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Suggest Remedy For Dry Skin

My daughter is turning 3 years old, she has a very dry skin since she was born... Lately we have shifted our base where the climate is extremely dry & the water is boring hard water, that's adding to the problem. She constantly itches her arms, legs & sometimes the whole body. There is always a white layer on her skin.... At times she itches so harshly that red rashes come up. I had once consulted a pediatrian she recommended Citaphil. We have tried Citaphil, Venusia cream & lotion, coconut oil, olive oil, vaseline lotion, vaseline petroleum jelly, paraffin with water...& currenlty using hydramost lotion...also used teddy bear soap, citaphil soap, seba med soap...j&j products does'nt suit her at all, himalaya soap.....nothing seems to work... Also her water intake is very low...she never drink more than a sip or two at one go... Please advice....thanking you!
Thu, 22 Jan 2015
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Our skin has some glands called sebaceous glands that secrete oils that make our skin oily. You must have seen that some people have oily skin while others have dry. Your daughter probably has dry skin and the oil secretion from her sebaceous glands is less. The dry weather and hard water adds to the problem, making it worse. This probably makes it look rough and the dead cell layer that is otherwise not so apparent, becomes visible as dry white scales.

You need not panic. Just apply any sort of emollients and moisturizers including Cetaphil, Aloe vera lotions or hydramost lotion. I would not advocate use of soap. You may use Dove instead. You will have to coax her to drink plenty of water and fluids as that is essential. Please do not panic. You would have to just accept it as her skin type.
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Suggest Remedy For Dry Skin

Our skin has some glands called sebaceous glands that secrete oils that make our skin oily. You must have seen that some people have oily skin while others have dry. Your daughter probably has dry skin and the oil secretion from her sebaceous glands is less. The dry weather and hard water adds to the problem, making it worse. This probably makes it look rough and the dead cell layer that is otherwise not so apparent, becomes visible as dry white scales. You need not panic. Just apply any sort of emollients and moisturizers including Cetaphil, Aloe vera lotions or hydramost lotion. I would not advocate use of soap. You may use Dove instead. You will have to coax her to drink plenty of water and fluids as that is essential. Please do not panic. You would have to just accept it as her skin type.