In your spare time (ha!) you might want to consider seeing a dermatologist for a skin allergy workup. You might remember me complaining about the three days of having my back all taped up, but it was entirely worth the couple days' discomfort to get some real answers about what does and doesn't irritate my skin.
The allergist/dermatologist I saw had nothing good to say about any Burt's Bees products :-/ The Mayo Clinic recommends Lubriderm Fragrance Free as a good basic hypoallergenic moisturizer and products by CeraVe for cleansers and cream-type moisturizers. Also Cetaphil. Those are both available at most drugstores or supermarkets.
The bad news on sunscreens is that there's pretty much nothing but straight zinc in a tube that is good for people with skin allergies, and that's not a terribly great solution. For non-sweaty weather, I use Bare Minerals Skin Veil powder with spf25, and that works pretty well. I have yet to find a waterproof lotion sunscreen that I don't react to at least a little, but I figure some itching and bumpy skin now is better than skin cancer later. I think I've been using a Kiss My Face product, but it's been so long since I've used it that I don't remember.
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Date: 2013-01-24 03:09 pm (UTC)The allergist/dermatologist I saw had nothing good to say about any Burt's Bees products :-/ The Mayo Clinic recommends Lubriderm Fragrance Free as a good basic hypoallergenic moisturizer and products by CeraVe for cleansers and cream-type moisturizers. Also Cetaphil. Those are both available at most drugstores or supermarkets.
The bad news on sunscreens is that there's pretty much nothing but straight zinc in a tube that is good for people with skin allergies, and that's not a terribly great solution. For non-sweaty weather, I use Bare Minerals Skin Veil powder with spf25, and that works pretty well. I have yet to find a waterproof lotion sunscreen that I don't react to at least a little, but I figure some itching and bumpy skin now is better than skin cancer later. I think I've been using a Kiss My Face product, but it's been so long since I've used it that I don't remember.