Please recommend cream for dried skin (atopic dermatits)

Hi

I have dried skin the whole body due to Atopic Dermatitis.

Right now I use a cream from Bath and Body Works but it's about to run out now.

I see Aveeno, Lubriderm and Jergens every time I do grocery shopping.

Are those brands good?
Can you recommend cream that suitable for atopic-dermatitis-induced dried skin?

[ohcalcutagirl]

hi, u don't need any of those and u could make something better for a fraction of the cost
the reason is no such cream will fix it.
better would be a prescription for a steroid cream like triamcinolone acetonide or u can find online w/o prescription, but don't use large amount (over 2 g daily)
probiotics from a vitamin store may help or fix; buy enough to take 100 billion cultures daily for 1 mo, then 50 bil for 1 mo, then stay at 25 billion culture counts daily

u did not give age, height, weight, male or female, general health conditions

good luck

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Understand your predicament. Treatment for atopic dermatitis is with cortisone based creams and moisturizers. You should take a short bath or shower (no more than 10 minutes) only once in a 24 hour period. For adults, showers are generally better than baths. While longer baths or showers, especially in hot water, can be quite relaxing, they will also increase the loss of natural oils from the skin and worsen skin dryness. Always wear gloves for washing and while going outside, as cold increases drying. Don't wash your hands any more than necessary and use very mild soaps. Apply constantly plenty of good moisturizing creams and alternate with steroid creams. Use a humidifier in the rooms to avoid dryness.

The moisturizers need not be the expensive ones; even vegetable shortening is good enough, only it needs to be applied adequately and at frequent intervals.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.