Dry skin on legs........Help!

I use moisturiser and cream from the epaderm range. I think it can be prescribed by doctors, but Boots and most chemists sell it. Quite expensive but good.

Have you tried exfoliating first? The Liz Earle stuff is great to use weekly/monthly (I only say this as it's expensive)

uk.lizearle.com/product/BODYCARE-HANDCARE/cleanse-and-polish-body-original

followed by

uk.lizearle.com/product/BODYCARE-HANDCARE/skin-replenishing-body-balm-classic

Daily, I use those spray moisturisers as they are absorbed quickly after a shower. E45, aveeno and vaseline do them, like this. I tend to buy whichever one is on special when I do my shopping as they seem to take it in turns

www.aveeno.co.uk/products/daily-moisturising-after-shower-mist?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=GO-GB-ENG-PS-Aveeno-GP-BM-RN-Mist&utm_content=Moisturiser%20-%20Spray&utm_term=+spray%20+moisturiser&&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvYSEBhDjARIsAJMn0lhsixprwl9HO6LmQfWyG5dEEMv34GPPoFkBGxnE9PWV2KCNircBt3IaAsP_EALw_wcB&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvYSEBhDjARIsAJMn0lhsixprwl9HO6LmQfWyG5dEEMv34GPPoFkBGxnE9PWV2KCNircBt3IaAsP_EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Hydromol ointment .....500g cost approx £6 a little bit rubbed well into legs........also good for eczema psoriasis etc.
some of the thinner creams were no good for me.

And exfoliate before using

Oops, as JaneJ has already said

We use Aveeno.
Coincidentally I read yesterday that we are all showering/bathing too often, every other day is plenty, otherwise you dry out your skin and wash away friendly bacteria, leaving you open to dry skin and infections in the cracked skin. Yuk.

I have psoriasis and have tried lots of things cheap and expensive.
The best I have ever used is one I discovered recently. Farmologie pink grapefruit moisturiser. Not expensive. Can order from Boots. I higjly recommend it.

Can also get bath soak and bodywash in same range.

Aqueous cream. Large pot for around £3.00

I use Aveeno. It’s great.

I am wary of creams with paraffin in.

I like some of the Dr. Organics range from Holland and Barrett for my dry and itchy legs. They do have fragrance though.

Oopsadaisy1

We use Aveeno.
Coincidentally I read yesterday that we are all showering/bathing too often, every other day is plenty, otherwise you dry out your skin and wash away friendly bacteria, leaving you open to dry skin and infections in the cracked skin. Yuk.

Yuk to not showering daily!

I have chronic spontaneous urticaria and use Cetraben.

Another vote for Aqueous cream. You can afford to be generous with it as it’s ‘cheap as chips’ ?
A Dermotologist recommended it to me as there is little in it anyone could be allergic to, unlike perfumed moisturisers.

Another vote for Aveeno. I have dry skin too and this is the best body moisturiser I have used. I bought some for my sister who was complaining about dry skin on her legs and she said the same.

Aveeno every time !

Having never been entirely happy with body lotions / moisturisers I started using Argan oil, when that ran out I used almond oil. For me oil is much better and my toenails and cuticles have benefitted too.

My father always used Almond oil notinthemanual.
I know it's very gentle.

I've been using Aveeno for my dry legs and arms. I like the original one the best.
Two of my grandsons have x-linked ichthiosis, and this is what they were prescribed with as babies.

I suffer with Eczema on the lower part of both legs , and through my surgery , one of the nurses decided to on prescription to have Hydromol ointment, which is a 500mg tub very much like a soap as well , it moistens the skin.
Mick

I use Epaderm as an emollient instead of soap and it helps a lot. You can get it on prescription. I have used Diprobase (also available on prescription) but mostly use Nivea. I have excema and my skin is very dry but this helps.

Baby oil after shower , every day .

Zerocream worked for me.

I have this on prescription from doctor for dry itchy legs .

At first I used morning and night.
Now I only have to apply once a day after my shower.

Never miss a day and skin now no longer dry, itchy or flaky.

The key is not to let it go too far. I moisturise lower legs and massage feet every single day, and get rid of any dry build up- every single morning.