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There is various home dry skin solutions that you can make to aid sooth and cure dry chapped skin.

For example, taking a milk bath once a week aids to sooth and nourishes the skin. Prepare your bath water and put a couple of tablespoons of powdered milk, a few drops of almond oil and a couple of drops of your favorite perfume or bath oils. Then just lay back, relax and let the milk moisten your skin and nourish it.

Another good tip is to exfoliate your skin, once a week, with a facial mask, this helps to remove dull, dry surface skin. Use a natural face mask and not one containing bleaching and harsh chemicals like benzoyl peroxide or alcohol.

Not everyone understands that maintaining a healthy diet can effect your skin type and moisturize your skin. Dry skin is easily produced when we lose liquids. Our bodies are made-up of 80% water and losing liquid directly effects our skins hydration.

Balanced Diets to help Dry Skin

* Eat plenty of seeds, grains, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Eat a good portion of proteins from vegetable sources. Increase your portion on raw vegetables because they contain more vitamins than boiled vegetables.

* Eat foods like garlic, onions, asparagus, eggs, these are all rich in sulfur and aid to keep your skin young looking.

* Eat plenty of colorful vegetables, specially yellow and orange. These are rich in beta carotene and anti oxidants.

* Consuming plenty of omega 3 oils in a regular diet help to keep your skin supple and moist, flack seed oil is a good choice as it contains Omega 3′s and Omega 6 linoleic acids. These elements are converted into a hormone like substance called Prostaglandins, which aids with healthy skin.

* Carrots, cantaloupes and apricots are all healing fruits for your very dry skin. These are all highly rich in vitamins A & C with aid to keep your skin moistened and smooth. All the fruits are plenty of vitamin B5 and pantothenic acids. Pantothenic acid is required for the synthesis of fats and oils required by your skin.

* Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water everyday keeps your skin sufficiently hydrated.

* Avoid consuming fried food, animal fats, and heated cooked vegetable oils. Cooking oils leads to the synthesis of free radicals, which can have bad effects on your skin.

* Stay away from processed sugars that are in soda pop, chocolate (dark chocolate is ok) potato chips, or other processed junk foods.

* Avoid consuming caffeinated drinks and alcohol; these drinks take away essential minerals and fluids that are good for your skin.

* Smoking has a harmful effect on your skin for various reasons. Nicotine constricts blood vessels, including the tiny capillaries that are found in the skin. This depletes the skin of the oxygen and nutrients it requires for good health. Smoking will also make your skin dry and leathery.

Following these simple tips will help treat dry skin conditions.

A new skin care product offers the chance to eliminate scars, blemishes and dermal imperfections, while at the same time shields you skin and maintains its hydration.

- Patricia Bascunan