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How to stop itching in legs and ankles when bathing?

When i get ready to have a bath, as soon as i take my socks off after a day at work ,and get in the water , my legs and specially my ankles start to itch scratching is OK for a bit , but not a really good idea . which products should i avoid , IE-soap i tend to use baby bath and other baby wash ,but a nurse old me some of these are worse than adult wash products. I am male in my 40s .thanks

Update:

i spelt a couple of words wrong ?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Get yourself a rough flannel, a loofah or even better a pair of those bath gloves, soap them up and give yourself a good ol' body scrub!

    It'll get rid of all the old dead skin cells off your body (which makes the new skin underneath itch to get out), it'll sooth the itchiness without digging too deep into your skin (like fingernails) and you'll feel spit-spot brand new when you get out.

    If your skin feels a bit tight when you're dried off, love yourself all over with some moisturiser, or body butter, or Johnson's baby lotion.... whatever you like.

  • Erika
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    attempt commencing out with some benadryill- (cream or pill) if that would not artwork - very heat water will kill (I recommend friggen warm) the histamines ( the area of you immune gadget that is mad)adequate for a quick time- then that is going to come lower back, yet whilst he needs greater advantageous alleviation- the checklist can Rx some predizone- that is crappy steroid, whether it works. (it will make him irrate as h ell.) yet what ever, i comprehend it sucks, yet basically make confident that each and every thing that have been given the oils of that dastardly plant has been washed- mattress sheets, each and every thing. the rationalization that oatmeal works is it extremely is will "suck" the posion out the injuries-help dry it up. it extremely is an extremely painstaking technique- and messy too.

  • 1 decade ago

    before you put on your socks, cream your feet and legs.

  • grant
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    dont scratch?

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