Although dry skin may be a temporary problem — one you experience only in winter, for example — it may recur season after season.
The signs and symptoms of dry skin depend on age, health status, where you live, how much time you spend outdoors, and in some cases certain underlying causes, such as an underactive thyroid gland. See our section on the causes of dry skin for details.
If you have dry skin due to normal aging, common signs and symptoms include:
- A feeling of skin tightness, especially after showering, bathing or swimming
- Skin that appears shrunken or dehydrated
- Skin that feels and looks rough rather than smooth
- Itching (pruritus) that sometimes may be intense
- Slight to severe flaking, scaling or peeling
- Fine lines or cracks
- Deep fissures that may bleed
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