Have any of you post op had problems with itching skin?.

In areas like on my hands in my nuckles it is so dry and itches so bad.....Even my head is itching....I know our skin changes after surgery and thought maybe it is due to loss of water in our skin.....I have never had dry skin that itched like this before......Also in the fold of my skin(under tummy and in creases of legs), like where I have lost weight gets real irritated when I am hot and when I try to get it cleared up and it starts to dry up it itches like CRAZY.....Sorry to shout put I believe this itching is worse than the pain I had from actual surgery....I have a call in to my PCP doctor now so maybe he can suggest something...Everytime i call my surgeons office about something they just really don't know so I'm like most of you....My surgeon is just that "a surgeon"....but a good one. Please let me know if you have had this problem and any step you took to make it better.....I have tried lotion but to no avail....and the baths. Thanks for any suggestions!!!! Oh I am down to 211 and only 12 pounds behind schedule as far as the BMI page says......YEEHAW!!!!

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