Have you ever tried making your own soap?

[Shannow]

Yeah, I did a lot
The glycerine stays in the soap if managed well

My uncle had psoriasis, and found it very helpful while I was doing it.

 

[Vil_Riker]

I've tried some of those all natural organic plant based soaps and they dry my skin out really bad.

They probably hadn't completely saponified the lye with the fats, I have had a similar experience with the fancy organic soaps that cost a lot and screw up your skin. That's why I make my own and superfat it by about 10% with shea butter which is like a lotion - you wash and apply shea butter at the same time. Pretty neat way of keeping the skin hydrated.