Las Vegas dermatologist's tips about methods to fight dry, itchy pores and skin throughout winter months

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Las Vegas valley’s extraordinarily dry local weather can impression anybody’s pores and skin, particularly throughout the winter months.

“The little bit of cold weather might be pushing you over the edge,” Dr. Kendall Egan, a dermatologist and proprietor of Las Vegas Integrative Dermatology stated.

Egan stated Nevada’s low humidity may have an effect on the pores and skin and shared with 8 Information Now that she sees sufferers experiencing dry and itchy pores and skin virtually every single day. 

“There are certain things that can cause you to have more problems with dry skin like medications, underlying medical conditions, autoimmune disease,” Egan stated. “When I have patients that are excessively itchy and their kind of resistant to conservative treatment, I have diagnosed patients with underlying malignancy or lymphoma.”

Remedy and analysis range relying on the particular person. Sustaining a wholesome skincare routine is essential. Egan stated in case your pores and skin is dry, she recommends much less cleaning soap within the bathe and utilizing a delicate pores and skin kind of product. She additionally stated you solely really want cleaning soap within the “stinky areas” which embrace the armpits, groin, and toes. 

“Your arms and legs typically don’t need any soap,” she stated. “Put it after bathing and showering, pick a good moisturizer that’s thick so something that comes in a tub.”

One other large downside for a lot of is dry lips.

“So, lips are a problem here in Las Vegas because again we have low humidity and cold air,” Egan stated. “If you use a bike guard or things at night or you use other medical devices that could impact your lips as well.” 

Egan additionally shared many individuals get right into a vicious cycle of utilizing lip balm. 

“Some of my patients are okay with petrolatum which is basically plain Vaseline,” she stated. “It’s really hard to be allergic to plain Vaseline, it’s really easy to be allergic to a lot of ChapSticks.” 

Egan stated in case you are extra on the delicate pores and skin facet, then use extra of an ointment. Egan additionally shared with 8 Information Now that her sufferers who’re coping with zits, normally want to change their moisturizers or therapies due to the chilly climate. 

If self-care strategies do not work, it is time to get checked out. Egan touched on individuals experiencing nostril bleeds throughout this time saying the chilly and dry temperatures can play a job. She advisable utilizing saline for some to forestall dryness. Once more, that is all depending on a medical session. 

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