Okay, this is slightly embarrassing, but I haven't found an answer yet myself, so I thought I'd ask all of my fellow DSNWs out there for their expertise.
I have been doing the Skin Type Solution regimen for about a month now, and my face looks fantastic. I used to have dry, flaky, dull looking skin that broke out periodically. Everything I used would overdry my skin and put me right back into the same cycle - breakout, wash, dry out, flake, moisturize, breakout. Lately I've been washing with CeraVe and moisturizing during the day with Purpose Dual Moisture and at night with Eucerin Q10 Anti-Wrinkle Sensitive. I love all three products. Now there are hardly any breakouts, and my skin looks smooth and bright - no more flaky dull skin.
Unfortunately, the same can't be said for my rear-end. This is the embarrassing part. :-[ The skin on my butt seems to be extremely sensitive, and breaks out with any chaffing, moisture, or when it gets too dry. Actually those are only speculations. It seems as though those are the causes, but when I try to put things on my skin to help these conditions, that also seems to cause a breakout, so I don't know what it is.
Over the years I've actually stopped wearing underwear because I would get huge cysts on my rear from the chaffing of the leg bands, or my skin seemed to break out from the trapping of moisture. I know this is TMI - but I thought it might help if people knew what I'm dealing with.
With the success of this new regimen for my face, I thought I'd try washing my bottom skin with the CeraVe and actually moisturizing it as well, but that doesn't seem to have made a difference. It's not making it worse, but it's not making it better, either. I have tried putting benzoyl peroxide and salycitic acid products on there before, but that dries out the skin and then I end up breaking out again.
I would love any suggestions or advice or even to hear that other people struggle with this.
Thanks in advace for your help!
Marie