cleaning out your ears with Q-tips can lead to outer ear infections. “Stripping the wax out of the canal can also leave the skin dry, and dry skin can get itchy,” Block added. “This leads to ...

"If you get itchy ears, if you have flaky skin as well, there is actually a condition of the ear called ear eczema, so it's just like eczema that you can get on the rest of the body, but you can get ...

Noticing that your skin is drier and more sensitive than it was years earlier? Decades of sun exposure certainly can play a ...

The formal term for dry skin is xerosis, and when [skin is] itchy, pruritus.” Unfortunately, itchy ears can continue throughout the midlife years; since estrogen levels remains low, the dryness ...

As we sport shorts, tanks and sandals, we’re sometimes surprised by the state of our skin. It can be off-putting when legs are so dry they look like the Sahara desert floor, cracking in the heat. Or ...

If your skin is dry, too — or you’re just trying to manage seasonal dryness — I’m here to help you navigate the body-wash aisle. I tested several formulas myself and interviewed ...

Dry skin is ubiquitous. It's a common problem that patients call me for all the time. It's sort of a combination of too much bathing, too much drying soap. Other factors like age and menopause and ...