{"id":12676,"date":"2025-06-26T11:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=12676"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:17:07","slug":"oat-based-products-to-help-manage-very-dry-itchy-eczema-prone-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/personal-health\/oat-based-products-to-help-manage-very-dry-itchy-eczema-prone-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Oat-based products to help manage very dry, itchy, eczema-prone skin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-12677\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26111411\/vicky-1750936450-Paula-Moriarty.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26111411\/vicky-1750936450-Paula-Moriarty.jpg 400w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26111411\/vicky-1750936450-Paula-Moriarty-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Paula Moriarty<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Professional Skincare Consultant, Kenvue<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A professional skincare consultant advises on products specifically formulated for the management of very dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin, including highly effective oat-based formulas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin can affect any age group and can be made even worse by extreme weather conditions, highly polluted areas and chemical irritants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chronic-dry-skin-impacts-wellbeing\"><strong>Chronic dry skin impacts wellbeing<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Paula Moriarty, Professional Skincare Consultant with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aveeno.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kenvue<\/a>, dry skin is typically caused by a lack of sebum, the natural oil that helps our skin to retain moisture. \u201cWhen the skin doesn\u2019t produce enough sebum, the outer layer loses water and becomes dry, tight, itchy and sometimes flaky,\u201d she explains. \u201cThis can be extremely difficult to manage.\u201d Although often not a sign of anything serious, chronic dry skin can affect a person\u2019s sleep, confidence and quality of life.\u00a0Finding the right products is essential for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aveeno.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">effective skin management<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-products-to-help-manage-dry-skin\"><strong>Products to help manage dry skin <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Moriarty, managing very dry skin is all about consistency, using gentle, effective products, which could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aveeno.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moisturisers, lotions, creams, ointments or soap substitutes<\/a>. Products are typically tailored to the three main dry skin types: normal to dry skin; dry and tight skin; and very dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Look for gentle, fragrance-free <br>products and avoid irritants <br>and detergents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Eczema is an extremely common dry skin condition, which results in flare-ups of red and itchy skin, alongside periods of remission. \u201cEmollients aren\u2019t just moisturisers; they\u2019re specially formulated to treat dry, eczema-prone skin by deeply hydrating and restoring the skin barrier and should be applied generously several times a day.\u201d Look for gentle, fragrance-free products and avoid irritants and detergents.\u00a0Products with ceramides are extremely beneficial for restoring the skin\u2019s natural lipid composition, Moriarty recommends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-oat-based-moisturisers\"><strong>Oat-based moisturisers<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aveeno.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aveeno\u2019s range of skin care product<\/a>s is specially formulated for very dry and eczema-prone skin, using oats as their key ingredient, a natural remedy rooted in traditional holistic medicine. Moriarty explains: \u201cOats help remove impurities, calm itching and protect the skin, restoring the natural pH while preserving skin barrier function.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She adds: \u201cAveeno skin relief moisturising lotion with shea butter hydrates for up to 72 hours, using a unique triple oat complex to support the skin barrier.\u201d For those with more severe skin complaints, Aveeno Dermexa isavailable exclusively in pharmacies, which helps to restore skin ceramides and offers deep and lasting relief. Don\u2019t suffer in silence when there are products on the market designed specifically for very dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin.<\/p>\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-button ab-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aveeno.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ab-button ab-button-shape-rounded ab-button-size-medium fb-pixel\" style=\"color:#463728;background-color:#fff7ef\">Learn more about Aveeno<\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aveeno.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1231\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26111921\/vicky-1750936758-Aveeno-Advert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12678\" style=\"width:666px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26111921\/vicky-1750936758-Aveeno-Advert.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26111921\/vicky-1750936758-Aveeno-Advert-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26111921\/vicky-1750936758-Aveeno-Advert-1536x945.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A professional skincare consultant advises on products specifically formulated for the management of very dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin, including highly effective oat-based formulas. Dry, itchy and eczema-prone skin can affect any age group and can be made even worse by extreme weather conditions, highly polluted areas and chemical irritants. Chronic dry skin impacts wellbeing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/personal-health\/oat-based-products-to-help-manage-very-dry-itchy-eczema-prone-skin\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":12679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5431],"tags":[5984],"class_list":["post-12676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-health","tag-personal-health-2025"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26112120\/vicky-1750936879-AdobeStock_427455122-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/26112120\/vicky-1750936879-AdobeStock_427455122-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"henryphillips","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/henryphillips\/"},"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12681,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12676\/revisions\/12681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}