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How To Combat Dry Skin This Winter From A Dermatologist

11 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What changes should I make to my skincare routine for winter?

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Chapter 2: How does winter weather impact different skin types?

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I'm Kelly McCarran and this is The Formula. Now, winter has officially started. You've probably started seeing winter skin switches, articles and content on your feed. But do you actually need to make any changes to your routine in winter or Or is it just a ploy to get you to buy more products?

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Maybe a little bit of column A, maybe a little bit of column B. Dermatologist Dr. Natasha Cook is back to separate fact from fad from what actually happens to the skin in winter and if you should be making changes to your routine and why. As always, this is an educational chat and it's not intended to replace professional medical advice.

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134.372 - 158.352 Kelly McCarren

We always recommend consulting a professional for personalized advice tailored to your individual needs, especially when trying new products or looking into skin treatments. All right, let's get into it with Dr. Natasha Cook. You have such beautiful skin. But how? Let's start with the basics. How does winter weather actually impact the skin and why?

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158.834 - 166.607 Dr. Natasha Cook

I'm a firm believer that we shouldn't piggyback people into skin types per se because our skin type is constantly changing with our environment.

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Chapter 3: What is the 'double moisturizing' hack for winter skin?

166.627 - 184.411 Dr. Natasha Cook

For example, if we're in the snowy mountains in winter where we've got low humidity, we'll draw moisture out of the skin and our skin type becomes drier. If we're hanging out in Singapore and it's highly humidity and there's more moisture in the environment, which then feeds back into the skin, we're going to feel like we're more oily, more moist, and we need less moisturizers.

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184.492 - 202.163 Dr. Natasha Cook

So you need adaptive skincare, right, that can literally cover you from any environment and anywhere you're traveling to and depending on what the weather's doing. So winter is an absolute deal breaker in affecting your skin and your skin health needs will change when you're in drier, colder environments and seasons.

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202.345 - 204.108 Kelly McCarren

And it's the same for everyone? Like there's no one?

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204.128 - 210.477 Dr. Natasha Cook

Everyone. Yeah. Unless you're super, super, super duper oily, then maybe you just get away with just not needing much. But, you know.

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210.497 - 213 Kelly McCarren

There's not many people that are that oily.

213.261 - 222.173 Dr. Natasha Cook

No, no. And so people can actually get skin conditions in winter that they don't get in summer. It's all about not having enough moisturizer in the skin, not therefore providing a strong and protective barrier.

Chapter 4: Why is it important to use SPF even in winter?

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If you get dried out skin, you get barrier dysfunction. If your barrier is not really fortified and hydrated and like bricks and wall with a fresh paint job on it.

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230.425 - 246.375 Dr. Natasha Cook

And if the paint job is cracking and coming off because the dryness and the barriers are microscopically broken, anything, whether it's fabrics, water, soaps, perspiration, start getting in to the skin, creates inflammation, gets itchy, then we get rash, and then the whole snowball effect kicks in.

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246.355 - 250.482 Kelly McCarren

And people are probably using like really harsh actives and that's just making it worse.

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250.743 - 260.82 Dr. Natasha Cook

And then sometimes if your skin gets to that point and it feels sensitive, it feels dry, it feels freaky, you back off. Gentle cleansing, lots of moisturizing. Replenish the barrier, then slowly reintroduce your actives in.

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261.188 - 270.828 Kelly McCarren

What's the wildest myth you've heard about winter skin or something you hear every year in winter that you're like, oh, for goodness sake. It's just not true.

271.049 - 283.849 Dr. Natasha Cook

Winter skin, winter skin, winter skin. This is hard because I think the main thing is people just, they just don't think they need moisturiser. It's like- Or sunscreen in winter? Yes. Is it not hot? That's a huge one, actually.

Chapter 5: What skincare ingredients should I focus on during winter?

283.869 - 303.97 Dr. Natasha Cook

It's like, I'm fine. Well, in fact, winter can be the worst time to get exposure from sun because you don't have the biofeedback mechanism of getting hot or feeling burnt. You think you're fine, which means you stay out longer, which means you're getting more cumulative UV and environmental damage, which means it can be worse for you. Are you getting a false sense of security?

