Heating and dry skin: dangerous connections

The higher the heating, the more dry the air becomes. Consequence: the water, on the surface of the skin, evaporates too quickly. Fatally, it is dehydrated, lacking lipids, and its protective barrier no longer plays its role.

And of course to climb the heating because we shiver and take a differential of 20 ° C as soon as we put the nose out ... It does not do good to our skin that begins to peck and blush. As the weeks go by, the small vessels that check our skin brush overheating.
Cardboard, the skin pulls, the wrinkles of the paw of goose slyly point the end of their nose. In some, redness may even appear on the wings of the nose.
A phenomenon that mainly affects fine and clear skins. Indeed, the transparency of the epidermis does not forgive anything, especially in winter.

Reflexes that save our skin from heating

Restore the skin barrier by bringing a good dose of lipids and boosting their synthesis.

Choose her cosmetics according to her skin type . She tends to be fat? We put on a cream rich in water and low in oil. It is rather normal to dry? It is chosen to apply a water-in-oil emulsion on a daily basis. Since it naturally tends to lose, it is necessary to give it a maximum of fat (hence lipids).

In all cases, complete by applying as often as possible a moisturizing mask . You can even let it sit all night.

Discover our selection of face serum, day creams and bb creams to protect the skin against the drying effects of heating.