haha, I almost forgot to mention the saltwater, and then I was going to put it in as an afterthought, and then I realized that you must be exposed to saltwater all the freakin' time. I always have a little patch of eczema in various places, but after exactly two dips in the ocean when I went to the beach this summer, it freaked out horrifically and spread all over my legs and arms -- even though I rinsed off as soon as I could and then showered with lotion and body oil. Seriously, I gave up swimming in the ocean for the rest of the vacation. The salt water and then the dried salt does the whole osmotic water-drawing-out number on your skin. I know you can't really avoid it, but do whatever you can as far as rinsing. :)
The Aveeno oatmeal bath does exactly two things for me, jack and shit. :( You're welcome to try it though, it might work for you. The Alpha-Keri bath soaks my dermatologist recommended didn't do jack for me either. The baby oil after showering made a night-and-day difference, though (the key is to put it on before toweling, not after drying off). I used to always put on crappy loose cotton clothes after I showered so that I wouldn't stain any good clothes with baby oil. It was only a few months ago that I figured out that if I apply it while showering, the excess will rinse off but I wind up with a nice moisturizing film all over me. Hooray!
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Date: 2004-11-09 03:24 pm (UTC)The Aveeno oatmeal bath does exactly two things for me, jack and shit. :( You're welcome to try it though, it might work for you. The Alpha-Keri bath soaks my dermatologist recommended didn't do jack for me either. The baby oil after showering made a night-and-day difference, though (the key is to put it on before toweling, not after drying off). I used to always put on crappy loose cotton clothes after I showered so that I wouldn't stain any good clothes with baby oil. It was only a few months ago that I figured out that if I apply it while showering, the excess will rinse off but I wind up with a nice moisturizing film all over me. Hooray!