Winter Skin Care: Prevent or Treat Eczema

as the mercury drops you may lose
interest in caring for your skin but
it’s just as important during winter
months as it is in summer hi I’m Rebecca
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be learning about eczema and
winter skin care so what is Exuma
exactly Exuma is an inflammatory skin
condition that can show up for different
reason
there is different subtype of Exuma one
of the biggest one is what we call
atopic dermatitis and another one that
you were interested in is the winter
eczema which is due to try skin the
atopic dermatitis is a genetic condition
and that that creates a very dry skin
from the infancy and that is is
associated with other problem like
asthma and allergic rhinitis what does
it look like there’s redness
there’s scaling but it’s a fine skill
contrary to other skin disease in some
type of eczema like the topic dermatitis
the localization of the eruption is
going to help for example in very young
children they will tend to have their
eczema on the cheeks the chin the
forehead as well as on the outer part of
the arms and the thighs for example as
they’re getting older it’s going to move
in in the creases that doesn’t mean that
they can’t have it everywhere but those
are the specific places so that helps in
the diagnosis of atopic dermatitis the
genetic background also helps you
putting the diagnosis as well as the
recurrence
the fact that it comes back you know the
fact that there’s ups and downs and if
on top of that the child has also asthma
problem or allergic rhinitis then you’re
clearly into that triad how does eczema
differ from regular winter dry skin if
we try to get more into the subject of
the winters itch for the winter eczema
basically what what you take away from
your skin you have to give back so in in
countries like Canada where we have
harsh winters where we heat the
apartments we dry the environment as
soon as you have a decrease in water
content you’re gonna start seeing the
dryness of your skin you’re gonna start
seeing the flaking and if you still
don’t do anything about it then you’re
gonna start scratching and then you’re
going to start having eczema so
basically what you have to do is is
moisturize your skin and and help her go
through the environment that your skin
is living in which is the dryness due to
the heating due to the soaps due to the
detergents if we go back to the topic
dermatitis is different of course the
environment is gonna make them worse if
they they live in a dry environment the
pollution perfume products everything is
gonna make them more stress is going to
make them worse and they’re dry no
matter what so they still have to
moisturize year-long and then we have to
introduce medication when they’re having
you know flare-up of the rigsy
what ingredients should we look for in a
moisturizer to treat these conditions
there’s a few ingredients that you can
look for niacinamide is one shea butter
is another one
ceramides are another one there’s
there’s a few ingredients and there’s a
balance also in a good moisturizing
there’s there’s three subtypes of
elements that are needed I would say
that your your doctor can help you to
choose a moisturizer that applies well
for you and if not you can always
consult with your pharmacist who’s going
to help you
find the best moisturizer we usually
like to use creams because they have a
bigger lipid content avoid hot water hot
water is going to dry your skin lukewarm
water is the best thing the trick here
though is when you get out of your bath
you have three minutes to moisturize
your skin because if you don’t do that
what’s going to happen is that your it’s
going to evaporate and then we’re going
to try again if she can if she can seal
in the moisture within three minutes
you’ve got it thank you very much you’re
very welcome