Nothing-to-Hide Sweat-Clearing Skin Routine

Long sleeves in the gym all year round for as long as I can remember, even in summer. Didn’t want anyone seeing my arms and chest. Rough, flaky, scratched to bits. 5 weeks of the routine and the skin is smooth and the marks have mostly gone. Took this picture because it’s genuinely the first time I’ve felt fine training in a vest.

Football is the one thing I won’t give up, but my legs were paying for it. Behind the knees went raw every single game, and I’d be clawing at them in the car on the way home. I do the gel before, wipe straight after, then the cream once I’m home. Three weeks in and the itch after games is basically gone. The lads have stopped asking what’s wrong with my legs too 😂

I’m 52 and I honestly can’t remember the last time I wore shorts outside my own garden. Started walking and cycling again after my knee op and my shins flared up like I was a teenager again. Didn’t expect much at my age. Six weeks on, the scaly patches have calmed right down, and in Portugal last month I wore shorts every day. My wife noticed before I did.

GP gives me a tube, it clears for a week, it comes back worse, back to the GP. Did that for about 8 years. Nobody ever asked me what I was doing when it flared, and it was always after the gym. This is the first thing that actually deals with the sweat sitting on my skin. I still keep my prescription in the drawer but I’ve barely needed it this month.

Split up last year and decided to sort myself out properly, gym 5 days a week. Problem was the more I trained the worse my arms and chest got. Felt like my body was punishing me for trying. I was dreading dating again with my arms looking like that. Month in, skin is smooth enough that I don’t think about it anymore. Small thing but it’s given me a bit of confidence back.

My neck and jawline flare after every session and I’d been wearing a hoodie up everywhere for months, even indoors. The itch calmed down within the first week, which honestly shocked me. The redness is fading slower but it’s way better than it was. Taking one star off only because I wish I’d found it two years ago.

This is embarrassing to write, but I used to scratch in my sleep so badly there’d be marks on the bedsheets, and my girlfriend would wake up because of it. Since I started wiping the sweat off straight after the gym and using the cream, I’m actually sleeping through. She said last week she’d forgotten I even had a problem with my skin. That meant a lot tbh.

I’m not exaggerating. Prescription stuff, Korean brands, the fancy oat ones, the greasy ones that ruin your shirts. Every one either did nothing or worked for a week. I’d basically accepted this was just my skin. What’s different here is it’s not trying to fix the flare after it starts, it stops the sweat sitting on me in the first place. Simple, cheap, and the first thing that’s stuck.

Saw the ad and rolled my eyes, didn’t believe a cream would sort it. I’d actually quit the gym for about 6 months because sweating made my arms unbearable and I hated people staring at the marks. Bought it mostly to prove myself right. Back training 4 times a week now and the itching after is pretty much gone. Fair play.