Dry, Flaky, Nose
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enjoys freebies · Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:52 am Quote

I use sunscreen on it but the ONLY place I have dry flaky, red skin skin is on my nose. I have tried not using my Proheal and hydra cool on it and I wash it with Cetaphil and DR H CC. I have tried emu oil, jojoba oil, lotions, vaseline and a prescription cortisone cream my derm said to use on it. Still there and peeling. Any other ideas?

Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:01 am Quote

AnnieR wrote:

I use sunscreen on it but the ONLY place I have dry flaky, red skin skin is on my nose. I have tried not using my Proheal and hydra cool on it and I wash it with Cetaphil and DR H CC. I have tried emu oil, jojoba oil, lotions, vaseline and a prescription cortisone cream my derm said to use on it. Still there and peeling. Any other ideas?

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enjoys freebies · Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:11 am Quote

Hi Annie,

That is a problem I tend to experience with my nose.. only it is always red. Laughing

But seriously, I have the flaky skin all over my nose like it is dry but it actually is oily. A beautician told me once that it was because the cream I was using was suffocating my skin and when the skin cannot breathe it can have this dry/flaky/oily reaction.

She had me buy a couple of Thalgo delicate skin products (which is what they sold) and they worked quite well (calmed my skin down and not a heavy cream). I only gave them up because the fragrance seemed a bit too much for me. The products were Pure Delicacy Milk Cleanser (this really was a nice product).. the moisturiser was creme delicate (sensitive day cream)but I cannot find it here on EDS.

The only other thing that worked for me long term (and over different seasons) has been Epidermx (twice a week on my nose area) and the Epiderm Dermabutter. I stopped using Epiderm products about a month ago (after a year I was bored and started trying other stuff I had here) and my skin is TERRIBLE. Seriously, it is the worst it has been in about 18 months and I have just gone back to my old routine since yesterday.

enjoys freebies · Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:48 pm Quote

So the exfoliation didn't make it worse, just helped remove the dead skin. Thanks, I will have to try both the Epidermx and Thalgo.

enjoys freebies · Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:56 pm Quote

glad that bit helped at least! Good luck with the other products! Try and get some samples. EDS might be able to help you out with the Thalgo ones and I think there are sample pots of Epidermx sold by Epiderm on Ebay. I dont think they do Dermabutter samples but that stuff is so nice I doubt you would be disappointed with a full jar even.

enjoys freebies · Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:12 am Quote

Sorry, I really don’t know what to tell you. I get red flaky patches around my nostril area that is caused either by excessive snoot-blowing during our lovely Cedar Fever season – thank God for those “Puffs Plus” and “Kleenex with Lotion” tissues! – or else it happens because I used too strong of a product on that area and caused it to react – it’s really the only place on my face that shows any sensitivity to too harsh exfoliants or peels. But the thing that always clears it right up for me in a couple of days is applying a bit of (non-Rx) hydrocortisone cream to the area twice daily....

This probably falls under the category of “TMI,” but I’ve already confessed this on the forum so it’s not like it’s a secret: I suffer from EXTREMELY dry skin on my lower legs to the point where I get these small, red, scaly patches that look almost like ringworm or dermatitus. In fact, just this past weekend I had one that was worse than usual and decided to try a bit of pure lanolin on it and as of this morning, the spot has almost completely healed so that the area returned to looking like “normal skin.” I wonder if a bit of lanolin would help you? Pure lanolin (with no other ingredients) is a bit hard to find at local stores, but I have a huge jar of 100% pure lanolin that ordered recently so if you PM me with your mailing address, I’ll “decent” a little bit of it and put it in a small jar and mail it to you.

enjoys freebies · Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:05 am Quote

That would be a huge help. You and I are in the same area so it could be allergic reation. My son in college still gets those patches during cedar fever, almost like a ringworm and the doc gives him a meth-pak (cortisone/prednisone combo w/ something else?)
to take orally for the croup cough and skin reaction and it does help. Thanks again.

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