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If dryness isn’t acknowledged, skin can crack and cause bacteria to seep through.
This can provoke cellulitis, a bacterial skin infection that can cause pain, redness and swelling.
Selene Daly, dermatology clinical nurse specialist, at Sligo University Hospital, said: “Using a soap-free wash along with a moisturiser is a way of combatting winter dry skin. Increasing the frequency of the moisturising along with changing to a greasier cream can also help.”