# Dry Skin! HELP!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 16, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170 "2008-10-16T07:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/41 "2008-10-20T18:35:37Z")
Another in a distinguished line of disturbing Title/Username combinations. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/42 "2008-10-21T18:35:09Z")
Good stuff, **Brandon**. I don’t use a multivitamin since they all seem to make me nauseous, but I can understand the concern since a lot of people do. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/43 "2008-10-22T01:33:46Z")
Putting lotion on damp skin, putting baby oil on damp skin, takin fish oil every day…not much relief yet. Some, not a lot. Can’t bring myself to try the oatmeal yet. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/44 "2008-10-22T03:17:45Z")
While we’re here, can anyone suggest a lotion that might be what I’m looking for? In descending order of importance: Hypoallergenic (no dyes, absolutely no trace of any added scents), not terribly greasy, not ridiculously expensive? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/45 "2008-10-22T03:23:03Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > While we’re here, can anyone suggest a lotion that might be what I’m looking for? In descending order of importance: Hypoallergenic (no dyes, absolutely no trace of any added scents), not terribly greasy, not ridiculously expensive? Lotions that the derms I work for recommend: Basic- Cetaphil Very Dry Skin- Cerave Extremely Dry Skin- AmLactin or LacHydrin (OTC but you might have to ask the pharmacist for it) Smelly and/or sting-y, but works wonders As mentioned before, application to wet skin (within 3 minutes of getting out of the shower) is key. Humidifiers help, too. My house is so dry in the winter that I get nosebleeds, so I need one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/46 "2008-10-22T03:25:15Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > While we’re here, can anyone suggest a lotion that might be what I’m looking for? In descending order of importance: Hypoallergenic (no dyes, absolutely no trace of any added scents), not terribly greasy, not ridiculously expensive? Alba Botanica also makes an unscented lotion in their “Very Emollient” line. It’s quick-absorbing and I would say a medium level moisturizer. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/47 "2008-10-22T22:09:33Z")
Got a lot of stuff that says non-greasy that is greasy as all gitout. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/48 "2008-10-22T22:40:31Z")
> [@spooje](#): > > It’s got cold (for us, anyhoo) and windy in Southern California for a few days. This really dries my skin out and then I itch terribly. > > Are there any dry skin remedies that do not involve lotion? Anything I soak in? Any minerals I can consume? Dietary changes? What do you folks do to relieve dry skin? > > If you have to use a lotion, what’s the fastest way to get moisture back into your epidermus? Here in the East Bay I have a problem with my cheeks, nose and forehead like seeming to chap up- turns out it is some sort of overproduction of a natural skin yeast that is \*fed \*by a lot of the oils in lotion. I was hating life on and off for a year, but the stuff I have was never as bad as these pictures- just itchy and red. Take look at the chart about halfway down the page. [Treatment of Seborrheic Dermatitis | AAFP](http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000501/2703.html) Guess what takes care of it overnight… Lotrimin, like the stuff you would use for athelete’s foot. It flares up from time to time, do a smear after work and a smear at bedtime, and done! ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/49 "2008-10-23T13:00:30Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > While we’re here, can anyone suggest a lotion that might be what I’m looking for? In descending order of importance: Hypoallergenic (no dyes, absolutely no trace of any added scents), not terribly greasy, not ridiculously expensive? I like [St Ives](http://www.stives.com/skin-care-products/lotion-firmer-skin-firming-moisturizer.cfm) hand and body lotion - I think the particular version I’m using is the skin firming one. It doesn’t do much for actual firming (although I don’t use it on anything like a daily basis so I couldn’t swear to it), but it’s very moisture rich, absorbs quickly, and is supposed to be hypo-allergenic. According the website, at least. It’s got no fragrance, I know that for sure. Cost me about 7 dollars for a medium-sized bottle. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/50 "2008-11-29T22:56:04Z")
> [@Surok](#): > > Now that’s a question. I’ve never thought about it in that way - if you take, probably a cup or so of oatmeal, and mix with yoghurt until it’s about the consistency of porridge. Leave the oatmeal to soak for 15 minutes or so, and then rub yourself down with it. It takes maybe 5 minutes to dry. I didn’t have much luck the first couple times I tried it, because it fell off before it dried. Running the oatmeal through a food processor to coarsely chop it first worked, though 🙂 I have a question for those who recommend the help stuff by the Body Shop: if a guy already has chapped hands because he’s got to wash them a lot at work and his skin is sensitive to start with, would I be better off buying him the hemp hand protector, or the hemp body butter? He’s _not_ going to sit around wearing cotton gloves like I do, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/51 "2008-11-29T23:59:37Z")
My friend who is a large animal vet swears by [Corn-Husker’s Lotion](http://www.drugstore.com/qxp16837_334918_sespider/corn_huskers/heavy_duty_oil_free_hand_treatment_lotion.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Mumio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Mumio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumio)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/52 "2008-11-30T01:07:47Z")
Gold Bond lotions are fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/53 "2008-11-30T02:09:01Z")
I use a combo of lotion and vaseline right out of the shower and my skin stays moisturized all day. If you don’t like vaseline, coconut oil has good emoilient properties too. And it smells nice. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/54 "2008-11-30T03:51:14Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > My friend who is a large animal vet swears by [Corn-Husker’s Lotion](http://www.drugstore.com/qxp16837_334918_sespider/corn_huskers/heavy_duty_oil_free_hand_treatment_lotion.htm). My dad has always used Corn Huskers- he is a painting contractor and has his hands in paint thinner almost every day. They would crack badly and deeply, but Corn Huskers Lotion really did the trick. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170/55 "2008-11-30T04:16:40Z")
In aged care in Australia it is common to use Sorbolene lotion instead of soap for washing the elderly to protect their dry skin. It is just as effective as soap. It is cheap and it is a moisturizer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-help/468170.md?page=2)