Does your skin looked dry and felt tight? Maybe your body most probably are dehydrated. Dehydration is the loss of water in the body, sometimes severe enough to cause shock since the human body is composed of seventy five percent water. To know how to deal with dry skin, you must know the causes of this dryness. Several factors like the environment, weather, health situation, or lifestyle is making the skin dry. Some of them are easily remedied which can be cured quickly and others will take more time and effort.

Unfortunately, the moisturizers and treatments claiming to alleviate dry skin do nothing to cure it. To be able to correct dehydrated skin, a drastic change in lifestyle and environment is required.

What does a dehydrated skin feel like? Your skin tone is dull and pale. It is usually dry to the touch, itchy, with flaky patches and rough spots, and blotchy patches when you look in the mirror. The skin loses its elasticity wherein when you apply a bit of pressure on the skin, it does not revert back to its original state.

When you leave your skin dehydrated for a long period of time, keratinization (the deposition of keratin in cells occurring in the epidermis of the skin and structures in nails and hair, the cells become flattened and lose their nuclei) occurs. Take for example the feet. The skin on the bottom of your feet is subjected to much heat, friction and dirt. The dead skin cells that build up on the surface of your skin forms a coat covering it, making it nearly impossible for moisturizer to reach your skin. Your skin will further get dehydrated.

Fortunately, dehydration is easily treated and is very temporary. The skin just needs to rehydrate and vitamins given to be able to have healthy skin.