HALP

[aesc]

It's that time of year again, when the cold, dry air vacuums every last drop of moisture out of my skin. Seriously, I have been through most drug-store lotions, a lot of Bath & Body Works, and post-shower body oil, and nothing has worked. My sides, my shoulders, the backs of my calves, and bizarrely, the front of my thighs, itch, burn, and sting and it sucks.

Those of you with dessicated skin: what do you use? I was thinking of springing for some LUSH body lotion, but I'd rather not wait a week for relief.

(My local skin care resources are: drug stores [but pretty much everything I've found there hasn't worked well, or smells terrible], Bath & Body Works, Body Shop, Sephora, and Ulta. Of course there is also the Interwebs, but... instant gratification.)



Brendan's chafing too. No one's happy!

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[windysame.livejournal.com]

I have desperately dry skin and it cracks so badly it bleeds. My doctor ( older man whose wife evidently has dry skin) recommended something sold at Target in the US. I don't know who would carry something like this anywhere else. Oh, yes, the product is called Vaseline intensive rescue moisture locking lotion (hypoallergenic moisturizer). It's wonderful, and it MIGHT just help. It has done wonders for me.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh man, yes yes. My fingers do that. The rest of my body cracks and scales, but my cuticles rapidly start looking like I poke my fingers into moving machine parts.