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304.388 - 312.358 Dr. Natasha Cook

So that belief that you don't need SPF on cloudy days and actually you can get more penetration of UV rays with cloud cover than without cloud cover.

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312.378 - 317.223 Kelly McCarren

I think one of the worst burns of my teenage years was on the beach on a cloudy day. There you go.

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317.924 - 326.835 Dr. Natasha Cook

Because normally if you get hot, you're sick shade, right? Or if your skin's starting to feel the heat, you then go in to protect it. It's like really, really, really, really pale, pale people.

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like the beautiful Nicole Gibbons of the world, have been super sensible because if they go out in the sun, they burn really quickly, so they just stay out at all costs and then they have fantastic skin for longer.

336.812 - 350.275 Kelly McCarren

Take us through an ingredient audit that Yubies can do at home to see if their routine is set up to support their skin during winter because often the products you're already using have what you need, right? Yes.

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Mm-hmm.

350.896 - 356.144 Dr. Natasha Cook

I guess the thing in winter skin is like, again, avoid the harsh cleansing, right?

Chapter 6: How can I prevent winter-related skin conditions?

356.164 - 373.933 Dr. Natasha Cook

And particularly over washing in the shower. And then you might moisturize in summer. Don't forget the body skin, like the body's the new face. Like we realize we probably forget about looking after body. It also needs hydrating, similar to what we do on the face. Because we do know there are studies that have shown regular use of moisturizers that help the barrier on the body to

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373.913 - 388.935 Dr. Natasha Cook

reduce absorption of inflammation and pollution, et cetera. So our internal inflammatory mediators, which is interleukin-6 is one that you can measure, and C-reactive protein go down when we moisturize our body skin. So it's important to look after it, and especially in winter.

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388.915 - 407.599 Dr. Natasha Cook

Not using anything foamy and soapy in the shower, which obviously we're trained to do because I think we think we're really dirty. So, you know, there's some great sort of like low surfactant, oil-based body washes you can get at pharmacy levels that also have some things like oatmeal, which is a natural anti-inflammatory in it.

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407.579 - 417.968 Dr. Natasha Cook

But then as soon as you get out and when the skin's damp, lock that moisture in and whack body moisturiser over the top. Face is the same thing. Foams are a no. Scrubs are a no.

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Chapter 7: What laser treatments are recommended for winter?

418.048 - 433.958 Dr. Natasha Cook

And you might have to convert to something a little bit heavier that you normally wouldn't use before. In the more humid, warmer months of the year, what I have, I just make two because I say these two will take you anywhere through all seasons and reasons and around the world. And I always say you might want to double moisturize in the mornings.

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434.158 - 445.836 Dr. Natasha Cook

So you might put your normal light one on that you do in summer, but then you might put your night cream over and reach over the top. That simple methodology can be an absolute game changer without necessarily have to going out and buy another product.

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445.936 - 459.46 Kelly McCarren

What about your body skin? Like I'm really good at moisturising at night after my shower but not so good. I don't often remember to do it in the morning. Yes. But kind of by your logic then we should because you're about to go out into the elements.

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459.7 - 466.755 Dr. Natasha Cook

It's really funny. I had a lovely patient the other day and she, I mean, she's in early 50s and her body skin was immaculate. I said, oh my God, this is great.

Chapter 8: How can I maintain skin health throughout the winter months?

466.775 - 478.44 Dr. Natasha Cook

She said, yeah, because I bought your lotion. You said hydrated skin is always better. Now I moisturize every day. And I said, yeah, it really does work, doesn't it? She says, totally. So for skin preservation and skin health, the simple methodologies that we use for our face.

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478.42 - 493.872 Dr. Natasha Cook

We should apply it to our body, but it's like if we're not trained and we're not organized, so that's why it's really good just to have your counter and your bathroom set up so you can literally go pump, pump, on we go, out the door, and it becomes habit and routine. Yeah. Because consistency and repetition is key.

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494.113 - 494.554 Kate Langbrook

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494.574 - 498.482 Dr. Natasha Cook

It's kind of like you brush your teeth. Totally. Consistency is more important than complexity.

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