Page 2 - Skin Features

Dry feet and cracked heel are a common summer skin fatality because the combination of dehydration, lower air humidity environmental factors and summer footwear choices can lead to the feet becoming especially dry which can causes cracked skin.

A recent OnePoll study of 2,000 adults has found a huge 42% of Londoners often struggle with dry skin.

The main culprits for this dry skin epidemic in the UK’s capital according to the skin survey were Londoners showering habits plus cold dry

If you suffer from a skin condition such as eczema, psoriasis or atopic dermatitis the itching of your skin can get significantly worse at night, especially as the nights start to get warmer in late Spring and summer.

In addition, even if you

Although there’s still some debate among skin specialists about what exactly causes contact dermatitis (CD), it’s generally agreed that CD is an inflammatory response to irritants and allergens as opposed to a skin barrier dysfunction, which is what causes

A red bumpy nose can often be glaringly apparent at Christmas time, due to the colder dry weather outside, warm stuffy crowded rooms inside and increased alcohol and rich food.

A red nose with bumps is a condition called rhinophyma and it’s often

Dry cracked hands are a wintertime dread for many people. 

Cracked dry hands are usually caused either by an underlying skin condition, namely eczema or psoriasis or from contact dermatitis from cleaning products and other chemcial products.

Ursula,  51, is a lawyer and married mum of one and a step-mum to another son from Texas in the US but with British heritage.

Two years ago Ursula suffered from a rapid onset of severe menopausal rosacea at the start of her menopause. She

Men and women have biologically different skin plus typically different lifestyle habits, diet and attention to skincare, meaning that the most common skin issues for men are different than for women.

The five main biological differences between

Its National Eczema Week and an appropriate time to consider and prepare for the possibility of a post-summer eczema flare.

Post summer dry skin is typically even drier and more reactive after months of UV exposure, applications of sun creams,