I usually have pretty good skin, but lately it's been really red (mostly in my cheeks) and dry. I'm in the water a lot for swimming and my job. I use a facial lotion or Jergens everyday after I get out of the water, but it's still red and kinda dry.
Any suggestions of other lotions to try or ideas how to get the reddness to go away?
I have kind of sensitive skin also, so fragrence free would be nice. :)
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I use bag balm (designed for cows' udders) on my hands. A couple of local stores carry Udderly Smooth (http://www.uddercream.com/). I don't have much exposed skin on my face :) , so I can't say for sure how that would work.
It's pretty much unscented, at least it doesn't make me sneeze, which is more than I can say for most lotions.
Tom
I realize this is a really old post...but I just saw it and thought I'd comment:
I would actually thing Bag Balm (or the more expensive humaner version Udderly Smooth) would work really well as a pre-swim treatment in preventing some of the dryness, redness and itchiness associated with swimming in chlorine. Bag Balm is a lot like vasoline, in that it is the same color and consistency...but I find in deal with animals myself that Bag Balm has much more staying power--its a bit thicker maybe, it just doesnt seem to get as slimy and it is less likely to break down in the water as soon as you dive in as it is designed to stay on a cows udder come what may. It wouldn't be the most attractive looking method...as it isn't like a lotion that rubs completely in...but it would probably do the trick haha
I use bag balm (designed for cows' udders) on my hands. A couple of local stores carry Udderly Smooth (http://www.uddercream.com/). I don't have much exposed skin on my face :) , so I can't say for sure how that would work.
It's pretty much unscented, at least it doesn't make me sneeze, which is more than I can say for most lotions.
Tom
I realize this is a really old post...but I just saw it and thought I'd comment:
I would actually thing Bag Balm (or the more expensive humaner version Udderly Smooth) would work really well as a pre-swim treatment in preventing some of the dryness, redness and itchiness associated with swimming in chlorine. Bag Balm is a lot like vasoline, in that it is the same color and consistency...but I find in deal with animals myself that Bag Balm has much more staying power--its a bit thicker maybe, it just doesnt seem to get as slimy and it is less likely to break down in the water as soon as you dive in as it is designed to stay on a cows udder come what may. It wouldn't be the most attractive looking method...as it isn't like a lotion that rubs completely in...but it would probably do the trick haha
