My skin is itchy when the weather is cold, what should I do?

Every winter, many people’s skin will experience itching, flaking and other phenomena. The legs and arms are the most common and serious. Especially at night, when I cover myself with a quilt and prepare to sleep, I often feel unbearable itching. I have to scratch my skin to relieve the itching, and sometimes I want to scratch my skin to relieve the pain. But often the more it itches, the more it is scratched, and the more it is scratched, the more it itches. The problem is more serious for middle-aged and elderly people and people with dry skin. Some people often scratch their skin and go to the dermatology department to see a doctor.

Why is skin itching particularly prone to occur in winter? In winter, the climate is cold, and the north wind mainly blows from the inland. Even in the south, the north wind mainly blows, and the air is particularly dry. Cold weather makes the sweat glands and sebaceous glands of human skin shrink and become inactive. The secretion of sweat glands and sebaceous glands is greatly reduced, which also makes the skin dry and desquamated.

After finding the cause of skin itching, we can take measures to target the cause. First of all, you can humidify the air indoors. You can buy an air humidifier, or you can use soil methods, such as sprinkling water on the ground, growing plants indoors, etc. This is quite common in the north. Secondly, you can eat more fat-rich foods in winter, preferably vegetable fats. If you are obese or have high blood lipids, it is even more unsuitable to eat animal fat. In addition, you don't need to use soap or shower gel every time when taking a bath, because people's skin secretions are very small in winter and body odor is not big, so it is not necessary. Sometimes it is enough to just use it on the perineum, armpits, hair, etc. After bathing, you can use some oil-containing skin care products on particularly dry skin and exposed areas such as hands and face.