How Treat Dry Skin With Natural Remedies? Top 7 Solutions That Do Wonders

In the cold days, you often find dry skin on face as a common complaint. The common dry skin symptoms are hard skin and rashes. The common causes of dry skin are aging, malnutrition, dehydration, a genetic predisposition or adverse climatic changes. On the market, there are a ton of moisturizers and lotions to combat dry skin but they are often expensive and have some chemicals that can harm your skin. If your skin is dry in the winter, then you do not have worry since I have brought effective and quick home remedies for you. Natural treatments are not only inexpensive but also effective in hydrating and nourishing dry skin. Let me discover what they are.

  1. Dry Skin Removal With Banana

Because banana is full of vitamin B, it reduces the dry skin. Apart from that, this fruit comes with the high amount of potassium that keeps the skin moist and hydrated. Both banana and its peel reduce the skin irritation and give glowing and clear skin naturally. Try two ways below:

Way 1: Ripe banana

You take a ripe fresh banana and peel it out. Later mash it well until you gain a thick paste. Presently, apply on the affected parts such as the mouth, face, and legs with this paste. After fifteen minutes, wash with warm water. Regular following this remedy will help treat dry skin completely.

Way 2: Using the banana peel

Take the peel of one ripped banana at first and later cut it into two to three pieces. Then, take 1 banana peel piece in your hand and now rub it on all the affected areas. After that, repeat this process with the other peel pieces. Rinse your face thoroughly using warm water after 10 minutes. This procedure should be repeated 2 times in a week to treat dry skin.

  1. Dry Skin Treatment With Yogurt

Yogurt provides many benefits on your health and beauty. It keeps the skin soft because it acts as a hydrating agent. As we know, yogurt is packed with the lactic acid that murders the bacteria and fades the dead cells. Yogurt also protects the skin from inflammation and infection. Besides, it works as a face moisturizer and helps you attain lightening skin. Try the two ways below to use yogurt for dry skin:

Way 1: Using fresh yogurt

Take fresh yogurt (two tablespoons) in a small bowl and soak the cotton balls for 1 minute in it. Slightly rub this cotton ball on the areas that are affected by dry skin such as the face, hands and legs. Let it settle for about ten minutes and later take a bath. To get refreshed skin, apply this remedy daily.

Way 2: Yogurt with honey and lime

Take fresh yogurt (a ½ cup) in a container and add to it ½ teaspoon of lime juice along with 1 teaspoon of honey. Mix them well and apply this mixture to the dry skin parts on your body. Leave it to remain for about 18 minutes and wash it fresh water gently. To gain smooth skin, repeat this process daily.

  1. Avocado For Dry Skin

You can easily own a silky and soft skin by applying avocado. Avocados restore the smooth skin and work as a repairing agents. Avocado also helps improve the skin from inside due to the presence of vitamin A in it. Here are two face masks with avocado for dry skin treatment:

Way 1: Avocado with honey

Firstly, mash a half cup of avocados and add to it a half cup of honey. Mix the two ingredients well and then apply this paste on the dry skin parts on your body. After 15 minutes, wash it using fresh water. To reduce the dry skin, repeat the remedy 1 time in a week.

Way 2: Avocado with banana and papaya

First of all, take the paste of an avocado in 1 small bowl and add to it a paste of a half piece of papaya along with 1 mashed banana. Use a grinder or a masher, mix them well. Later apply the paste to the face and let it remain for fifteen minutes. Finally, rinse it off using fresh water. To get rid of the dry skin rashes, it’s suggested to follow the remedy thrice a week.

  1. Using Milk

Milk quickly gives relief from itchy skin since it possesses anti-inflammatory and soothing properties. Additionally, the presence of the lactic acid content in milk helps remove the dead skin.

Way 1: Using cold milk

Take fresh cold milk (½ cup) and soak 1 small cloth in it. Later take the cloth out of the cold milk and gently dab it on your dry skin areas for about ten minutes. Lastly, soak another cloth in some warm water to wash off the milk. This procedure needs to be repeated daily to remove the dry itchy skin.

Way 2: Milk cream and lemon

In 1 small bowl, take milk (one tablespoon) and milk cream (two tablespoons). Next, add lemon juice (one teaspoon) to it and mix them well. After that, apply the mixture all over your face, legs, and hand.  Wash it off after 10-15 minutes. Regularly follow this process to obtain better results.

  1. How To Treat Dry Skin With Aloe Vera

Aloe vera has soothing property, so it prevents flaking. Besides, it comprises of antiseptic properties that aid in the healing procedure of broken cells. Moreover, it forms a protective layer on your skin and removes all the impurities from the skin. For this purpose, take an aloe vera leaf and slice it into small pieces. Next, squeeze the gel from the leaf with your hands. Then, apply its gel on your affected skin and let it stay for fifteen minutes. Afterwards, wash out the gel gently with cold water. It’s advisable to follow this tip every day to remove dry skin totally.

  1. How To Treat Dry Skin With Mango

Mango helps you to remove the dry skin because it is rich in powerful antioxidants and vitamin A. In addition, it can regenerate skin cells. For this purpose, you need to prepare 1 ripe mango, 1 tsp of sugar and 1 tsp of argan oil. Next, mash a ripe mango and take the mashed mango (1 teaspoon) in a small bowl. Then, to it, add the sugar and mix them well till the sugar completely gets dissolved. Now add argan oil (1 teaspoon) to it and mix all the ingredients once again. After that, apply this mixture to your dry skin parts. After 20 minutes, wash off using fresh water. To observe a change, follow this way one time a day for 15 days.

  1. Brown Sugar For Removing Dry Skin

One of the best natural remedies for dry skin is brown sugar because it’s an excellent exfoliator that fades the dead skin cells and enhances the generation of new cells as well. All you must do is take brown sugar (2 tablespoons) in a small bowl and to it, add 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of coconut oil. Then, mix them well and rub the mixture on your dry skin parts in a circulation motion. Afterwards, take a bath after five minutes and follow this remedy one time in a day to cure dry skin.

Nobody likes dry skin. So, to get rid of dry skin, just follow the natural home remedies mentioned above. The remedies are easy to use at home and need the ingredients which are available in the kitchen of everybody.

Guest Post by Hang Pham

Author Bio:

This guest post is by Hang Pham, a blogger with over 10 years of experience on searching the best solutions for beauty and health issues.

 

2 Responses
  • Skin Care
    March 24, 2018

    Nice Tips. Though I already use some of these tips, I will now try other tips also. Thanks

  • Kiran
    November 17, 2017

    Great blog and feels really good reading this post. I have been facing dry skin problems and haven’t been able to solve this issue till date. Your natural remedy tips are worth reading. I will surely follow it. Thanks a lot for sharing these tips.