Coal tar soap anyone?

Coal tar is potentially carcinogenic. A good quality neem soap and/or moisturiser is recommended

I use it but only for my hands. It was the only soap DH would use in the bath or shower. He hated liquid soap.

Wrights Traditional Soap is no longer a coal tar soap - it's a tea tree soap now. As karmalady says, coal tar is a carcinogen and although still available for treating, say, psoriasis, it's not a good idea to use it every day.

It reminds me of the outside toilets at junior school, cold water and coal tar soap, I hated it. I use the Sanctuary salt scrub bar now instead of traditional soap, it’s not drying, lasts ages and I love the smell.

Casdon I have just been on the Sanctuary website; they do not seem to have a salt scrub bar. Pots of salt scrub but no bar. Am I looking for the right thing ?

Oh no, you’re right JamesandJon33 I’ve just checked and it’s been discontinued. I had two bars for Christmas, this is my last unopened one. That’s really upset me, it’s brilliant, and I’ve been using it for at least 10 years.

The best bath product which I've used is by Tulipan Negra - a Spanish company .
A friend stocks it . I could buy it on line of needs be .
I can shampoo my hair and use it on my body without getting any dryness nor irritation .
My skin is really touchy .
It hates the sun or being hot and many skin products aggravate it .

Yes, definitely. It's the smell that does it - wonderful! It's a truly clean smell.

I love the smell of coal tar soap - it makes the bathroom smell clean too.

Always have a bar of Wrights in the shower room. Love the “clean” smell.

for a sweat rash I use Sudocrem or 1% Canesten. I worked in a pharmacy and that is what we recommended and they are very good. Soap wise coal tar is good or tea tree.

We always had coal tar soap, I think it was for its disinfectant qualities. I was always falling over and scraping my knees!

I can’t use shower gels any more as my skin reacts badly. I have to use stuff from the chemists for washing dry skin.

Discontinued using it years ago then more recently my late DH insisted on it for the kitchen. New bars seemed to smell throughout the house!!

We buy the bar and the liquid soap as well. The bathroom always smells wonderful.

I would recommend Savon de Marseille, made from the third pressing of olives. Lasts for months, smells wonderful and doesn’t dry your skin. Mild enough for babies as well.

The NHS advice is not to use coal tar products bought from shops and pharmacies on face, genital areas, or broken or infected skin.

Pinkhousegirl

I would recommend Savon de Marseille, made from the third pressing of olives. Lasts for months, smells wonderful and doesn’t dry your skin. Mild enough for babies as well.

I always use this too and find it very gentle, smells lovely, and lasts for ages.

Without going squashy.

J52

When DS was young had an unidentifiable rash on his back the doctor prescribed coal tar shampoo used as a body wash, it worked to take the irritation away.
DH’s Dermatologist advises Sanex as a shower gel.

Many dermatologists advice against using Sanex... apparently, can cause sensitivity...

I only use Coal Tar shampoo (I get it on prescription) because of my psoriasis and it really works. It's amazing. I'm like you too Whethertomorrow I love the smell of it too. I don't use soap anywhere on my face though - no matter the kind - and haven't since I was about 14. Nice to see someone else who loves the smell of Coal Tar too though

I recently bought a pair of little scrubby sacks with a pull toggle where you can put your bar of soap inside it's much easier than holding a slippery bar

There’s something comforting about the medicated smell of coal tar soap and shampoo isn’t there?

I mean objectively it’s not a pleasant smell like the smell of flowers or meadows or the sea, but it’s soothing nonetheless less.
It’s sort of a “there, there” from a kindly Matron 😂

Pears as soap free and very gentle, can also get it as shower gel and face wash from superdrug

"...a sweat rash inside my elbow from too much crocheting."

Sorry, but that gave me the giggles!

O have always liked coal tar soap but it is now tea tree oil which is the active ingredient now a days I think you will find as coal tar is found to be a bit carcinogenic