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Have you exfoliated recently? That should help! if you don't have any on hand mix some sugar and olive oil and use that! Feels so good and your skin will feel amazing!

Lotion can often have alcohol in it. Even the "good" kinds. I find that any sort of lotion aggravates my dry skin. I usually wash with water only, and use a washcloth to really rub my skin. Sometimes I make a scrub out of dead sea salt and coconut oil and use that on my face. You can use ground oatmeal as well, which is really soothing and moisturizing. I use Booda Butter as a moisturizer and find it really helps seal in moisture. I try to put it on right after a shower to lock the moisture into my skin.

I am having a hard time with this too. Even my expensive body butters and lotions aren't helping much. I'm thinking of trying coconut oil.

@MaryM: I might skip the bodywash if your skin is really dry. I only soap up my armpits and groin (sorry for the tmi, and hope your dreams are safe...) when I shower, and use a mild babywash I use on the girls.

Second what @Mrs. Twine: says about body wash. My DH has terrible eczema (currently well controlled) and his routine is to lather himself up with cheap aqueous cream before getting into the shower, wash armpits/groin with very mild wash and then slather on a very good quality emollient afterwards.

@MaryM: oh no, and it still isn't working? You could try bath oil for eczema and use that to wash with in the shower. DH had success with that too but I stopped it after his skin settled down because he never bothered rinsing the shower after! I don't know what brands you have but we used this one:
http://www.boots.com/en/Eucerin-AtoControl-Bath-Shower-Oil-400ml_1400883/

@MaryM: we are too, I literally use 5 products including shampoo and conditioner (actually think my skin is better for it and I do get a lot of compliments on it) but DH's eczema after his Dad died got so bad something just had to be done so we experimented. At one point his whole back was an open sore, it was horrible to watch him suffer.

My hubs has always had super dry skin and has gone through a number of routines in the 7 years we've been together. Recently his last routine stopped working and he was in such agony! He switched to aveeno lotions and it has been loads better! I think making sure there are no parabens may have made the difference? It's so hard and frustrating! Hope you find something that works soon!

Baby oil helps me when my skin is really dry