<p>I have been really suffering this winter, and my Gold Bond Original lotion is not keeping up with the dry skin, believe it or not. I am looking for a replacement. I want something that is fragrance free. I get headaches from perfumes, but not the Gold Bond medicinal old lady smell! Also, I want something easily purchased at the local drug store. At this point, money is not an issue. HELP–especially those of you in the coldest part of the USA! Here in NJ, it’s a difficult winter for me. Thanks for any ideas.</p>
<p>Have you tried the Gold Bond Ultimate Healing. I have heard great things about Eucerin (spelling?) I love Lubriderm.</p>
<p>I go to Bath and Body Works at the mall and get “Shea It isn’t So” or something like that …nothing but pure shea butter. Warm it up and apply after bathing. Sometimes I just add hot water to it to melt and then rub that on.</p>
<p>Shikai Borage Dry Skin Therapy. Fragrance free. All natural ingredients…none of those nasty chemicals. Works great. I get in online from Vitacost.</p>
<p>I’ve used Lubriderm for 30 years. Works great for me.</p>
<p>Make sure that when you put it on the backs of your hands, that they are a little bit damp. The lanolin in the lotion somehow traps the moisture, and it works better than if your hands were completely dry.</p>
<p>At night, I dampen my face, then apply a ton of Lubriderm. It gets absorbed in about 10 minutes. I probably look like the old ladies of yore who would cover their face with cold cream!!</p>
<p>I swear by Cetaphil lotion. I even use it on my face. Lightweight but works better than heavier creams.</p>
<p>Eucerin is good. Origins and Kiehl’s both make outstanding body lotions.</p>
<p>I live in New England, and have very sensitive, delicate skin. My routine: when still damp from the shower I apply Neutrogena body oil (unscented, sesame based) on the really dry areas - feet, knees, elbows. Then I follow up with Aveeno body lotion everywhere and on top of the oil. I also find that doing a body exfoliation once or twice a week really helps because it gets rid of that dead skin layer so that the moisturizer can penetrate better.</p>
<p>I’ve used all of the others mentioned; Cetaphil, Lubriderm, Eucerin, and I’ve found that the Aveeno products are far superior. There are several formulations - extra healing, etc., but all are fragrance free and made with colloidal oatmeal. I use the skin relief moisturizing lotion.</p>
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<p>I use Nivea, the most recent one in the light blue package…and I also use the Bert’s Bees coconut foot cream as my stand-bys but sometimes I do like to change it up. The Bliss Body Lotion is quite good… as is regular vitamin e cream and Neutrogena.</p>
<p>I highly recommend Kiehl’s Creme de Corps. Not cheap, but you don’t have to slather it on, and it really works.</p>
<p>I am a regular user of Eucerin, and it is good. However, this winter is killing the skin on my legs and arms. After reading yet another newspaper doctor column claiming that plain old petroleum jelly (Vaseline) works as well as anything else, I gave it a try. I started with the creamy Vaseline, and it absorbs somewhat slowly but got rid of the itchy skin. Now I have switched, for the moment, to the greasy old-fashioned ointment. If you don’t mind slippery legs and arms, I actually recommend it. So far, anyway.</p>
<p>EDIT: Do not put this stuff on your face. You couldn’t pay me to put it on my face.</p>
<p>I love baby oil after a shower. It is greasy though so be careful as to what your skin touches after applying. </p>
<p>I love aquaphor too, and for my hands I love Honey and Gapeseed Oil Hand Creme.</p>
<p>Like midmo, I use petroleum jelly too. Twice a winter, or so, I’ll put some on my feet at bedtime, and put old socks on. I wake up to decades younger looking skin the next morning!</p>
<p>Try Aquafor after bathing. It’s very thick like Vaseline. My D uses it for her really dry skin.</p>
<p>I use Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion after a shower. I have suffered from horrible dry skin in past winters, but this year I started using it as soon as winter arrived and for the first time in years I don’t have scaly, flakey legs.</p>
<p>Vanicream is the best for sensitive skin. It has no perfumes and such in it and you can use it on your face.</p>
<p>I have been using Lubriderm (fragrance free) for years, and find it very effective. I have recently purchased Curel Lotion when it was on sale, and am pleasantly surprised with the result. They have a fragrance free one and the “intensive” one does not have fragrance but has citrus (orange) peel oil smell, quite refreshing. I am allergic to perfume and floral scent, but not fruits. </p>
<p>Both Lubriderm and Curel are inexpensive, give them a try!</p>
<p>AVEENO ftw!</p>
<p>I use Curel, simply because I like the way the original formula smells. The key for me in getting rid of what used to be terribly itchy, dry skin was putting a humidifier on our heating system.</p>
<p>Another vote for Vaseline. The formula is now called Intensive Rescue and is hypoallergenic and fragrance free. You can use it on your face. I use it after shaving and it doesn’t burn and keeps my face from chapping in the winter.</p>