Itchy Itchy Itchy!!!

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Former Member — Wed, 03 May 2006 16:04:52 GMT

Eucerin is great. Any variety. Plus it is odorless. If you apply if after showering, your wife will never know you used it. Better yet, you can get your wife to apply it FOR you.

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Former Member — Wed, 03 May 2006 13:39:07 GMT

Yeh ..I have noticed this for years. A hot shower always works for me. If I go to bed without a shower I get hot and sweaty from the chlorine. I vaguely remeber reading that the chlorine prevents the skin from breathing...can't remember exactly how. I can sometimes smell chlorine when showering even if I haven't showered for 24hrs.

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Former Member — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:16:55 GMT

I love the feel of chlorine on the body, I don't even want to shower after a swim, I like to dabble pool water under my arms it is my favorite deodrizer. I love the smell of the chlorinated air around a pool.

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edavis560 — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 11:30:21 GMT

I'm allergic to the bromine chemicals like that, but chlorine doesn't seem to bother me. I went to the dermatologist for a year off an on, and they gave me a cortisone cream that really helps. You can get a milder version over the counter at the drugstore that also works well. They also recommended taking benydryl in the pill form to calm the itching down. I would itch so badly within two hours even with Curel unscented lotion, that I could hardly concentrate at work. . . so I can really relate! I have heard that the suntan lotions (cocoa butter like someone mentioned earlier) fill your pores before getting in the water, but I have never tried it personally. I did try the "liquid bandaid" creams, which are supposed to "seal the pores" and they only worked slightly if I put it on 30 minutes prior and wasn't in the water more than 30 minutes. I eventually ruled out swimming in the bromine except to teach swim lessons and then only when I can't get someone else to demonstrate or assist. If you have the choice, you might try swimming in a bromine pool since chlorine is bothering you, just the reverse of my problem. Usually swimmers are only bothered by one or the other. Good luck! Eileen

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Former Member — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 06:07:22 GMT

my magic poition is a mixture of eucerine&wonder 8 oil. when you mix it it will seperate but just give it a shake and you're good to go. and also pure shea butter is like a dry skin killer look for it you will be pleased with the results P.S. the wonder 8 oil smells really good i get no complaints from the ladies and if u don't like the smell put on your favorite colonge.

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Former Member — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:13:42 GMT

some of the aloe gel stuff comes with lanicane in it. That helps turn off the sting of a sunburn or itch of the dry skin.

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waves101 — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:50:21 GMT

Mike - To stay away from the girly stuff, just try the Curel (as refered in another reply). It is one of the few lotions out there that doesn't contain mineral oil (which is actually a drying agent). I've used the Curel for years with great results (then again everyone is different so it may not work for you) but I'd still give it a try. Good Luck.

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kaffrinn — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:34:59 GMT

I used to have the same problem with "regular lotion." A few weeks ago, I tried Eucerin Calming Cream, which I think is new, and designed for itchy skin. It has worked wonders! I think it's the oatmeal...maybe the other lotions with oatmeal, like Aveeno, will work well too, but I think Eucerin is great.

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Michael Heather — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:34:57 GMT

If you are worried about taking razz from your wife for using the girly smelling lotions, just rub on some gear oil or fatback. The smells are in no way to be confused with the "vanilla-mango-supple-morning-breeze-feel-good-about-yourself-because-you-deserve-it-no-matter-the-cost" to be purchased at the local mall bath store (sometimes at extreme cost). And your skin will thank you for it.

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:12:46 GMT

There is a chance you're having some form of psoraisis. This would also occur mostly in areas being stretched or being pressed on, also areas at edges of clothes, sleeve ends, waist, etc. This has first happenned to me this past summer. If so, you would need to see a dermatologist. There's a prescription cream (containing vaseline & cortisone) that seems to work pretty well if you can stand the mess.

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:47:06 GMT

also, use dermaskinpro before you swim. It really helps to keep my skin from drying out.

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:05:51 GMT

Use Dove soap during your shower and you won't feel dry nor greasy...

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:31:44 GMT

If there's a Lush store near you, they have lots of bath bomb thingies that you dissolve in a bath. I had one of those "I can't sleep because I'm so itchy" things going on last night and I put one (pink and marshmallow scented :) in the tub. Slept like a baby. (Not in the tub, of course. :) They might have some with slightly less girly scents too. I also think you probably need to shower not just rinse after swimming, and I agree on the 'lots of lotion' ideas. Heather

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swimr4life — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:40:39 GMT

Curel unscented lotion is great! Sometimes, when my skin is real dry, I've found the lotions with fragrances added irritate the itchiness even more.

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BillS — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:47:57 GMT

We put in a steam shower in a recent remodel. I didn't think I'd like it nearly as much as I do. It feels good even on a hot night, and does wonders for the itchies. You can work in whatever foofy moisterizing stuff (black rasberry vanilla? Are you guys kidding?) you want, but steam alone does the trick for me. But I can't imagine climbing into one right after a tough swim, so it may involve a trip back to the club later.

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:25:59 GMT

Yes that Dermaswim Pro does help to keep my swim from smelling like chlorine as well as with the itching.

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nkace — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:06:32 GMT

I live & swear by the Body Shop's body butters. They come in some really great flavors but the key is they have shea butter in it & some have cocoa butter as well. This stuff works magic!

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nkace — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:06:31 GMT

I live & swear by the Body Shop's body butters. They come in some really great flavors but the key is they have shea butter in it & some have cocoa butter as well. This stuff works magic!

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:36:50 GMT

All the above works well...but for when I get really intense cases of itching (varsity practices twice a day will do that to you...) I rub on a little cortizone-10 with aloe and it works like a charm!

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:30:44 GMT

Gotta take a good, mild soap shower after...not too hot...mild soap! try different stuff...and lotion. Been there, done that.

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:27:57 GMT

Avoid the temptation, no matter how good a nice hot shower would feel on your muscles. Hot water dries skin out like crazy. I get the little pins and needles feeling after I take a hot shower. Lainey

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:56:51 GMT

Bath and what of rasberry who? Yeah, probably a little too girly... ;) After all the crap I've given my wife for her addiction to (hundreds of different) lotions, I don;t know if I could ever live down using it myself... I may have to suck up and deal, though, it's actually that bad! Thakns for the tip... Mike B.

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swimmieAvsFan — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:26:00 GMT

cocoa butter! that's my solution to the chlorine itchies. especially if you've got naturally dry skin. and it always gets worse as the weather gets colder. but i use a cocoa butter/shea butter body wash and then an vitamin e enriched cocoa butter lotion. they're not all that girly smelling (slightly chocolatey) and you can get the lotion in an unscented version. :)

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some_girl — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:04:39 GMT

For lotion, I would recommend Aveeno or generic oatmeal lotions. I have extremely dry skin, and many standard lotions are so much crap that you end up using three times as much. And it isn't girly smelling.

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kristilynn — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:20:17 GMT

I am religious about my lotion application after working out. If I miss any little spot, it will itch and drive me crazy. That stretchy-skin feeling that you mentioned -- that's exactly how I'd describe it. If black rasberry vanilla is too girly for you (I love Bath and Body Works or Victoria's Secret lotions because they disguise the cholrine smell), then try an unscented lotion such as Vaseline Intensive Care or Lubriderm. I get them at Costco in the gigantic sizes and go through about one a month.