You may think I am crazy but...
My hands and feet have been so ichy since I have had surgery. My hands especially I could scratch the skin of them they get so bad at times.
Has anyone hand this sort of reaction before? It may be completely unrelated but it is driving me insane.
Referred April 2016, Orientation September 21, 2016; Psyc appointment November 23, 2016; Nurse Practitioner assessment November 30, 2016; Nutrition Class December 7, 2016; Social Worker assessment December 9, 2016; Nutrition 1:1 January 26, 2017 and Surgeon April 7, 2017; Pre-admission June 12, 2017; Surgery date June 20, 2017 with Dr. T. Jackson TWH.
Pre surgery loss 20 lbs, M1-17 lb, M2-16, M3-16.2, M4-7, M5-10.8, M6-+8, M7-4, M8-
Goal 1- 50 pound loss by Jan. 1, 2018 (245.6 lbs) reached August 10, 2017
Goal 2 - 100 pound loss by June 21, 2018 (one year post op) (195.6) reached TBD
I get this on occasion, but have you searched? (I don't mean this in a negative context). I just did and there are at least 10 threads on the topic, if not more. Looks like good content. Check it out. I just typed "itchy" in the search at the top of the page.
HW 510 / SW 424/ GW 175 (stretch goal to get 10 under) / CW 160 (I'm near the charts ideal weight - wonder if I can stay here)
RNY November 2016
PS: L/R arm skin removal; belt panniculectomy - April, 2019
Thanks ScaleSkater. 
I never remember that I can do that, I am such a impulse person. Thanks for the reminder. I will do that now.
Referred April 2016, Orientation September 21, 2016; Psyc appointment November 23, 2016; Nurse Practitioner assessment November 30, 2016; Nutrition Class December 7, 2016; Social Worker assessment December 9, 2016; Nutrition 1:1 January 26, 2017 and Surgeon April 7, 2017; Pre-admission June 12, 2017; Surgery date June 20, 2017 with Dr. T. Jackson TWH.
Pre surgery loss 20 lbs, M1-17 lb, M2-16, M3-16.2, M4-7, M5-10.8, M6-+8, M7-4, M8-
Goal 1- 50 pound loss by Jan. 1, 2018 (245.6 lbs) reached August 10, 2017
Goal 2 - 100 pound loss by June 21, 2018 (one year post op) (195.6) reached TBD
Every day our bodies shed an astonishing number of skin cells. About a million over 24 hours. With rapid weight loss that number increases and the body cannot always keep up. So you end up with a layer of dead skin cells. They are incredibly itchy. Putting lotions on does not help, it makes it worse.
You end up with the consistency of pie dough when you add oil to the dry cells.
The solution is to exfoliate. Use a dry brush, loofah, and or exfoliating cleaners. Avoid creams and lotions and only use them sparingly after thoroughly exfoliating. I had a bad buildup on my thighs.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Thanks White Dove, I read your post right after I put half a bottle of lotion on my body!!!! Screaming with insanity.
I am heading out in a minute to get exfoliating cleaners and a new loofa. Thankyou!!!
Referred April 2016, Orientation September 21, 2016; Psyc appointment November 23, 2016; Nurse Practitioner assessment November 30, 2016; Nutrition Class December 7, 2016; Social Worker assessment December 9, 2016; Nutrition 1:1 January 26, 2017 and Surgeon April 7, 2017; Pre-admission June 12, 2017; Surgery date June 20, 2017 with Dr. T. Jackson TWH.
Pre surgery loss 20 lbs, M1-17 lb, M2-16, M3-16.2, M4-7, M5-10.8, M6-+8, M7-4, M8-
Goal 1- 50 pound loss by Jan. 1, 2018 (245.6 lbs) reached August 10, 2017
Goal 2 - 100 pound loss by June 21, 2018 (one year post op) (195.6) reached TBD
My hands itch like crazy if good I ate had any soy. I am allergic to soy.
If there is a lot of soy- first my hands would itch, then my head, then....I may even get hives. (Tofu)
The itching can be a sign you are allergic to something. Maybe something in your food drinks?
My friend I allergic to splenda - she discovered that after she had RNY
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Finally, I went to a dermatologist and he gave me some cream....I lived on that prescription cream for about 3 weeks and then stopped needing it so often and now I have had no itching or need for the cream for about 6 months. It was Clobetasol Propionate, .05%....
Mary SW 273 CW 158 GW 160
