Dry Skin Care Quiz
By Joel
Walsh
Think you know what dry skin is all about? Take this quiz and
scratch your itch to learn more about dry skin. (The answers are
located at the end of the quiz.)
1. What is *not* one of the three most common skin types?
a.) Moist
b.) Normal
c.) Dry
d.) Oily
2. What is "combination skin"?
a.) Oily to dry
b.) Normal to dry
c.) Oily to moist
d.) Normal to moist
3. Which of the following is not one of the most common locations
of dry skin?
a.) Lower legs
b.) Arms
c.) Thighs
d.) Tummy (front of abdomen)
4. Scaling is a symptom of dry skin that is also most commonly
called what?
a.) Chafing
b.) Flaking
c.) Cracked skin
d.) Rough skin
5. Which of the following are worst for dry skin in winter (also
called "winter itch")?
a.) Fireplaces
b.) Space heaters
c.) Radiators
d.) Forced-air furnaces
6. The best skin lotions for winter itch are:
a.) Thick and greasy
b.) Light and smooth
c.) Watery and clay-textured
d.) Spray on
7. In order to avoid chafing when drying off, you should:
a.) Only dry lightly; do not dry off all moisture
b.) Dry thoroughly, but pat yourself dry rather than
rubbing
c.) Allow as much of the water to evaporate as possible
rather than towel-drying most of it off
d.) Dry thoroughly and vigorously to dry as fast as
possible
Answers:
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a. moist. The most common types of skin are dry,
oily, and normal. Knowing your own skin type, you can find out
the bath
and body lotions that will work best at moisturizing your
skin.
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c. normal to dry. Combination skin means that
you have to use a product that moisturizes your skin without
being so strong
that it can make your skin oily.
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d. tummy. According to Medline Plus, the most
common areas of your body to suffer dry skin are the arms, lower
legs, thighs
and flanks (sides of abdomen).
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b. flaking. According to Medline Plus, scaling,
also called flaking, is "visible peeling
or
flaking of outer skin layers." Some of the worst sources of
scaling are
psoriasis, lichen planus, and athlete's foot.
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d. forced-air furnaces. According to Medline
Plus, dry skin is often caused by the sudden switch from cold to
warm air, and
in particular the warm dry air of forced-air furnaces.
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a. thick and greasy. According to Medline Plus,
thick and greasy lotions really do the best job of holding
moisture into your
skin.
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b. pat, don't rub. You have to dry off thoroughly to
prevent losing skin moisture through evaporation, but rubbing the
towel against your skin will damage your epidermis.
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