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Originally Posted by Taj
You poor thing! My husband has the same problem. If he could live in a humid climate year-round, he'd be a happy, happy man. I'll have to look for the Calming Lotion. He does use an Aveeno wash and says that has helped him.
Have you tried anything like almond oil--you know, the stuff used for massage?
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I can't use anything with a scent, not to rub on body. Too much oil just cloggs my pores and that makes it worse. That's why when I do find a lotion that works, I'm ecstatic - so many of them do not work on me and I hate having to use cortisone creams. Oddly enough, the Aveeno Body Wash, Unscented for dry sensitive skin works for showering but their "calming lotion" did NOT work. Eucerin, another brand name, makes a "calming lotion" and I was surprised at how well that one works.
I do have a humidifier for bedroom because the house heat (even though we turn it off at night) dries out air so much my sinuses get all swollen and stuffed up.
It is hard to be a happy camper if itching up a storm.
Another irritant is pet dander, but my dogs are with us year-round and I only have this problem when colder weather starts in autumn. I went to an allergist who ran blood tests and said I'm not allergic to any food, but that if I break out in itching rashes, hives from environmental pollen/dust that certain foods will make it worse, guess what, shellfish, chocolate, nuts, caffein. Allergist put me on year-round Zyrtec and it is very effective but the fall season is tough - lots of grasses and dry air outside and inside the house.
Xmas trees, the real ones, also are a problem, it's not just the pine scent or the sap, they have their own "dust" that even if they are rinsed down cause lots of skin problems for people sensitive to pollens and dust. So we had to go to fake trees years ago.
It's amazing to me how many people will tell me I have "beautiful skin" and they don't realize what it takes to keep it from breaking out in itchy, scaley rashes or hives. I am very careful about trying any new cosmetics - once a rash starts, can't really put anything on hives!
