Dry hands and chapped lips: how to take care of the areas most affected by the cold in winter

Danas, polar waves, blizzards... there are a multitude of storms that, in short, come to bring cold and the skin suffers from it. When there are sudden drops in temperatures in autumn and winter, the skin loses optimal levels of hydration as the hydrolipidic barrier that reserves moisture within the fabric is compromised. "This occurs due to the vasoconstriction that occurs. Less blood arrives, fewer nutrients and less cell renewal arises," explains Estefanía Nieto, Omorovicza's technical director.

To balance it, the skin must rely on principles that restore moisture balances and maintain its barrier function. "We will benefit from principles such as hyaluronic acid to provide moisture, Omegas that will restore the skin barrier, or squalane, a lipid that the skin identifies as its own," says Elisabeth San Gregorio, technical director of Medik8.

How to keep skin on point? And why does this happen more in the hands and lips with the cold? "We will have to provide extra care to balance the damage caused by inclement weather, especially on the hands and lips, since they are areas that are highly exposed and a little more forgotten in daily care routines", adds Raquel González , director of education for Perricone MD.

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Dry hands and chapped lips: how to care the areas most affected by the cold in winter

How to take care of your hands and lips at this time of year? Take note of these tips:

Low-impact hygiene: "When highly astringent soaps are used, dehydration of the skin is accelerated, something that happens now more than ever when, due to hygiene measures, we wash our hands with a very short periodicity", says Valeria Navarro, from ZADOR. It is essential to use soaps that not only do not dry out the hands, but also treat, taking advantage of the benefits of certain ultra-nourishing soaps, such as ZADOR's Fina Bar Rose, which has regenerating roses, renewing thermal waters and nourishing shea butter.