How to treat itchy skin in summer?

In the summer, it is normal to feel hot, sweat heavily, and have itchy skin. If you want to get relief, you must first change your diet, eat more light food, drink more water, and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables; in addition, the water temperature should not be too hot when bathing, and you should not use soap or other alkaline bath lotions to apply to your body.

1. What to do if your skin itches in summer

First, don’t use too hot bath water. Water temperature that is too high will aggravate sebum loss. Some people like to use hot water because of itchy skin, thinking that this will relieve the itching. In fact, doing so will only accelerate sebum loss and form a vicious circle.

Second, bathing time should not be too long.

Third, it is not advisable to use soap when bathing. Soap is alkaline and will make sebum loss more serious. It is recommended to use neutral bath gel with skin care and moisturizing ingredients.

Fourth, reduce scrubbing. In the summer when skin secretion and metabolism are more active, you can rub it appropriately. But for people whose skin is aging and gradually degenerating, frequent scrubbing will only cause skin damage and a large amount of sebum loss.

Fifth, apply body lotion after bathing. Using body lotion after bathing is extremely important and effective in protecting the skin and reducing.

Sixth, adjust your diet, drink more water, eat more fruits, vegetables and other crude fiber foods, and keep your bowel movements smooth.

Warm reminder: In the summer, excessive sweating and improper care of skin itching can easily worsen or recur, so patients must develop good living habits, pay attention to daily maintenance, discover the disease, go to a regular dermatology hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible, find the cause of the disease, and use symptomatic medication as prescribed by the doctor.

2. Precautions for skin itching in summer:

1. Live a regular life, go to bed early and get up early, and exercise appropriately. Add or remove clothes in time to avoid cold or hot stimulation. Patients with systemic itching should take care to reduce the frequency of bathing, avoid excessive scrubbing of the skin when bathing, and do not use alkaline soap.

2. To prevent skin itching, patients must drink more water, replenish the water needed by the body, and use moisturizing products appropriately.

3. Another part of summer skin itching may be related to external stimuli, such as dry skin in cold winter, sweaty skin in hot summer, wearing chemical fiber fabrics, using soap with too strong alkaline, and contact with certain drugs and chemicals, which can also promote the occurrence of this disease.

4. Skin atrophy and decreased function of sebaceous glands and sweat glands can cause dry skin, which can be the causative factors of skin itching in summer.