How Does Kleenex Chap Noses?
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Tissues
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Catching a cold or dealing with allergies is not only a stress on your immune system, but it can irritate the sensitive skin on your nose as well. The repeated use of tissues on a stuffy or runny nose can cause the delicate skin on your nose to chap, peel or flake. Tissue brands like Kleenex have found ways to prevent or soothe irritated skin from excessive tissue use.
How the Skin Gets Chapped
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Your nose is covered by thin and sensitive skin. When rough tissues are used repeatedly during a cold or allergies, the tissue rubs against the skin causing chafing, dryness and chapping. The friction of the rough tissue material and excessive wiping or nose blowing irritates the skin. This makes it peel and flake off. This irritated skin can be uncomfortable and even painful.
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Prevention and Care
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Tissue brands like Kleenex have come up with solutions to chapped noses. They provide tissues made with lotion to soothe and treat the skin on the nose. These tissues are soft to the touch. When wiped on the nose, the tissues leave behind a sheer coating of lotion that moisturizes the skin. Tissues with lotion can prevent chapped skin as well as soothe already dry, flaky noses.
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- Photo Credit Megan Curley
