70. >>> IN THIS MORNING'S HEALTH CHECK NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL HEALTHY SKIN MONTH. BUT WHILE WE LOVE THE DROP IN THE TEMPERATURES, THAT NOVEMBER RAIN -- BRINGS, THE WEATHER IS FROM HOT TO CODE COLD AND CAN REEK HAVOC ON OUR SKIN. HOW TO KEEP OUR SKIN HEADLIGHTY OR IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM A SKIN DISORDER IS THE DOCTOR THANKS FOR JOINING NEWS HI. >> IN THE BREAK I TOLD HER LOOK AT MY HANDS ARE THEY OKAY NOW I WANT TO HIDE THEM. >> THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. >> YOU ARE BEING SWEET. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE SKIN MAY BE THE LAST ON OUR LIST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAKING CARE OF. WE TAKE CARE THE SKIN OF ON OUR FACE AND NOT THE REST OUR BODIES. >> IT'S MISCONCEPTION YOUR SKIN IS SELF-CLEANING AND SELF- MOISTURE EYEING BUT WE ARE DRAWN TO WASHING AND SOAPING ONCE OR TWICE DALEY AND THAT REEKS CASK ON THE PROTECTIVE KIN BEAR -- HAVOC ON THE PROTECTIVE SKIN BARRIER AND WE NEED TO REPLENISH THAT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OIL IN THE GLANDS THAN THE REST OF THE BODY SO IT'S NOT INHERENTLY MOIST. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT SOAP AND SAID YOU USED ASSAULT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT SOAP. TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. >> SOAP BY DEFINITION IS A BASIC CHEMICAL. THE SKIN WORKS BEST IN A ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE A ACID MANTLE ON OUR SKIN SO YOU WANT TO USE SOAP FREE CLEANSERS WHICH IS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT AND SYNTHETIC CLEANSERS AND YOU WANT TO FIND CLEANSEERS THAT OFTEN STATE THEY ARE PH SPECIFIC SO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PH OF 5.5 WHICICH I THE IDEAL PS OF THE SKIN -- HP OF THE SKIN. >> AND WE TALKED ABOUT WASHING DEASHES I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WASH -- DISHES, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WASH DISHES. >> TELL YOUR SPOUSE YOU DON'T NEED TO WASH DISHES. WHEN YOU CAN WEAR GLOVES AND PROTECT YOUR HANDS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A REALLY HOT WATER TEMPERATURE AND YOU'VE GOT REALLY AGGRESSIVE SOAPS BECAUSE TO CLEAN DISHES YOU NEED SOAP, AND SO AT THAT TIME YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR HANDS AND WEAR GLOVES ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER. >> AND LET'S TALK SKIN DISORDERS WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS. >> SO FOR SOMEONONE WHO O HAS M OF A ECZEMA YOU ARE LOOKING AT DRY CRACKED SKIN IN THE SKIN FOLDS ON YOUR ARMS AND BEHIND YOUR KNEES AND IMRAIBS -- BABIES IT'S IN THE FACE AND THEY CAN FLARE UP MORE OFTEN IN THE WINTER BECAUSE THE HUMIDITY OF THE AIRDROPS AND THAT SKIN PROTECTIVE BARRIER IS DRIED OUT AND EVAPORATED AND YOU NEED TO ADD THAT BACK IN WITH MOISTURIZERS, AND, OF COURSE, LIMIT SOAP EXPOSURE.>> AND HOW DOES YOUR DIET AFFECT YOUR SKIN? I KNOW SOME OF US SAY COULD BELY THE DOES THIS AND STUDIES -- CHOCOLATE DOES THIS AND STUDIES SAY THIS OR THAT BUT HOW DOES THE DIET AFFECT YOUR SKIN. >> IT'S A CONFUSING MESSAGE WE ARE GETTING RIGHT NOW BUT WE ARE LEARNING DIET AFFECTS YOUR SKIN. IF YOU MAINTAIN A HEALTHY DIET WITH A LOT OF ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS. THOSE WITH DRY SKIN CONDITIONS MAKE SURE TO GET ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS FROM SALMON AVOCADO FLAX AND MAKE SURE TO GET YOUR OMEGA BUT THEY DO HELP YOUR SKIN. YOU WANT ANTIOXIDANTS IN YOUR DIET. SO I BEG MY PATIENTS GREEN TEA WHENEVER POSSIBLE, BLUEBERRIES, POMEGRANATES ALL OF THOSE ANTIOXIDANTS HELP PROTECT THE SKIN FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ASSAULT ESPECIALLY FROM SUN DAMAGE. >> WELL A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION. THANKS SO MUCH A LOT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW. AS I HIDE MY HANDS. THANKS SO MUCH. IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THE TIPS