Does showering in hard water cause dry skin?
Do you have concerns about your skin and how your showers might be influencing the condition of it? You’re not the only one. Skin care is essential to maintaining the integrity and youthfulness of your skin. If you or your child is one of the 35 million Americans that suffer from Eczema, you know skin care is a must when treating atopic dermatitis. While habitual regiments, expensive lotions, clinical treatments, and avoidance of the sun can curb symptoms of dry skin, your household water could be having a major impact on your condition. Dry skin can be uncomfortable and as a parent with a child that has eczema, you want to make sure you’re doing everything you can to minimize the problem.
What are dry skin and eczema symptoms?
Individuals with dry skin often experience at least one of the following:
- Skin tightness, especially after showering or bathing.
- Redness and itching.
- Flaking, scaling or peeling.
- Fine lines or cracks that may cause bleeding.
- Excessive use of lotions and moisturizing soaps.
Soft water is soft on skin.
You can continue to spend hundreds of dollars on lotions and clinical creams but there is a solution to treating the culprit right in your home that’s making your skin condition worse. Softening your household water removes the hard minerals that can be abrasive to your skin. By removing these hard water contaminants, you’re likely to use less soaps too, because it cleans better. The soap you do use does not stick to the skin as it does with hard water, leaving you cleaner and free from any soap scum that otherwise would dry out your skin. Soft water is less damaging to the skin allowing it to protect itself and retain moisture throughout the day.
