Body washes?

[Danestress]

I need a really good cleaning body wash for dirty boys with sensitive skin. One boy had mild eczema. The other had a really bad case of Keratosis pilaris. I tend to want to give them very strong soaps. Mr. eczema plays tennis every day on clay courts. Between the clay and the sun screen and sweat, he's a pretty dirty kid by the end of the day. His brother is a swimmer so I guess he's getting a fair amount of chlorine in that water. The both bath daily, of course. But because of these skin problems, I need to move to something very mild and gentle .... but still effective.

 

Anyone have a recommendation? I would say they both tend to toward dry skin. I have been using CeraVe myelf, but I think it's probably not an effective enough cleaner for the truly dirty!

[angela in ohio]

Have you tried homemade soap? We make scent-free, dye-free soap, and it works wonders on eczema and severely dry skin. If you don't want to make it yourself, I know you can get it online. There is someone on the boards who sells it, too, I think.

[Snickerdoodle]

Mine use Dove for sensitive skin with good results. Mine are little still (not pubescent kind of smelly, but mud rolling kind of dirty) and I think it works well. I'm more interested in keeping eczema at bay than I am in scouring the skin.

[Susie in SWVA]

Check out the Derma E products. They are all natural. I have very sensitive skin and eczema and I love them. Very soothing and healing.

 

Susie in SWVA

 

I get mine from Amazon. A lot cheaper!

[KatieJ]

My hubby was burned years ago and the Dr's told him to use Dove or Basis bar soap.

My grandson has severe food allergies that show up as ezcema. My DD uses Aveeno products or none at all. They prefer to just sit and soak and let the water do it's job all by itself. The more he soaks, the better his ezcema gets. I do know that is a controversial attitude, but it works for them.

[Chris in VA]

Dove family here. The bar is easier to rinse off. Dr recommended for acne skin, which is ultra sensitive.

Cetaphil is good for the skin, too, but too costly for a shower/body soap. Neutragena is good, but the bar soap disintegrates very fast, and it smells like my orthodontist--<shudder>:D

[sparrow]

We use Dove. I tried Basis years ago and found it too drying. Everyone in our family can use Dove and there are varying levels of skin sensitivity here.

 

Besides, both my mother and grandmother use/used it and both have/had positively luminous skin in their older years :001_smile:.

[Ellie]

Amway's LOC would work well. I'm sure Shaklee's Basic H would, too.

 

Mr. Ellie cannot use Dove or any other store-bought soap (even though Dove says it isn't soap, lol). He can use LOC and Amway's bath soap, but that's it.