Helping Dry Skin

Many people experience dry, cracked and/or fissured hands in the winter months. If your indoor air is dry during winter months, use a humidifier to raise the humidity level.

When you do go outdoors, do you protect your skin with appropriate clothing or with a sunscreen on exposed surfaces?

Yes, I protect my skin from the sun.

No, I don't protect my skin from the sun.

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Online Medical Reviewer: Faculty of Harvard Medical School Date Last Reviewed: 6/14/2006 Date Last Modified: 6/8/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.

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