Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon.

And today on the podcast, it's time for

a five minute Friday and it's all about winter skin. So winter skin, winter is the time

when your skin is definitely going to feel so sensitive and sometimes dry and irritated.

There are many reasons why your skin feels sensitive in the winter and the most

common reason is because there is less humidity in the environment. Dry skin is everybody's

complaint in wintertime. The outside air does not hold enough water content because cold air

holds less water in it. The inside

air is heated and it's dry because most environmental air inside houses is not humidified. And as a

result, there's not going to be enough water content in your stratum corneum for it to function properly. That simple fact makes the

stratum corneum or the top layer of the skin very vulnerable, makes you more sensitive, more dry, irritated,

flaking, cracking, small micro-fishers develop in the skin and bacteria gets in there and that can lead to irritations

as well. So when protective oils in your skin in the top layer of the stratum cranium are lost,

the water that's normally present in your skin evaporates so quickly and escapes. And when enough moisture is depleted, your skin really feels the

symptoms of dryness, itchiness, redness, bumpiness, and rough patches. And sometimes the

irritations will lead to local minor infections or flare-ups of eczema, flare-ups of psoriasis.

So the skin is a very sensitive and finicky organism.

It is, of course, your biggest organ.

It is exposed to all the elements.

It's time to take different steps to take care of it in the winter.

I start with recommending reducing water temperature in your shower.

Super hot heat is going to be more drying.

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