Hello friends! Despite the fact that we are still in a festive mood, it is imperative for us to take good care of our health. We cannot afford to have treatment after the party. It is against this backdrop that I want to look into the reasons why you are noticing some changes in your body texture. It is no more news that harmattan is here and that it is beginning to hit hard in some parts of the country.
Although one of the attendant effects of dry season or harmattan is dry skin, it might not necessarily be the cause of your dry skin, it could be some other factors.
Are you beginning to notice some drastic changes in your skin which get you worried? Simply read the following reasons why you suddenly develop dry skin:
1. Change in Weather Condition
A change in the weather condition from rainy season to harmattan season is the number one reason why you could have dry skin.
2. Change in Cosmetics
Do you recently change your cosmetics? Have you recently changed your body cream or bathing soap? Your skin could be reacting to this, so you need to take note and not get yourself overwhelmingly disturbed unnecessarily.
3. Change in Feeding Habit
Were you eating balanced diets before and you suddenly changed your feeding habit probably because of economic factor or availability factor? This could have a resultant effect on your body. Your skin could become dry once you refuse to feed it well with the required nutrients.
4. Change in Lifestyle
A change in your lifestyle can affect your skin. If you recently joined the smoking gang, alcohol-drinking gang, then; you could have its impact on your skin. It could make it dry overnight.
5. Exposure to Sunlight
Since the weather has changed, the sun nowadays is so scorching. If you have recently been exposing yourself to sunlight, you can develop dry skin overnight. Avoid exposing yourself to direct sunlight. Use sunshades or go out when the weather is accommodating enough and wear sun-protective clothing.
6. Presence of Ailment/Disease
An underlying health issue could result in you having dry skin. You need to take very good care of yourself and critically look into any health issue that could be disrupting your skin’s moisture.
7. Dehydration
If you lack good water content in your body, your skin will be automatically dry. Ensure you increase your water intake on a daily basis especially now that we are in the dry season, this will prevent further skin dryness.
8. Excessive Use of Fragrance
Spreading fragrance on your body intensely and evenly could make you develop a dry skin overnight because the chemicals used in making the fragrance has a drying effect.
9. Use of Hard Water
Treated water when used excessively for bathing could lead to skin dryness.
10. Excessive Hand-wash
Frequent hand-wash could lead to dryness of skin especially now that frequent hand-wash is now the order of the day. So, in case you are experiencing sudden skin dryness, take note.
11. Ageing
If you noticed a sudden change in your skin, if your skin suddenly develops dryness and this has never happened in the previous years, then; ageing could be the reason.
Stay healthy!
Stay strong!
