12-01-2009, 07:57 PM
I have a dreadful time with dry skin. I have stopped using any bar soap except sometimes olive oil soap, and more often I use bath and shower gel. My favorites are Kiss My Face Olive Oil soap and shower & bath gels, Crabtree & Evelyn Aloe Vera anything, and Bath & Body Works' White Tea & Ginger bath products. Bar soaps make me dry and itchy regardless of their claims. I use Tide Free for my laundry. I drink plenty of water. I eat 2 teaspoons of Olive Oil every day. Last winter I was pleasantly surprised at how the itching had lessened for me: I have been known to scratch myself raw during the night because I would itch so badly, but I hardly had any problems last year. I really think that most of the products we use exacerbate any skin conditions that we have, and it can take time to figure out which ones we personally can use without problems.