How to moisturize?

[SjoGirl]

I use Tree Hut products and have found them very helpful. The body wash is very mild and I use the body butter after.

I can't take fish oil, but would if I could because what we put in us can make as much difference as what we put on us.

[pweidema]

Just curious SjoGirl - why can't you take fish oil?

[Helene]

I don't use soap on my face or body either. I shower and swim every day and use Trader Joe's cream lotion. It's one of the few I don't get a rash from. I think the combination of moisture (water) followed by moisturizer keeps my normally dry skin from getting too dry. I think that people who avoid water have more trouble with dry skin than those who bathe every day.

[soycoffee]

I was born with a skin condition called Ichthyosis (Greek for "fish skin"!). For the first year of my life my mother bathed me with mineral oil (I think). I outgrew that dry kin condition by age 45 or 50. Then came Sjogren's and the dryness came back; the scaliness not so much.

What I do now is use only NOW Almond Oil (Amazon has it). It is particularly good for my face; I find that small irregularities seem to heal over very quickly with almond oil. For especially dry spots I use Vitamin E Oil.

Best,
Soycoffee

[susanep]

On my face the only soap I use is glycerin soap. It somehow works with holding on to the moisture in the air. I love it.

During a shower I let the hair conditioner run over me, and it does help.

After a shower I then use a moisturizer while my skin is still damp.

I have been using some extra emollient night cream on my face by Mary Kay that my daughter in law got for me a couple of years ago. I have 2 jars of it, and it does help over night with a faint light scent that agrees with me.

I love sharing these tips with each other.

susanep

[cccourt1942]

This thread keeps bumping back up...so I am going to chime in.  A dermatologist advised Lubriderm decades ago.  I had not been diagnosed with psoriasis yet...as dermas used to only think placque psoriasis and  I have a different type.  I thought I had lupus about 25 years ago.   I still wonder about it.   My skin is dry...and sensitive.  My children ("Old people now") are both red heads...and have more sensitive skin than mine.  But their skin doesn't keep them "on edge" like mine does. 

Over the years, Cetaphil came along, and derma says Cetaphil and all Cetaphil products.  The "Gentle Cleansing Bar" is NOT soap.  They have  thick cream or lotion.  It is advised to put cream on when your skin is still moist. 

As I have gotten older, I think I have adjusted to feeling scaly.  It's really not scaly..it's "bumpy".  Anyway..I also love Eucerin.  But Cetaphil is my everyday go to.  I use specialized non soap products on my face as well (for comfort..not beauty--    )

I believe the key is putting on any lotion when skin is moist.  I am old..and finally have stopped working.  (At 72).  I worked thru last November...I am widowed and live alone.  It is simpler for me to bathe, moisturize...wander around scantily or unclad and allow cream to sink in.  But even when I worked, I still got up early enough to do treadmill, pilates reformer AND bathe and let that cream absorb..and  then get dressed.  Had to or my skin literally crawled all day.  Bothers me to even think about it! 

Thanks to all on this topic.  Very interesting posts.

[warmwaters]

I'm glad this one keeps bumping up, as I'm learning lots, including the various ways that our skin can feel dry.

Wow!

Thanks all

[Chris]

Aveeno works for me! After shower......?