What are the symptoms of dry skin?

What are the symptoms of dry skin?

Symptoms of dry skin include skin that’s:

• Cracked.
• Rough.
• Tight.
• Flaking.
• Scaling.
• Itchy.
• Lighter or darker than your normal skin tone or red to purple.

If you have severely dry skin, a rash could develop on your skin. The rash could have small, pimple-like bumps, be itchy, swollen or be a different color than the skin around it, usually red to purple. The medical term for this rash is dermatitis, which is another word for skin swelling and inflammation.