Question: Around the top half of my bellybutton and the top few inches of my butt crack i have flaking dry and split skin. Sometimes it itches very bad. I try not to itch it. I put anti itch cream on it and it made the itch way more intense. I have not had these symptoms until about two months ago. I hoped good hygene would take care of it. But today i noticed that it was not just dry and flaky, it was actually splitting and there is small sores now. (Maybe 1/4" long and 1/16" wide.) That formed around my bellybutton because of splitting skin. The skin on my rear is not split but is darker than the surrounding and very dry. I have been trying to drink lots of water. I did have severe dry mouth at night for a while. That caused my tongue to split and for about a week i had 5 or 6 taste buds "die" which was painful. The increased water has gotten rid of that. But the sore on my backside is the same and the bellybutton became itchy about a week ago and now it is split.The sore on my rear also seemed to spread about an inch downwards.

Thank you! I will try those ideas. My washing machine has a hypoallergenic wash, i will try washing my clothes with that.

I will do what you suggest. Thank you very much!