Get Ready For Monsoon

Our skin responds differently to every season. In summer, skin becomes oily and in winter it becomes dry.

- John Pereira

It is a big challenge to protect your skin from rain. If you are health-conscious and take a few simple precautions, you can save yourself a lot of misery over bad skin. Rain drops bring many skin diseases with them. We always enjoy getting wet in the rain but you should take precautions before getting into the rain. The most common skin complaint in the monsoon is that of fungal infections. The fungal infection is caused by humidity and wet skin. Certain parts of the body have folds and when they get rubbed against each other or sweat collects there provide easy entry to fungi and yeast. It starts with itching on a part of the skin and due to the uneasy feeling you continuously scratch that place leading to circular, reddish, flaking patches on the infected areas, especially in skin folds, as in the underarms and around the breasts in women.

Fungal infections can also affect your feet, especially if you wear closed shoes all day. The sweat gets amassed between the toes so keeping the feet dry is the best way to avoid these fungal infections. You can take some safety measures to avoid infections, like you can carry a set of dry clothes and footwear to the office to change into immediately if you got soaked on your way. If you are wearing shoes which get wet because of rain, then don’t ignore them or sit in the office with wet shoes. Remove and dry them and at the same time do not forget to dry your feet thoroughly.

Allow air circulation around your toes and feet. Try to wear sandals or floaters in the monsoon season if shoes are not compulsory for you. Use talc or antifungal powder to prevent accumulation of sweat and moisture in the skin folds. Some people face this problem for a long time, as sometimes the infection recurs time and again. At such times you may have to use medicated powders which absorb sweat and treat the infection at the same time.