Best Way To Soften And Remove Thick Hard Dead Skin?

[Spot On]

In the last year my ps has developed much thicker dead skin over the plaques. Or maybe the dead skin is the plaque... Either way, I am looking for a good way to remove the dead skin. I have a home UVB unit, and the light is useless as it won't penetrate through the dead skin. I have been using lanolin in a tube for nursing mothers. It helps but really doesn't do the job. I also use argon oil to moisturize my face and my hands. Real genuine argon oil is expensive so I cannot use it all over, plus it really won't remove the dead skin.

Is there anything that dissolves the dead skin?

What do you use?

Thanks

[Fred]

As you have posted this in Natural I take it you don't want to use a topical ? But something like a short dose of Dovonex could help get rid of the plaques.

But if you want to stick to natural how about:

#1 Coconut Oil

#2 Epsom salt

#3 50/50 mix of Olive and Peanut oil

#4 Vaseline

Hopefully others will have some natural recommendations for you, but it's difficult going that way in my opinion.

[Spot On]

As you have posted this in Natural I take it you don't want to use a topical ? But something like a short dose of Dovonex could help get rid of the plaques.

But if you want to stick to natural how about:

#1 Coconut Oil

#2 Epsom salt

#3 50/50 mix of Olive and Peanut oil

#4 Vaseline

Hopefully others will have some natural recommendations for you, but it's difficult going that way in my opinion.

Hi Fred. Sometimes with the lanolin the skin peels off. I was hoping for that but better.

[Bill]

You could crush up some aspirin and mix it with petroleum jelly (1-2% by weight). I think that salicylic acid is the skin softening agent in many commercial products.

[Spot On]

You could crush up some aspirin and mix it with petroleum jelly (1-2% by weight). I think that salicylic acid is the skin softening agent in many commercial products.

Thanks. Maybe aloe vera jell would be healthier than petrolium jelly...

[Bill]

As long as it combines well I guess. Have a look at the commercial formulations as this would indicate what works.

[Maryam]

Urea also seems to help with scaling and is easy to get. There are a lot of body lotions and creams with urea. It is also a great moisturizer.

[Turnedlight]

Maybe soaking for a long time, then gently rubbing it away. Also that branded heel balm is good for softening up hard skin on feet so potentially it could work? I think it contains urea, maybe that's the softening agent?

[Fred]

I forgot to mention Wheat Starch. The gave me baths with loads of that in once, it made this skin very soft and helped remove the flakes.