The coal tar treatment thread

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On the subject of coal tar… I’m assuming most of you have experienced the lotion but have any of you added a coal tar solution to a bath? I have inverse psoriasis on my whole undercarriage and I’m wondering if coal tar is safe and effective for that. 

Also, which solution to use. I bought a bottle of coal tar but I think I’m supposed to mix it with alcohol or something and only use a percentage but I don’t know what that formula is so I haven’t used it.  Has anyone made their own solution and if so, what’s the recipe?

I tried it once.. I think I found it stung my sore skin and took ages to clean the bath after (shared house as well at the time) so I never did it again.
Something that has helped me on sensitive areas is sudocrem (the sort in a pot for babies nappy changes!) or any similar cream with lots of zinc oxide.
Good luck with the tar bath, I do hope it helps you.

Edit to add - sometimes it’s water itself that makes you more sore, but not being clean also affects it, so occasionally cleansing just with your usual moisturiser or emollient instead can give sore skin a break from water.