Transitional-Season Dryness: What Skin Experts Report

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Israel's transitional seasons bring frequent weather changes, including dry, dusty days, cool winds and long hours in air-conditioned spaces. For some people, the changes are also felt on the face, as tightness, roughness, flaking and sometimes stinging.

The instinctive response is to buy a thicker, richer cream. Liat Halpert-Plisser, VP of Education at Dermalogica Israel, suggests first understanding what may be causing the symptoms, and only then adding a product to one's routine.

The days are getting shorter and temperatures are falling, and the skin begins to signal that something has changed. A feeling of tightness, dryness, flaking and redness may indicate damage to the skin's natural protective barrier. The article examines which ingredients can help and which habits are worth giving up.