How do you look so good?

I too had painful cracks on my heels when I was a plumper lady. They still have rough spots and I am too lazy to get them all soft and lovely....they are better than they used to be. I use bath and body lotion every morning after my shower and the store brand oil of olay on my face. I should do a better routine and pamper myself a bit more...but I don't.
Oh,oh Jeannie. Am I about to add yet another thing to my i-pod, bean and hamhocks bucket list?

Girl, get after those feet.  One of the things I learned a long time ago, pamper yourself because ain't no one else gonna do it.  Yeah, get those feet tender and pretty.  Start slowly and build into a routine you can live with.  I am  a firm believer in hydrated from the inside and the outside.  So, lotions, and oils, and butters are used a plenty in my house. Lately, I've been making hubby put the bath and body butter on my back and let me tell you, even though he isn't what I'd call really good at back rubs, by using butter, he has to work harder to get it rubbed in and my back feels all nice. 

I think when I was super morbidly obese, I let myself go out of necessity.  I couldn't reach my feet to tie my shoes let alone put lotion or file or cut nails.  When I did cut them, it was so hard.  I did good to shower and dry myself off so all of that girly stuff just got left out of my routine.  Not anymore.  I am one of the most product centered people in the world. LOL.  I even have a mini product bag that has all of my lotions in sample size for me to use at school.  Oh, and the lip gloss, so has to be really really good. LOL That is another topic for another day.

Oh! Oh! Another trick a hair dresser taught me!

She used Nioxin, but wow, I think it's kinda spendy for this. I use "hotel" or very cheap conditioners. Conditioner to shave legs! Not on my feet or I can never stand again!

Great topic Jeannie!

I started getting pedicures when I had my knee replacements. Being so heavy I couldn't cut my nails evenly. And I was soon addicted. I now get one once a month. I too am very ticklish but I get through it because of the other benefits. Massage chair, leg and foot massages, lotions rubbed in and People magazine to read! 

Years ago I found Vaseline Instensive Care CREAM. It worked great overnight on those calloused feet. No longer can find that product. I'll rub just about anything on my dry feet. Love how during the pedicure they really rub and massage the lotion in. I'm a big body butter fan. I love the exfoliating salts also. The bottom of the shower is a mess when I finish!

One pedicurist I had used a very sharp blade to remove the callouses. Man oh man did that take care of them and quick. I'd be afraid to use it myself but she did a great job. She was too pricey for me and the current shop just uses the filing method. As long as I stay up with that with the lotions and the filing at home they are in good shape.

Showering, lotioning, just trying to get clean were so difficult pre WLS weren't they? I absolutely had to have a hand held shower. With my huge stomach I could not cleanse my private areas. I still like to rinse with the hand held one but it is no longer a necessity.

I actually like my feet. Even at my heaviest my feet were nice. Slender, nice toes. I could always buy shoes. . .

I'll have to try that Pediegg. I no longer have much hair on my legs. What there is is blond (or perhaps grey?) Very little on my arms. But my upper lip, chin, and a few stragglers on my neck. Oh Lordy!  Matter of fact, I'm heading to the shower for some pampering right now!

Karen, I'm with you on the what a difference a hundred pounds makes in the cleaning of the body.  I still like the hand held too but don't really need it.  It amazes me at how much I enjoy all these feminine things that pre-wls were not really on the table.  I also like lace.  Go figure. LOL

Jeannie, At 377 lbs I sure didn't feel very "girly." Forget makeup. I sweated so much even in the winter it just ran off my face or pooled under my eyes. Clothes were anything that fit. No choice of color, style or fabric. Who picks those huge flowered prints for large people anyway? Hairstyles that I saw in a book or magazine sure didn't look anything like the picture on me!

Not only did we have to pay a small fortune for those large tops and dresses, but they were made of thin material and had loud colors and big flowers.  OMG.  I used to just die when I had to bo buy new clothes. I swore, once I lost weight that I'd never buy purple again.  Guess what I bought the other day?  Yep,  a purple shirt.  LOL

yep.......i find they are a great replacement for emotional eating!!!

You know Jeanne it's a great topic and just recently, my manicurist, who I have going to for 5 years was saying how much better my feet have gotten, which I attribute it to the fact that there is so much less pressure on them, due to the almost 100 lbs. less of me there is; she used to have to shave the caluses off, now I simply use one of those scrubby things they use in the salon 2x a week, plus a good lotion and she no longer has to use the shaver on my feet, and the heels of my feet no longer have cracks in them either.  

As for the rest of my skin, I have used oil of olay, age dfyeing face wash and regenerist products on my face for the past 5 years, have always used body lotion right out of the shower, while the skin is still damp and never use anything but a lotion based soap in the shower and am always complimented on what great skin I have.  I do think by viture of the way I eat, the vitamins and water I drink, my skin has further improved as a result of WLS, though I must admit, heredity does play a part in some of it, as my mother had wonderful skin up until the last year and a half of her life when her health stuff caught up with her.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Laureen

I agree that taking care of our skin and genetics makes for aging graceful much more graceful. LOL.  I also think that just taking care of ourselves with water and vitamins and good moisturizers helps too.  My mother, if my memory is correct, had excellent skin and mine isn't that bad.  I am wrinkled more from weightloss than anything else.  My friends who are my age are always complimenting me on how better I look than they; however, they all smoke, so that may be the reason.