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I was going to mention Colls idea, I rub a bit of vegetable oil on my fingers with a little salt and rub the roughness, hands, feet, elbows and lightly rinse and dab dry. Best time is always before bed but can do any time of the day.
If it doesn't seem to go away, you might want to go to your dr's or to a dermatologist, it might turn out to be ezcema or psoarisis. I have psoarisis and three of my six children have ezcema. I used to use a prescription creme which helped A LOT, but since I couldn't afford the dermatologist anymore, I cannot get it. I now use the WalMart brand of hydrocortizone cream with skin conditioners in it. It works pretty good. I have also had one Dr prescribe me Eucerin cream before it became "OTC" and yet another Dr refuse to prescribe it for me because Crisco worked just as good in his opinion.
My children's doc recommended using Dove soap only for their washing, but one son found that using Ivory worked better for him.
I have one hand that is really sensitive to cleaners now. When that gets red and chapped, I coat it with Vaseline before I go to bed at night (wish I could find some cheap cotton gloves to wear with it to keep it on my hands and not the sheets).
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I would go with a natural product. It sounds like you were reacting to some of the chemicals in the baby lotion (yes, even commercial baby lotion is ladled with chemicals!). Someone mentioned shea butter - good choice.
I have psoriasis on my knees and use an all-natural herbal healing salve. My mom makes it and sells it. It's the only thing that has worked on my psoriasis.
That's what we do on Ohio Soapers, all natural whenever possible. There are so many people out there who suffer from various skin problems and commercial products are so loaded with weird chemicals now to give a longer shelf life. I became allergic several years ago to deoderant, then store soaps, even liquid soaps will make my hands break out in heat blisters which was what motivated me to start making my own products where I know exactly what's in them and what it does. I'm not saying folks shouldn't buy store products just compare, less chemicals is always a good thing.
Anna
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