dry flaky skin - just behind eyebrows

[LegoEveryhwere]

Hello All Beauty Experts

So the rest of my face is generally OK skin wise but even after moisturizing I still have dry, flaky skin behind/under my eyebrows. It is not red or scabby so not thinking eczema or dermatitis just really dry skin. I do have very dry skin on my body so probably related but what to do? btw in a hot climate so not result of cold, windy weather or anything.

In the mornings I wash face with nutrogena face bar, spritz with witchhazel then apply eminence moisurizer with spf. I admit to not being great at removing make up but generally at night I use 100% pure foaming face wash then night cream like burts bees royal jelly - as you can see, not particularly brand loyal. I don't really exfoliate my face, would that help? I expect I am doing a dozen things wrong so let me have it!

Ta!

[Riverland]

Psoriasis.

Stress related, iirc.

[Skinheadmermaid]

Put vasaline on it overnight.
I get very dry skin before and after an eczema flare up and this gets rid of it.
The witch hazel sounds too harsh for your skin, i would discontinue with that and see if theres any improvement.

[thenightsky]

Witch Hazel is very drying. I get flare ups like this. The last time was 2 weeks ago when I used a Nivea eye make up remover instead of my usual Boots Botanic one.

In the summer it happened when I tried Aldi serum.

the only thing that gets my skin back to normal when this happens is to smear on generous dollops of Sudacreme and leave overnight.

[ouryve]

Do you wash your eyebrows, when you wash your face?

I get flaky skin around mine, if I don't.

[ouryve]

And if you want to exfoliate, try something with salicylic acid in, rather than a scrub. It stops the dead skin that causes flakiness from building up.

[LegoEveryhwere]

hello all thanks for the replies

ok will ditch the witch hazel, could I use rosewater instead?- just want something simple, natural and inexpensive

will try vaseline at night time

what exfoliator has salicylic acid? i am not familiar with the world of exfoliators, acids, peels etc

[cowbiscuits74]

reporting back, vaseline at night seems to have done the trick - perfect thanks