Best way to exfoliate?

As I grow older my skin is getting progessively drier each winter. This past weekend I was prescibed some vicodin which made my skin itch. I scratched and rubbed it more than I should have and my skin became irritated and drier than usual. Now I have a ton little dried flakes of skin around my mouth, nose, etc. I'm not sure what the best way to get rid of the dried skin is. My girlfriend recommends an exfoliating brush. What about a facial scrub with the sand like substance in it? Anyone have any experience?

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Hydrochloric acid.

Thanks, I was thinking of using brillo pads like the schizophrenic guy in Clean, Shaven

superglue and a toothbrush

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Agreed.

This is also very wonderful for the same reasons. As a very sickly (read: allergic to everything) person, I can tell you it's the only lotion that helped me with the same problem you're having.

I don't know about the exfoliating, but I would recommend that you consider switching painkillers if you keep having the same problem. I had the same issue when I took vicodin/hydrocodone . . . made me itch like crazy. Turns out I have a slight allergy. My doc switched me to something else, and I was high as a kite and itch-free in no time.

Agent Orange?

It's amazing what shaving in the shower using a little bit o' this will do for the skin. Then throw on a little bit of this after.

But for a cleansing? A little of this or a bit of that certainly won't hurt any.

Here's the Kiehl's selection for very dry skin. Their stuff is expensive, but it works like gold.

[Edited on Dec 14, 2004 by Lemonkid]

Lava Bar Soap. That's working man's exfoliation...