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Very dry (red) skin on face. Any tips?

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Hetty58 Thu 06-Feb-20 08:38:29

And it's quite OK to use night cream on your cheeks in the daytime!

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Hetty58 Thu 06-Feb-20 08:36:01

I'd be wary of using steroid cream on your face. It may help temporarily but make your skin more delicate in the long run.

Improve your diet and (if you can) cut out sugar - (no sugar at all is best), bioflavonoids, 1,000 to 1,500 mg/day and Burts Bees sensitive skin night cream.

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mumofmadboys Thu 06-Feb-20 08:28:05

Vaseline intensive is good

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Cherrytree59 Thu 06-Feb-20 08:27:35

Bio oil.
Or baby oil would be quite gentle.

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Marelli Thu 06-Feb-20 08:17:32

I do have psoriasis here and there on my body, though not the type that peels or 'crusts'. Every couple of weeks or so, though, I get red, dry blotches, to which I apply a prescribed steroid cream for a couple of days and it fades away, but always coming back again. I can live with this. However, the skin in my cheeks is now very dry and quite inflamed. I've tried mixing a little of the steroid cream with the all-over moisturiser prescribed by GP, but am wary of doing this regularly. Can anyone give any tips on how to manage this, please?

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