Dry skin?

pol

I agree with the olive oil. My legs have improved a lot since using it, and now that Morrisons have it on special offer this week, I decided to stock up. Once a week I use sugar with it to rub off the dead skin.

Dora_the_Explorer_5

If you have an allover dry skin problem a cap full of soya bath oil in the bath makes everything as soft as silk if you soak in the bath for 5 minutes, and the bonus is it turns the water milky and doesn't leave a horrible oil slick ring around the bath.

Wirenth

Handmade soap recipes? Yes, please... Willing to try it!

Eleanory

squeaky wrote: »

Forgive me for asking, 'cos I'm a bloke and don't really have a clue about these things...

..but everybody seems to want very soft towels to dry, or pat themselves dry with.

Then they trap old skin under moisturiser.

Then they buy special creams and exfoliating gloves and all sorts of other things to get rid of the dry skin.

I was forever having trouble with dry skin when my ex used to do the laundry. When she finally moved out I stopped using conditioner and all my dry patches are gone.

So my question is - wouldn't a good brisk rub with a not so soft towell, paying special attention to areas you know will build up dry skin - such as elbows - save you one heck of a lot of money and time and effort?

Good exercise too!

yes, this works, but a clean, dry flannel is smaller and cuts down on laundry.

Eleanory

Aquaeous cream 500g, Diprobase 500g and Epaderm 500g are all available on prescription. They can be bought without prescription but you have to ask the pharmacist. They are not on display as they are not branded products. All can be used as shower/bath washes as well as body moisturisers.

celyn90

arkonite_babe wrote: »

I'm in the same boat as you on that one. As for using gloves when working, that just seems to aggrivate the problem by making my hands sweaty.

Will try Judi's idea of the olive oil. Think I will try it at night though as it would be very greasy. Aqueous cream? Never heard of it, how do I find it? Just ask the chemist? Somethiong like this would make me wary as my skin is quite sensitive and sometimes even e45 burns like mad.

I'd second the aqueous cream. I have horribly dry cracked skin (I work alot with organic solvents) and it can be really painful. I have to wear gloves at work all the time, but I found if I covered my hands with cream of vaseline then putting the gloves on works okay. You could also try an industrial barrier cream at work which might stop the irritation during the day.

There is a bath thing called oilatum (sp?) which is made by the same company that makes E45 which works in the same way as olive oil but it will make the bath slippery, so be careful. The olive oil won't be that greasy and does work well too. I also take evening primrose oil, which seems to have helped recently cel x

JenniO

Sorry just wanted to put my two penneths in. I love virgin coconut oil and you can buy it soooo cheaply from ebay! It comes in big 'chunks' but you can keep it in an old empty peanut butter jar or something similar. It's like shea butter in that its like a solid but quickly heats up in your hands. I use it as a facial moisturizer, body moisturizer, massage oil and as a deep conditioning treatment on my hair. smells great, not tooo coconutty and chemical free! I'll never go back now that i've discovered it.

moanymoany

One thing I notice is that handwashes all make my hands dry and itchy. I use soap for sensitive skin, even though it gets yukky on the side of the sink, this is much better for me.

E45 and aqueous don't work for me. I use the Tesco 'intensive' skin lotion and hand cream.

The amazing about site has this short and sweet advice.

http://beauty.about.com/cs/dryskin/f/dryhands03.htm

googled the name of that acid stuff and came up with this

http://www.articlealley.com/article_17852_28.html