Where Is Your Skin Problem?

Face

If you have any of the following problems on your face, click here for information:

• lines and wrinkles, brown freckles, yellowing of the skin, and a dry complexion
• or groups of itchy or tender small red spots around the mouth and dry and flaky skin
• or a rapidly evolving red rash which may be blistered and swollen
• or dry skin that is just itchy, without much of a rash

Hands

If you have any of the following problems on your hands, click here for information:

• dry skin that is just itchy, without much of a rash
• or red and dry skin on the backs of your hands or on your palms, possibly with itchy bumps
• or thickened, scaly, red skin which easily develops painful cracks

Feet

If you have any of the following problems on your feet, click here for information:

Treatment Options
     for Skin Problems

Natural remedies

Shea Butter: click here for information about this natural skin care substance that has both a high moisturizing fraction and a high healing fraction.

Other moisturizers: click here for information about the benefits and risks of other moisturizers.

Mild soaps: click here for information about the benefits and risks of medicated soaps.

Prescription Medications

Click here for information about the drugs that are most frequently prescribed for skin problems.

• dry skin that is just itchy, without much of a rash
• or tiny blisters deep in the skin, associated with itching and a burning feeling
• or thickened, scaly, red skin which easily develops painful cracks

Torso, arms, or legs

If you have any of the following problems on your torso, arms, or legs, click here for information:

• a rapidly evolving red rash which may be blistered and swollen
• or a longstanding irritable area, often darker than the surrounding skin, thickened and much scratched
• or red, scaly patches of skin covered with silvery scales