Winter skin?

[allergyphobia]

Hi all,

I'm still doing well anxiety wise, but this is annoying me, so wondered if anybody else is suffering too!

i have quite dry skin anyway, i get excema on my hands and some other random places on my body! however since sunday the skin on my face has been very tight, quite red and sore, and a little itchy. it feels very dry, almost feels worse when i have dried after a shower... i haven't put any make up on it today but it doesn't seem to have helped.

i'm pretty sure it's not a reaction to anything as i can't think of anything i've done differently, and this is the third day now!

is this jus a case of winter skin - hot air, cold air, central heating, drying me out etc??

Thanks all - off for my gammon and chips shortly, eek! (see my other thread if that confuses you, haha!) :roflmao:

[PanchoGoz]

Its the cold. Happens to my hands when I cycle in the cold. Not reaction. Wear hat outside.
short and sweet :D xxx

[allergyphobia]

thanks pancho!

[Vanilla Sky]

Sounds like it , put loads of moisturiser on day and night

:) Paige xxx

[allergyphobia]

thanks mummy xxxxxxxxxxxx

[Vanilla Sky]

Yes , listen to me and you won't go far wrong daughter :whistles:

Hugs :hugs: xx

[paula lynne]

HIYA HUN, try Sympathy for the skin, its by Lush...gorgoeus vanilla custard smell, brilliant for eczema too. Big pot, around a tenner, lasts ages. Fresh organic ingredients. Youll smell so good youll want to lick yourself......!:wacko:

[suzy-sue]

sounds fruity lol ..:D Will get some as I get very dry skin in the winter .also get eczma .I use boots no 7 ,thats excellent but expensive ..Sue

[JaneC]

On a similar subject (if AP doesn't mind) ... my lips are killing me this winter - dry, burning, peeling. I've been using Vaseline and a Norwegian Formula balm. Not doing any good. Anyone have any advice x

[paula lynne]

Problem is, you may get others who want to randomly lick you as well....:ohmy:
Dream Cream is excellent, also by lush, my friend used it on her daughter who had terrible eczema, it cleared it up totally in a month, but this one smells a bit like calomine lotion...big pot, good value for about a tenner again though. x

[suzy-sue]

Thats sounds nice Paula ..:blush:But there again depends who it is .Will defo try it ..Thanks hun ..Jane I usually put sudocrem on at night and then use a sunblock or lip cream ,it stops them drying out .I always wear lipstick ,if I dont they go really cracked in the winter . Sorry cant be of more help ..Sue x

[JaneC]

Sudocrem sounds worth a try - thanks Sue. Hopefully I won't look too weird lol

[suzy-sue]

You look anaemic Jane but it works overnight and is really thick .You could try it thinly rubbed in under a lipstick in the day .But I only use it when im asleep ..Sue x

[allergyphobia]

thanks everybody... i suffer badly with cracked lips too, will try all the lovely suggestions, will deffo try the LUSH stuff but to try to avoid the licking ;-) xxxx

[JaneC]

Two nights of Sudocrem and my lips are much, much better! Thanks v much for that tip Sue. Have resisted putting it on at work, however :blush: