dry face issues

[flying_babyb]

What can I use (budget freindly) to cure the dry cracked skin UNDER my lip? For some reason I dont get chapped lips but chapped under lip. that nice patch of skin right under my lip gets dry every year. Carmex makes it shinny (as does chapstick, I was desprate). Also any ideas for really dry stomach skin? Its gross, its so dry its flaking.

 

[battricia]

i use sweet almond oil on my dry flaky cheeks. you might try it on that area.

 

[smokeyblue]

I just make a little scrub with sugar and olive oil and exfoliate well a few times daily until they improve. I also make sure to use a moisturizing balm or gloss inbetween the scubs.

 

[Cherbear013]

Try an ammonium lactate lotion. I was just prescribed that by my dermatologist here in CO and its working great! They have some at Amazon and drugstore.

 

[Forevryoung]

I am now swearing by Cereve' cream (comes in a tub with blue label). My dermatologist recommended it after seeing my dry skin. Honestly, the cortizone cream he gave me cleared my skin up initially and the Cereve' is keeping it from getting that bad again.

I've put it on my oily (prone to break out) face before and haven't had any issues. When I put it on it's never greasy on my hands afterward like most creams but definitely there.

It's not quite "cheap" (think along the lines of a more expensive drugstore moisturizer... prob $14 for the tub, look for a sale/coupons of course). I've purchased it from Drugstore.com using all sorts of percent off coupons and whatnot as well to reduce the price.

FYI I do NOT like the Cereve' facial cleanser (green label, pump top), my skin never feels clean when I use it because there is a "film" left even after rinsing and drying.

 

[Forevryoung]

wooooaaaaah tripple posted while the boards were slooooooooow (no clue why it happened) sorry!

 

[Forevryoung]

wooooaaaaah tripple posted while the boards were slooooooooow (no clue why it happened)

 

[Shmily1]

I use the generic equivalent of Olay "beauty lotion". My dry area was my cheeks, especially in the winter. It costs about $3 -$4 and will last forever!

For dry stomach skin, I would try Aveeno body lotion. DD has such dry skin that she has fine little bumps and that seems to work the best for the problem.

 

[Floridagal23]

Dry facial skin..try acquaphor. Available at cvs or local drugstore. It's so gentle and soo moisturizing. They also recommend it when you are on accutane bc your skin dries out so much.

 

[patsal]

The Body Shop Hemp face protector. I also use the hand cream--it is wonderfula nd never feels greasy.

 

[wdwfan16]

Put vaseline on when you go to bed.

 

[dyna]

I've tried the aquaphor for several dry skin issues could not tell it did anything but leave the area greasy for a bit.

 

[dfchelbay]

Moisturize right when you get out of the shower, while your pores are still open and face still damp. I try not to wipe my face at all, pat it a little and let it dry on its own too.

 

[pampam]

You did say budget friendly. Crisco. I kid you not. I use it all the time on my face. It's the best. However, it can cause staining of your tops if you overdo it. However a dab under the lip will not stain your clothes.

 

[MrsPete]

You said budget-friendly, and my post won't be; however, over the last two years I've developed super-dry skin, and a trip to the dermatologist was worth the price.

I'd had oily skin all my life, and suddenly in my early 40s, I suddenly developed incredibly dry skin down the middle of my face (between eyebrows, nose, and especially from the corners of my lips down). My skin was literally flaking off, and it felt painfully dry and cracked all the time. I also had unflattering redness and pimples that wouldn't go away no matter what I tried. I felt self-conscious all the time, and the skin under my mouth was particularly dark and ugly. It looked like the lines on a marrionette puppet. I could tell that other people noticed too (and it wasn't just my imagination).

I tried all sorts of exfoliating scrubs. I tried all sorts of lotions. I tried vaseline and everything else that people suggested. NOTHING HELPED.

The dermatologist said I had both exema and rosasea. He treated the exema first (which was good because -- as I said -- it was literally painful). The $50 cream (that $50 was my co-pay; the cream was actually $150) took care of the worst of the problem in days, and by the end of the month the difference was nothing short of incredible.

For maintenance, the dermatologist told me never to use anything with alcohol in it, and he told me never to use anything with an exfoliant. He also told me to use Versa-cream soap and lotions. They're a little expensive ($2.75 for a bar of soap, $7.50 for a medium-sized bottle of lotion), but they're not so expensive that they're unaffordable. I also used their sunscreen last summer (for my face only). They're difficult to find; locally I can only get them from behind the counter at Target -- they're not prescription, but you must know to ask for them. I really think those products are doing almost as much good as the prescriptions.

After the first month, I was able to stop the first cream. He prescribed two more -- one for the morning, one for the night -- that are working on the redness and pimples. Each of those two creams has a $50 co-pay as well, and they haven't worked quite so well as the exema cream did. The pimples are under control, but the redness -- though significantly decreased -- is still there to some extent.

Your problems may not be as bad as mine were, but what I've paid to the dermatologist is well worth the cost. It has made a HUGE difference in my skin.

 

[mckinley]

I have always used carmax for stuff like that. I have also found that it will help with a stubborn pimple to. I keep it by my bed so i can just put it on before i fall asleep. By morning its usually alot better. Also my face gets really dry at different times throughout the year. When it does i use a lotion from Avon called silicon glove. I put it on my face at night as well.