Dry skin

[helsbels666]

can anyone suggest anything? My skin is SO dry that its itchy and i can feel it 'cracking' . I have tried various moisturisers including epaderm emollient but it just drinks it! What shall i do now?!

[emmabee123]

I can very highly reccomend dead sea salts(dead sea majik)they are great for all dry skin conditions.Also try applying aqueous cream, available from all chemists.Look also at your intake of water as you could be dehydrated, drink at least 1.5 litres a day.I hope this helps as I know it can be most unpleasant, take care, emma.

[emmapayne27]

My partner and daughter suffer from exzema, we have tried almost everything. I highly recommend Dermol 500 / 600 one is for the bath and the other a cream my girls skin is lovely now and my parnter who has it very bad uses it combined with Aqueous BP cream

[Cheekystar]

try Nivea deep moistureriser, , or lush - they do some great products for people like us with Dry skin

[Lore]

I have tried everything on the shelves - so much money wasted and my skin condition made worse with some of them.

I use The sanctuary products. ( from Covent Garden's health spa). they do everything you could possibly need. - You can buy it at Boots and right now they hve a 3 for 2 offer on. Its not too expensive and lasts for a long time.

[helsbels666]

thanks everyone. Its good to get some peoples experiences! thanks il try the above x

[*ALFIE*]

helsbels666 - drink plenty of water, its good for skin

[shaneystar2]

I can highly recommend Diprobase cream which was recommended to me by a fellow ABer. Available over the counter at the chemist .Also Aqueous Cream is brilliant You can wash with it and although it doesn't lather it leaves the skin really soft . You can also rub it into your skin as an emollient..Avoid anything which contains lanolin.

[Kenzie]

I'm so glad you asked this question, helsbels666 as I suffer from this problem too. Thanks to everyone for your tips, I'm going to try them all. I've been rubbing baby oil into my skin in the shower before soaping with a creamy moisturised body wash which has been effective but only a short fix. Sometimes I feel like I could scratch my skin off.

[Goodsoulette]

Shea butter is very good for the extra dry parts. It comes in varying percentages, the body shop do a bog standard body butter. L'Occitane are the dry skin experts to be honest, you can get it pure from them, or 30% etc. They have a shop in Covent Garden, they also retail in Debenhams, and on QVC quite frequently.

Aqueous cream and Diprobase are very good for generall use but you need something with a bit extra in at the moment to repair your skin. Use baby oil in your bath instead of bath salts or foam. Exfoliate to brush away the dead dry skin, then moisturise whilst your skin is still warm so your pores are open and can absorb more. Also I love the Sanctuary stuff too but it is highly fragranced and probably not suitable for your needs at the moment. Once it gets better mande lular is great though.

[shaneystar2]

These are all good ,Goodsoulette and I have tried the Sanctuary stuff such as Manda Lula.Unfortunately they make my dry skin worse and more itchy..I think it must be the perfume and lanolin that doesn't agree. And Manda Lula smells lovely ! I have never suffered with dry skin until I pitched up with this thyroid condition. But I have to say since using these plain creams my skin has improved no end and at last my fingernails are looking more like they used to instead of splitting and crumbling all the time.They were really dried out.
I keep Aqueous cream all over the house for hand washing !!

[jyc82759]

I recommend Eumobase cream which you can get at the pharmacists. I have used it on extremely dry itch skin after showering and saw a difference in a couple of days and it completely cleared up my friends babys excema. Also, try bathing in Oilatum bath emollient.

[helsbels666]

im shocked at the number of replies! Thanks guys! Heres to soft skin!

[shazzabell]

Try vitamin e oil. It's available from Holland & Barrett, and other leading chemists.

[WendyS]

Read this article and take a trip to ASDA. Perhaps this Skin Sure cream will help you.

A man who devised a 'wonder cream' which was found to combat the hospital superbug MRSA has revealed he hopes to float his company on the stock market in the New Year. Former truck driver Brian Bennett is also negotiating a deal with pharmaceutical firms in America and Canada to distribute his range of hand lotions, which her devised in a bid to cure his wife Heather's dermatitis. The 66- year- old put together the potion in his shed at the couple's home in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, using a combination of normal barrier cream, aloe vera, vitamin E and jojoba oil mixed with anti-bacterial agents and water repellent solutions.


Mr Bennett, who markets his lotions under the banner Hygieia Pharmaceuticals, has now sold more than 179,000 bottles of his Skin Sure creams in Asda's 297 stores since May.

A trial of Skin Sure Ultra, which has been shown to effectively tackle MRSA, is currently being conducted at Solihull Hospital's dermatology department, while tests are also being carried out on the cream at three hospitals in Singapore.


Yesterday Mr Bennett met shoppers at Asda in Tipton to explain the uses and benefits of his invention.


He said: "I never for one moment thought this would reach this level when I was trying to come up with something that would help Heather's problem.


"I'm working on two other products, including one which includes a factor 30 sunscreen and insect repellent, that should hopefully be available next summer.


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[claire85]

Hi helsbels!

If you skin actually does crack/ split like my dad's does (he works outside and in the winter month his fingers get really deep cracks in), you should try 'Crack Creme' (haha, I know!). I managed to find him some on eBay. It's brilliant and really intensive. From what I can remember it came from the U.S.

Hope this helps

[joannie10]

try olive oil soap - it is fantastic. even recommended by midwives for babies with skin problems. you should be able to buy from places like Lush or L'occtaine - not sure what country you are from but sure you should be able to locate a shop that sells 'fresh' soaps or access on internet. You should of course still moisturise daily - perhaps something like E45. My young nephew tried many things mentioned but this has done the trick. good luck (ps great even for those who dont have dry skin).

[Kenzie]

helsbels666, if you're still monitoring your thread I've been using Eucerin cream for a couple of days and it's really good (hope it lasts!). Bought it in Boots for �12.50. I had immediate relief after rubbing it in which lasts all day and then I rub in some more after showering at night.