WINTER MEANS DRY CRACKED SKIN

posted: Jan. 24, 2022.

According to Jacqueline Sutera, DPM, dry and cracked skin are the two conditions most people experience on their feet when it starts to get colder. The former, she explains, worsens as you grow older; your natural oil production decreases and skin becomes thinner, making you more prone to dryness when the temperatures drop. 

 

Dr. Jacqueline Sutera

 

The latter, also known as fissures, is the result of severely dry skin; feet get thicker and become callused before they bleed and crack, which could lead to infection. Increased pressure — you experience this while walking in shoes — can also cause cracks on the bottoms of your feet. 

 

Source: Audrey Noble, Martha Stewart [1/19/22]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News