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What Is Dry Skin & What Causes Dry Skin?
Posted by Dr. John
What Causes Dry Skin
Dry skin is caused by a lack of moisture or oil in the skin and is especially common during winter months when heating systems can dry up the air.
Bathing with hot water, the skin’s aging process, spending time in the sun and exposure to other factors can also lead to dry skin such as low humidity, using alcohol based lotions, using or coming into contact with certain chemicals and cleaning products, pregnancy can cause dry skin, psoriasis, eczema, contact dermatitis, fungal skin infections, heatstroke, sunstroke, hypothyroidism, uremia Ichthyosis and Vitamin A deficiency.
Inherited factors and metabolic factors like an underactive thyroid gland, or excessive weight loss are also believed to be causes of dry skin.
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