00:00Oh man, look at me. I'm a mummy. My skin is flaking off my face. For those of you
00:08who experience dry, flaky, irritating, and tight skin like I do, you're not alone.
00:13Whether it's from cold and dry weather conditions, irritation from soap or
00:18another body product, or sometimes simply from over scratching. But what I'm
00:23experiencing here today looks a bit more severe. So let me call out my
00:28dermatologist Dr. Robert Analik and make an emergency appointment. Hey Dr. Analik,
00:33I'm gonna need you to come down to the office for an episode of The Fink Tank.
00:37See you soon. I'm Lucy Fink. Oh yeah. And this is The Fink Tank.
00:46Please welcome celebrity dermatologist Dr. Analik. So dry skin. Yeah. What is going on
00:54in the winter time? Why is our skin flaking off? There's a lot of reasons why
00:58people have dry skin. And winter is a big part of it because environmental
01:02exposure does play a role in the skin feeling very dry. Water is in one area
01:06versus another and it's very easy to become dehydrated because the skin just
01:10wants to evaporate and go into the air which is very, very dry. Our skin is made
01:13up of many layers of cells. You have the dermis and the epidermis. The dermis is all
01:17the collagen. So that gives our skin strength and helps prevent fine lines and
01:21pores and texture problems. But that epidermis, it grows outward and as it
01:25matures, the cells actually start to die. And they just leave behind keratin, the
01:28protein. They call them dead skin cells. And they actually come right to the
01:31surface. So when that's in a healthy state, it helps keep moisture in and
01:36protect the moisture from evaporating out in a very cold, dry environment. Now
01:41there's a lot of things that I'm sure you and so many of the viewers love to do
01:44that do worsen dry skin. Hot showers. Oh, I do that. Long showers. I do that. More than five or
01:51ten
01:51minutes. Using also true soap. Those have very high pHs which are very disruptive
01:56to the surface skin. What you need in a shower is just what's called a cleanser.
02:00And the other is that people don't moisturize enough. You should really put
02:03moisturizer on within a minute or so of getting out of the shower and just pat
02:06the skin dry so it's a little damp and then you can trap some of that water in
02:08with a good moisturizer. So now assume that I have very dry skin and I've been
02:13doing all the wrong things. How can I start today from step one to moisturize and
02:18nourish my skin? One is the very easy idea of making the showers very short.
02:23It's also helpful to put a humidifier in your house and then yes you can pick and
02:27choose from incredible moisturizers. For the arms and legs that get so dry if you
02:32use a moisturizer that is very thick like a Vaseline or an Aquaphor that can
02:36actually help retain very well but you don't want to put that on your face or
02:39your neck or other areas because that can easily cause breakouts. Same with this stuff.
02:44Some of these that are a little bit thinner and so they typically do not cause
02:47breakouts but if somebody has a very high tendency to break out you have to be
02:50careful because it can block that pore and cause acne to break out.
02:54So Dr. Analik, now I have this lovely bowl of neon feathers that I've brought to you and it is
03:02time
03:02for a think tank demonstration.
03:09I brought you these feathers as sort of a symbol of that dry, flaky skin. So if you give me
03:16your hand and I just kind of put some of these in there, imagine that this is the surface of
03:23your skin and it is a cold winter's day and your skin is all dry and flaky. Now I'm going
03:30to play Mother Nature.
03:34So this is the wind. This is your face. This is your face. This is what happens.
03:46That is itchy. But now, take two, I'm going to follow Dr. Analik's advice and I'm going to lather you
03:53up with some moisturizer. So please rub your hands together. Now please grab your dead skin cells and put your
04:02skin on your face.
04:02Really just mix it in there as if you've moisturized these dead skin cells.
04:06Great. In comes Mother Nature.
04:10You ready? Yeah.
04:15So soothing.
04:17And I'm going anywhere. So what happened here?
04:20Right. So the moisturizer mimicked our natural skin oils and provided really good moisture retention, water retention, and kept the
04:27skin surface healthy.
04:28So it was no issue when the winter wind wanted to come and make us dry and itchy.
04:32Honestly, I think I need some of that.
04:35I think I'm going to take a little for myself.
04:37Alright, Dr. Analik. Now that I'm all moisturized up, here are the final takeaways that I learned from today's lesson.
04:42Okay.
04:43First of all, there are a variety of factors that can cause you to have dry skin.
04:46Yes.
04:47Some of them come internally from being dehydrated.
04:49Others are external factors like cold air in the winter time.
04:54When it comes to things we can actually do to try to help our skin, I'm going to go with
04:58don't take crazy long showers.
05:01Mm-hmm.
05:01Don't take crazy hot showers.
05:03Mm-hmm.
05:03Make sure to moisturize as soon as you get out while your skin is still moist.
05:07And last but not least, use a humidifier.
05:10All right, Dr. Analik.
05:11Thank you for joining me on the Think Tank.
05:13It's been a real pleasure moisturizing with you.
05:16And if you're looking for some more dry skin tips, you've got to follow him on Instagram at Dr. Robert
05:22Analik.
05:23He's one of my favorite people to follow because he's always teaching me stuff.
05:26So don't forget to follow him.
05:28Do it now.
05:29See you next time on the Think Tank.
