I have always had dry skin, there is eczema and asthma in the family. I use cetraben emolliant cream.
Recently my back has become quite scaley and the skin is a bit sort of broken, in lines at times, until it heals again. It does get itchy and a bit sore.
Sorry, not the best explanation!!
Initially just thought it was probably a bit of eczema, but it has just come to mind that it could be drug related and wondered if anyone else has had skin problems with drugs.
Have not seen anyone about it, as the skin seems to heal again on its own, but then in a few days its back again.
Any ideas? Zena x

Thanks Naomi, glad to see I'm not the only one to experience this.
Its hard to believe that ra can affect so much 0f our body!!
Zena x

sorry just caught up, i have the skin thing also, i tend to be carefull of soaps as it dries up my skin,i always have a liquid soap with moisturiser in it,i find the palmolive best for me,my gp told me that washing alot or bath/showers takes the oils out of the skin and can make it go thin,i must admit i did cut down and seems better for me,i do notice changes if i have been in any kind of soapy or otherwise water,good luck,dorothy

Hi everyone
I have excema.....have a large pump container on prescription called diprobase (soaks in fantastic). When I had baths I used to have aquabase on prescription to slap on in the bath....you can buy it in chemists now, I don't use it because I don't bath anymore (shower)!
Recently I had bad itchy legs scale like flaking and slapped on the diprobase, it cleared up but the skin was slightly marked from my scratching the itchy areas - all ok at the month. Just cracked hands & fingers (slap lots on hands when bed and marrigolds on top) my rubber gloves on washing up with the cream is like a pamper session for my hands! When they crack they bleed

I do have something cringing going on on my right foot fungal infection my my nails, spent lots of money to get scholl anti fungal infection. After showering I "paint my nails" who cares if I over do and paint my toes as well!!!!

Ohhh my tip after bath/showering is avon so soft oil spray - doesn't annoy the skin and people from work say its an anti mozzie spray as well!!!

i have diprobase and aqua they both double up as soap and men can shave with them too,i had 2 biops done was told it was exzema but i am not convinced,the doc that done them as per wasnt listening to me and wrote down what she thought not what i said but good you sorted now,put hands and feet in freezer bags after creaming saves getting it all over the place,this is how i rest as cant do anything for an hr,dorothy

I used to have normal-oily skin before ra. Mind you I was only 20! There are some benefits ;)

I've got shed loads of Nivea soft on
Plus some body shop stuff
It's not as good but smells nice

hi everyone, i ment to say in post about dry skin, i buy sentitive gloves for washing up in boots as they are just for sensitive skin they are a bid dearer but work for me, also use white cotton gloves from boots for bedtime when i put cream on hope this helps xxx