 
Over 10 million Britons turn to their dermatologists for help with skin conditions each year. Dry, itchy skin is high on the list of complaints.
85 percent of older people suffer from dry, itchy or irritated skin.
People like hair stylists and many other professions, who come into contact with chemicals at work, are at risk. Hobbies like photography, gardening and quilting can cause serious skin problems.
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When the outer layer of skin becomes too dry
it begins to loose its ability to protect against irritants.
The outer layer of skin basically consists of dead skin cells. It is designed to protect the delicate living cells of the deeper layers of skin. To do that, this layer of skin needs to stay moisturized. In order to keep the moisture (water) from leaving the outer layer of skin, the skin produces natural oils. These oils also help keep irritants away from the deeper layers of skin. Regular washing with soap, or exposure to chemicals, can remove these natural oils.
When the natural oil is stripped from the outer layer of skin the moisture (water) quickly leaves the skin, turning it dry, irritated, and itchy. Worse, the deeper layers of skin are now left exposed to harsh damaging substances including detergents, solvents, cleaners, paint and thinners, gardening chemicals, dirt and grease, latex gloves and powder, etc. This results in more dry, irritated, and itchy skin that becomes chapped, cracked and damaged.
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Use of the Moisture Replacement Systems Weaken Your Skin's Own Protective Abilities.
When the skin loses its ability to protect the body from pollutants, toxins and irritants, we are left exposed to all that bad stuff. Skin needs the natural oils and moisture it produces to be healthy, but with the stresses our skin is exposed to, these factors are often not present. Hand and skin lotions only replace natural oils with artificial ones. These only offer temporary relief that does little to heal the skin. Regular use of lotions can actually cause the skin to produce less natural oils.
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Skin Care Using Gloves In A Bottle Shielding Lotion Helps Your Skin Start Working Properly
Instead of attempting to replace natural oils, Gloves In A Bottle forms a web or bond with the dead skin cells that works like an invisible pair of gloves. This invisible pair of gloves helps reduce the natural oil and moisture loss allowing the skin to heal itself. Gloves In A Bottle helps the outer layer of skin to keep its natural oils and moisturizers that protect the deeper layers of skin, leaving the skin soft and supple.
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PROFESSIONAL DERMATOLOGISTS
find shielding lotions great for treating dry skin
Daily use of conventional lotions (artificial moisturizers) can cause your skin to produce less natural moisture where it is really needed - below the outer layer of skin. And this is the only place moisture can resolve a dry skin condition. "When the skin gets this 'negative message' from artificial moisturizers, it can make it more difficult for the skin to heal," says Dr. Zogg.
Research into this problem has produced a completely new type of lotion, called a shielding lotion, that's getting remarkable results. "A shielding lotion is far superior for treating dry, itchy skin because it bonds with the outer layer of the skin and replaces the protective barrier, keeping the irritants out and your own natural oils and moisture in," explains Dr. Helton.
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