If you’re suffering from the terribly itchy condition that is caused by dry skin, you would have tried a lot of home remedies and probably learnt a lesson or two from them. The condition is so irritating that you try whatever is available and hope that it works.
Petroleum jelly is the most common of all remedies that people are applying on their dry and chapped skin. This is also called petrolatum, mineral oil, liquid paraffin or paraffin wax. This is something that is always available in all households and is used as a skin care product by many people because of its cheapness and ready availability.
It is a by product of petroleum and coats the skin and keeps in the moisture. But it can clog pores and can cause acne as a result. Natural oils in the skin are inhibited by the petroleum jelly and in the long run, it can cause even more dryness of the skin. Once you stop using it you will find that your skin is even dryer than it used to be.
It is just a stop gap moisturizer and can make your skin dryness even worse than it used to be. Stop using that petroleum product and use a skin hydrating product instead.
There are a few home remedies for dry skin that do work. They may not be the best, but if you have these in the home you can try it out when you are caught in a bind, and their natural and vegetable base can never do you any harm.
Avocados have in them rich oil that has always been known for its properties of healing and moisturizing. It has a content that is rich in Vitamins A, D, and E as well as lecithin, potassium and carotene.
It hydrates the skin and benefits quite a bit because of its high sterolin content, which softens and moisturizes the skin, and can even removes age spots. It greatly increases the production of collagen in the skin, which in turn keeps the skin from ageing. Collagen is a very important skin protein. Avocado oil has a lot of benefits and is a completely natural product.
We can also use macadamia oil. Macadamia oil is sourced from the macadamia nut and is also known as macadamia nut oil. It penetrates the skin that is damaged and makes up whatever oil has been reduced due to inflammation and chapping caused by dry skin. One of the molecules in this oil is Palmitoleic acid that has been always known as very beneficial to the skin.
These oils are not perfect moisturizers and cannot compete with the scientific formulas that the skin care products made by the manufacturers have in them.
You are best served with a professionally made product for skin hydration, but if you are caught out without any skin care product on a day when it is not convenient for you to go to the pharmacy or salon for your skin care product, you can try out both of these oils. They should be a part of any well stocked kitchen, as both are quite edible and used for cooking.
And they also make up part of the formulas off the skin hydration products that are available in the market.