Temperatures drop and so does skin hydration. That’s when the stingers appear! These small pink or whitish scaly patches are in fact not the prerogative of babies whose sebaceous glands are not functioning. So, at the edge of winter, they riddle the epidermis of our cheeks, arms, shoulders and even thighs. If dark skin is more marked, because it turns white in the sun, all phototypes, ages and genders fear them… especially when they are accompanied by unpleasant itching! So, when dehydrated skin tends to break out, it is always good to know how to take preventive action! And when the sores are there, these natural grandmother’s remedies with a soothing and healing effect are worth knowing to treat them naturally.
1) Good prevention actions against these dry patches
First of all, it is important to know the factors favoring these scales. This way, you can better protect yourself! These factors include cold, sun, humidity, chlorine and synthetic clothing. To avoid external aggression and irritation, we therefore do not hesitate to:
- Wear a voucher sunscreen all year round and an emollient cream in winter
- GOOD moisturize your very dry skin every day (aloe vera, shea butter, flax gel, sea buckthorn oil, argan oil, etc.)
- Wash the skin with gentle superfatted cleansers or dermatological bars
- Remove aggressive products of your routine (micellar water, perfumed products, grain scrub, etc.)
- Rinse your skin with clear water after swimming in the sea or swimming pool
- Dry your skin very carefully and gently when she is wet
- Use an anti-limescale filter or water softener if the water in your home is very hard or limescale.
- Encourage loose clothing and in natural materials (but be careful of the itchy wool!).
2) Eat well to calm and soothe the skin
Drinking well is obviously the first thing to do to hydrate your body and therefore your skin. However, it is possible togo further against skin dryness using power! To do this, we focus on good fats and foods really rich in omega-3. This includes rapeseed or walnut oils, but also walnuts or chia seeds. In addition, don’t forget fatty fish (mackerel, herring, sardines, salmon, etc.). In food and in home care, spirulina is also an excellent option.
3) Natural remedies to apply to relieve scathes
All your precautions were not enough to prevent the appearance of scabs? Here are natural remedies to relieve them! To start, calm inflammation with aloe vera whose moisturizing, soothing, healing and anti-infectious properties are essential. In addition, you can boost this gel by diluting 1 drop ofessential oil with anti-inflammatory properties. For example, there is niaouli or matricaria chamomile. Rose geranium is antifungal and healing.
Once the inflammation has calmed down, it’s time for the scabs to heal quickly! To do this, massage them with vegetable oil healing, regenerating and nourishing like that of rosehip, calendula, sweet almond, avocado, argan or baobab. Furthermore, wheat germ is the number one ally for very dry skin, because it protects, nourishes, hydrates and regenerates. However, do not use it on the face as it is very comedogenic!
4) Herbal remedies for scabies
First, you can concoct a little sage lotion. This should be left for a few minutes on the teeth using a sterile compress. To prepare it, simply let it simmer and reduce 100 g of sage leaves in 500 ml of cold water. Then, let it infuse for 10 minutes before filtering and leaving to cool in a bottle. This well-infused herbal tea can be applied several times a day.
Otherwise, head for chamomile, a plant synonymous with gentleness and soothing par excellence ! Here, we can also apply on the darts its cooled used herbal tea bag than a lotion based on sweet almond oil to which 4 to 6 drops of chamomile essential oil are added. You can also make a chamomile poultice with 30 g dried chamomile flowers thrown into a liter of boiling water for 10 minutes. After filtering and cooling, we soak our compresses with it and leave it on the skin for 20 minutes.
5) Homemade serums as intensive care
Many homemade blends allow you to lasting relief from scathes. Among the effective recipes against these plaques, we find:
- 1 ml of rose geranium essential oil (HE), 4 ml of rosehip vegetable oil (HV) and 10 ml of sweet almond oil
- 2 drops of rose geranium oil and 2 drops of calendula oil
- 2 ml of Hô wood EO, 1 ml of niaouli EO and 7 ml of rosehip oil
- 20 drops of rose geranium oil, 20 drops of carrot oil and 100 ml of wheat germ oil
Once you have made your mixture in your clean bottle, take a drop. Then we massage everything onto the skin 2 to 3 times a day ideally.
May these few natural solutions bring you a little comfort and a good dose of hydration! Of course, these anti-dartar remedies do not replace the advice of the dermatologist or doctor. However, be careful with corticosteroid-based creams which increase dryness of the skin and start a vicious cycle. Finally, do not use essential oils on a pregnant or breastfeeding woman or a young child!
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