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Reply 20

Cessie

I'd probably say it was the cold rather than not drinking lots of water. Obviously that's good for your skin though.

Reply 21

Bis

yes.

Reply 22

CherryGarcia

why did u write it as anonymous????????????????????

Reply 23

j00ni

Markus

Dont they only prescribe diprobase for eczema?

It is licensed for use with any dry skin conditions. Depends on the GP as to whether or not they will prescribe it (although ime most would if it were suggested to them by the patient) - some GPs may have more experience and so would be able to suggest something more suitable to the individual, but as I say there is a lot of variablilty.

Reply 24

j00ni

clockworkapples

If you don't have serious eczema (we're talking blood here) it's probably not a good idea to go for any of the scarily-named products.

I think that is a bit of an ambiguous statement, how exactly would you define 'scarily-named' :rolleyes:

. Sure from the sounds of it (and this is true of almost all cases) nothing more than a simple emollient would be appropriate. And steroid cream would certainly not be needed, especially if it's only on the face.

Reply 25

brimstone

I try and drink at least eight glasses of water a day, but sometimes it's just impossible to achieve this.

Reply 26

Jenna999

you definitely need a moisturiser in the cold weather!! it protects your skin from the cold as well as moisturising it.

Reply 27

brimstone

Where I work, the Air Conditioning is so strong, it dehydrates you. I always come out of there with cracked lips and gasping for water.

Reply 28

ames123

The past couple of days my skin has been dry. Only patches though like on the forehead and the top bit of my cheeks. I put some cream on that I had used once before and it burnt and inflamed my skin. It hurt and the patches were red! I put some other cream on and that wasn't so bad. The next day though you could still some of the red!
It was dry again today but I piles loads of the other cream on and its more softer, still a bit dry though. Will see what it is like tomorrow
I also have problems with my hands in winter. They often go red or purple and very cracked and rough. I think it is to do with the cold though.

Reply 29

Beekeeper

My nose gets dry occassionally, it started about 5 months ago... My mum said it was because my room is always too warm (bed close to the radiator)... I just dab a tiny bit of moisturiser on when it gets dry, does the trick quite nicely. :smile:

Hmm, and I usually have plenty of water, so thats definitely not the problem for me...

Reply 30

starya

My skin gets really flaky too. Mostly around my nose but pretty much all over. I think it's definitely due to the cold winter weather and working under major air conditioning all day doesn't help either. I use plenty of normal 'winter' moisturizer, ie. a thicker one than during summer. And sometimes I put vaseline on my face, only for the night though since I don't want to go out in public with my face covered in vaseline! It works quite well though, but as someone already said it's not good if you get pimples easily.

Reply 31

34253

I get dry but i use some face cream that helps alot. Drinking 8 glasses of water a day is really easy to do, just make sure the waters there and it will get drunk.

Whats with using anonymous for a skin problem its not exactly a big deal!

Reply 32

Archkinkist

I personally find this quite easy nowadays; I simply drink a pint of water/juice/whatever with all my meals; so i have about 4 pints a day. Before I had a migraine which hospitalised me on NYE 04, I didn't drink as much though, and that achly contributed to some of my headaches, but now that I drink as much as I do I don't get them anymore.

Oops; headed off topic there! :smile:

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