Dry skin: causes, relief, tips

Brief overview Causes: external factors (e.g. heat, cold, sunlight), diet, certain medications, stress and emotional strain, biological factors (such as age), diseases such as neurodermatitis, allergies, psoriasis, contact eczema, leg ulcers (ulcers on the lower leg), Diabetes mellitus (diabetes), hypothyroidism, Crohn’s disease (chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract), Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (cancer of the pancreas), coeliac … Dry skin: causes, relief, tips