohol and caffeine. These substances have a diuretic effect, causing the body including the skin cells to lose fluids and essential minerals.
• Do not smoke, and avoid secondhand smoke. Smoking has a harmful effect on the skin for several reasons. First, nicotine constricts the blood vessels, including the tiny capillaries that serve the skin. This deprives the skin of the oxygen and nutrients it needs for good health. Second, smoking involves the frequent repetition of certain facial postures, which eventually become etched in the skin in the form of wrinkles. The characteristic “smoker’s face” has wrinkles radiating in a circle outward from the mouth. Smoking also can make the skin dry and leathery.
• Do not use harsh soaps, cold cream, or cleansing creams on your skin. Cleansing creams are made from hydrogenated oils, which can cause free radical damage to the skin, resulting in dryness and wrinkles. Instead, use pure olive, avocado, or almond oil to cleanse the skin. Pat the oil on, and then wash it off with warm water and a soft cloth.
• Twice weekly, use a loofah sponge for the face and warm water to boost circulation and remove dead skin cells. Avoid using the loofah around your eyes, however.
• Always moisturize your skin after cleansing, and at other times throughout the day, if necessary, to keep it from drying out. Use a liquid moisturizer or facial oil that contains nutrients and other natural ingredients. Do not use solid, waxy moisturizing creams. Wrinkle treatment oil and vitamin A moisturizing gel form Derma-E products are both good for dry age lines caused by the sun and the skin’s natural aging. The wrinkle treatment oil is also good for cleansing the skin. The moisturizing gel is non-oily and fast-absorbing.
• Look for skin care products that contain humectants. Humectants are substances that attract water to the skin to hold in moisture. Natural humectants include vegetable glycerine, vitamin E, and panthenol, a form of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5).
• Use a humidifier (or even a pan of water placed near a radiator) to humidify your environment, especially in winter. This helps to reduce the amount of moisture lost form the skin through evaporation.
• Avoid fried foods, animal fats, and heat-processed vegetable oils such as those sold in supermarkets. Use cold-pressed oils only. Beware of any oils that have been subjected to heat, whether in processing or cooking. Heating oil’s leads to the production of free radicals, which have a destructive effect on the skin. Do take supplemental essential fatty acids (see under Nutrients, above). This may be the best supplement available for dry skin, but be patient, it may take a month or more to see results.
• Once a week, use a facial mask to clarify the skin and remove dull, dry surface skin cells. (This can be done immediately after the facial sauna described under Herbs in this section.) Blend together well 1 teaspoon green clay powder (available in health food stores) and 1 teaspoon raw honey. Apply the mixture to your face, avoiding the eye area. Leave it on for fifteen minutes, and then rinse well with lukewarm water. While your skin is still slightly damp, apply a natural skin oil or liquid moisturizer.
• If your skin is chapped or cracked, increase your consumption of water and essential fatty acids. Keep any chapped areas well lubricated and protected from the elements.
• For cracked, dry skin on the fingers, use calendula cream or oil with comfrey, vitamin E oil, and Aloe Vera. Apply the mixture to hands at bedtime, and then wear plastic gloves overnight. Pure vitamin E oil can be found in health food stores.
• As much as possible, stay out of the sun. Sun is responsible for most of the damage done to the skin. It causes dryness, wrinkles, and even rashes and blisters. Always apply a good sunscreen to all exposed areas of skin if your must be in the sun.

To care for combination skin, simply treat the dry areas as dry skin and the oily areas as oily skin.

Avoid fried foods, animal fats, and heat-processed vegetable oils such as those sold in supermarkets. Use cold-pressed oils only. Beware of any oils that have been subjected to heat, whether in processing or cooking. Heating oil’s leads to the production of free radicals, which have a destructive effect on the skin. Do take supplemental essential fatty acids (see under Nutrients, above). This may be the best supplement available for dry skin, but be patient, it may take a month or more to see results.