OT skin dry..

My skin has been so dry since surgery I dont think it has anything to do with the surgery probably more to do with the freezing weather LOL..

but was wondering if anybody had a really good body lotion that adds moisture to your body.. I even tried moisturizer Dove body wash ...

thanks in advance

I am a super dry skin sufferer and it is hell now that I am pregnant and it is winter. Here's what I do. Organic coconut oil (get it in the organic section of the grocery store with the cooking oils - it comes in a small tub and looks like crisco)

Take a few tablespoons into the shower with you in a plastic cup - use a spoon to get it out as to not contaminate it. Take a warm shower (ho****er makes it worse), at the end of your shower before you turn the water off take the coconut oil and rub it all over your body. Get out of the shower and pat (don't rub) dry. Put on your long johns and climb into bed- when you get up the next morning it will have all soaked in and you'll feel like $1million!!!

Good luck!

aww thank you I am soo going to the store tomorrow and get some of that cause my hands ,legs back everything driving me nuts...

I too suffer BIG time from dry skin.  I've been on every prescription out there.  I recently found a great product that is taking care of all of my needs (when I can't do the full moisturizer treatment in the shower). 

It's Aveeno Baby Lotion - unscented.  Here's a link to it :

http://www.drugstore.com/qxp86347_333181_sespider/aveeno_baby/soothing_relief_moisture_cream_fragrance_free.htm

You can find it anywhere now - it used to be something only carried at small stores, but it's in every target, walmart, and drug store out there now.

You could also try Eucerin Calming Cream or Bath Oil. I use both and it does help...

Beth

Last winter the skin on my face was so itchy and dry.  I tried a new lotion every time I went to the store, and nothing was giving me any real relief.  When I went to my doctor and told her about my dry skin problem, she suggested I get a product called Amlactin, which is not a prescription lotion BUT for some reason the stores that carry it keep it behind the pharmacy counter.  Sure enough, I went to Walmart and asked about it and they had it, in both lotion and cream.  I bought the lotion and have not had to buy another dry skin product.  It keeps my face feeling hydrated all day and it is supple to the touch.  After washing my face I rub this stuff in and I am good all day long.  I will use this product until they don't make it anymore!!!

Hmmmm, I have never heard of that before.  I'm gonna possibly check it out!

My hands are terrible at this time of year and this year they are worse then they have ever been.  Someone told me to lube your hands up with vaseline and wear rubber gloves over them when you sleep.  Well I tried this the other night but used Eucerin cream instead of vaseline.  I kept waking up during the night because having the gloves on drove me nuts.  I lasted about 3 hours and I did notice an improvement, so I might try it again. 

You get used to the gloves after a couple of times, trust me!  

Personally, I don't like vaseline because it's petroleum based and I don't feel your skin can really absorb much from it - it's basically just sealing in your skin's own oils, rather than supplementing them. The smell and lingering oiliness is also a bit off-putting to me.

I use a product called "Look Ma, New Hands" by bath and body works (they also have "Glove Potion No. 9" which is great, too) with cotton gloves.  When I first started using it, I had to do it every night for about a week to get ahead of how badly my hands were dried out.  Now I use it about once a week in this horrible weather.

I also teach jewelry casting, so my hands are constantly in water, plaster, abrasive powders, ammonia, and all kinds of nasty stuff, so they come by the dryness honestly - and it's REALLY bad!

Hope this helps!

Karen

I'll take your word for it about getting used to the gloves and will probably keep trying the Eucerin cream. 

Someone from work also gave me a tube of the Look Ma, new Hands stuff and I keep it on my desk at work.  It's pretty good also....