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I was ordered to wear these horrible things for 6 weeks. Only allowed to take them off one hour a day so the skin wouldn't "degrade". Well, once I stopped wearing them my skin started falling off, peeling and wrinkled. I put lotion on, even Vasoline but nothing works. I guess I just need to scrub the skin harder but I hesitate to get rough with it. Did anyone have trouble with their skin after weeks in compression stockings?
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linnet2015 luvinlex
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I had problems with the skin on my legs from wearing the dreaded TEDs. I have dry skin any way and usually use lots of cream after baths/showers but was told I shouldnt use it while wearing TEDs. So when I finally stopped wearing them my skin was really dry. I used a lot of aquaeous cream which is very pure with no perfume which really helped.
I would be gentle with your skin, no scrubbing (!) and it should soon get better.
Linnet x
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the ingredients of E45 cream are:
Ingredients:
E45 Cream is a White Cream containing White Soft Paraffin 14.5% w/w, Light Liquid Paraffin 12.6% w/w and Anhydrous Lanolin (Medilan®) 1% w/w as active ingredients and also Glyceryl Monostearate, Cetyl Alcohol, Sodium Cetostearyl Sulphate, Carbomer, Methyl Hydroxybenzoate, Propyl Hydroxybenzoate, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid Monohydrate, Purified Water
Aquaeous cream is based on similar main ingredients. - Emulsifying wax, Liquid paraffin, White petrolleum jelly, Phenoxyethanol, Water purified
Hope this helps a bit? If not hopefully you will hear from hippies based in the US.
Linnet x
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Hailea luvinlex
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dont get me started on those things. Were you not provided with more than one pair? Did you not wash them ? Between wearing them?
i had dry flakey skin after wearing mine. It takes time and a lot of moisturiser to mend your skin after wearing those awuful things. Get moisturising shower gel put your legs in a bowl of warm water and a ruff flannel wash your legs with that every day to remove the flakey skin it will come right. Just make sure you get ALL the soap off and dry very part of your skin.
luvinlex Hailea
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Graham
Rocketman_SG6UK luvinlex
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I didn't get any problems with skin, just kept changing them (you need 2 pairs) and moisturising the skin with aqueous cream (like E45) after a shower.
Wrinkly skin suggests the skin was getting or staying wet. I think I'd be wary of scrubbing your legs too hard.
Graham - 🚀💃
Kate53CornUK luvinlex
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I didn't have to wear the Ted's but my skin got very dry around the scar and was rough and flakey. I used coconut oil but I don't think it really matters what you use.
I have looked back at the day book I kept knowing that I was having a second hip done and I wrote that my skin was itching like I had ants under it. I wrote that I had asked on the forum and had 34 pieces of advice!!
My second is on the 12th Feb and am so pleased that you lot are here.
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