My stomach skin won't quit itching!

I'm using a pregnancy balm on my stomach.  It comes in a stick form and has lanolin and honey and all sorts of other soothing ingredients that won't wash right off.  Before surgery, I hated anything on my skin like lotion or oil, but now I have to use such things or all my skin would flake right off.  I got mine at a natural food store and they make it for pregnancy but since it said it was to relieve itching from stretched skin, help with stretch marks, and help skin keep it's shape, it sounded like something I could use too!  So far, it's been much more helpful than the lotion and my skin isn't great, but it's not as bad as it could be and the balm really has helped with dry skin and incision healing and itching.