Nice work. Further to this, I have noticed being prone to skin peeling, bumps, rashes, infections and other ailments, such as tinea, on my feet and hands, on and off for many years / decades. Always annoying but not so annoying that I would do anything other than buy another tube of anti tinea cream, which would temporarily work when I remembered to apply it. Then I would forget and it would come back - worse in winter than summer. I thought that was just spending time at the beach in the sun / sand to dry my feet etc out but now I know better - it was actually the greater presence of natural oils in the heat.
Then my wife went through chemotherapy and started having similar issues but an order of magnitude worse - her natural defences were cactus and to some extent the changes are permanent. Dermatologist said it's the result of the lowering of those natural defences, combined with being exposed to harsh soaps removing too much of the natural oils that are left - better to use syndets (synthetic detergents) ie skin care body washes (eg dove / qv etc) instead and barriers for anything harsh - eg she now has to always use rubber gloves for the dishes or she will break out real quick. Worked for her ever since, so I tried using the same stuff and voila - no more issues. Natural oil defences are back and I'm now far less prone to skin infections / rashes etc. Feet and hands all healed up by themselves without anymore cream, over a matter of a few months.
Taking the same approach now is why I like the approach of using the Dove soap with shea butter to shave with - syndets like this seem to be far less harsh than normal soap in the first place. You can add stuff to soap to compensate for what it takes away or you can just use a product that doesn't strip away as much in the first place. I prefer the latter. Once I've worked my way through the remainder of my soap stash, this is the way I will be going. I'm too cheap to chuck it and the variety is nice for now... my facial issues aren't as bad, although there is still the occasional flare up on the face, which is annoying... if it happens again I will PIF them all and just use the syndets.
. Alternatively, I may have to locate a GP who will prescribe anti-biotics.
