rough skin; skin irritation; breakouts
General term for skin that is in poor condition, including dryness, roughness, acne, or irritation. Often used in skincare contexts.
冬は肌荒れがひどくなる。
My skin gets really rough in winter.
In the dry season, skin tends to become rough and irritated.
This cream works for skin irritation.
You can prevent rough skin by using moisturizing cream.
She has been suffering from skin trouble for years.
I was able to cure my skin irritation with this medicine.
肌荒れ is the everyday word for rough, chapped skin, while 鳥肌 in this sense is a more literal, less common way to describe bumpy skin.
美肌 describes beautiful, healthy skin, whereas 肌荒れ describes rough, irritated or troubled skin.
肌荒れ is a general, everyday word for skin that looks or feels bad, while 湿疹 is a medical term for a specific inflammatory skin condition (eczema/rash) that a doctor would diagnose.
Standard kanji spelling.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form.
Rarely used kanji form; 膚 is an older variant of 肌.
Compound of 肌 (はだ, 'skin') and 荒れ (あれ, 'roughness, stormy weather', the nominalized form of verb 荒れる 'to become rough').