Itchy skin due to cold weather
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
15 responses
@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Jan 20
When the temperature goes down outside, we use the indoor heating device. It dries the air in the home and our skin gets dried out, also. The same thing happens to me, during the winter months. Lotion is my complete answer.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
Thank you for the information that itchy skin is quite normal during the winter.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 Jan 20
@Alexandoy Yes, once we heat the home, the furnace dries everyone out.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jan 20
@kobesbuddy so it is the heat that may cause the itching?
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
10 Jan 20
for me I am old person and we get dried out and lose the natural oil.I have to use cream every day to stop the itch.
there is a wonderful cream call Sarna which help to stop the itchy there
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
10 Jan 20
@Alexandoy that is too bad.I know the feelings of itchy and hate it
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
@amadeo it is really hateful to wake up with my hands scratching my thigh or leg.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
I am also old and wrinkled but even when I was young the itch was there when the weather is cold. No lotion could pacify the itch.
@rebelann (113176)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Jan 20
I would think it is the lack of humidity that is causing the itchy skin. It happens a lot to me because we have so little humidity.
@rebelann (113176)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Jan 20
It sounds like dry skin to me maybe you need to moisturize before going to sleep @Alexandoy
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
@rebelann it is indeed dry skin. Unfortunately nothing works except the remedy that I discovered.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
Until now the itch is still robbing me of sleep. Last night I slept at midnight but awakened by scratching my leg.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
Lotion has no effect to my skin. I discovered this problem when I worked in London. I was given Caladryl lotion but it did nothing to the itch which robbed me of sleep every night.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
@thelme55 I think I had tried that already as per the suggestion of my wife's sister who is a nurse.
@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
10 Jan 20
@Alexandoy There is a lotion which is for itchy skin. Neutrogena. It helps.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jan 20
Moisturizing lotions don't work on my special skin.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jan 20
@amitkokiladitya there is only one remedy that works on my special skin. But that is a secret for now.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
11 Jan 20
@Alexandoy then what works on the super skin of a super man
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
Thank you for sharing your opinion on the itchy skin. I thought before that I was the only one experiencing this.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
@Bensen32 thanks for letting me know. I thought all along that I was the only one with itchy skin.
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@Bensen32 (27930)
• United States
10 Jan 20
@Alexandoy Oh no, around here just about everyone deals with it in the winter.
@Bhurishrava (696)
• India
11 Jan 20
Yes. Cold weather ften resuluts in itchy skin.
However be careful not to scratch. Scratch will make it even worse, even infection which will later be very difficult to cure.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jan 20
Sometimes the itchy skin persists all day and night.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
I think I have tried almost everything that have been suggested but there's only 1 thing that could pacify the itch.
@JudyEv (345445)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jan 20
Isn't that interesting? I wonder why your arms and legs itch when it gets cold.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jan 20
It may be due to drying skin. But if it is then why don't moisturizers don't work? Maybe my skin is also abnormal waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
You can say that again. When it is warm I just sweat but when it is cold this happens.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
I wish my skin would agree but lotion doesn't help.
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@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
10 Jan 20
I use coconut oil and some time mustard oil to get rid of this.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
I actually have tried anything that is applied, lotion or oil or even powder. Nothing helped.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jan 20
@ExplorewtMe I envy you that you have a control of your itchy skin.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
12 Jan 20
I think it is due to drying skin because of the cold weather.
@crossbones27 (50032)
• Mojave, California
10 Jan 20
I have been getting that also. I hate it. So many times I am about to fall asleep and then get an itch out of nowhere that wakes me up. My sister asks me all the time why dogs are so itchy? Dry skin. We live in a dry land. They say drinking a lot of water helps with that but even so, its so dry here normally that you will be itchy by the time you go to bed. The cold speeds that process up.
