soap makes my skin very sensitive!

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So, the thing is, after I take a bath or wash my hands my skin feels very sensitive for 2 hours or so. Even more than in other times. For instance, things start hurting more and I can't touch some things.
I wondered if that happens to someone else and what can I do about it?? Is there a way to make my skin not that sensitive back again, or is there a kind of soap that minimizes the effect? and why does it happen?

It depends, do you use harsh soap or soap with any oils in you could potentially be sensitive too?
I'm sensitive to SLS (sodium laureth sulfate) which is in almost all soap and hair products. If you are sensitive then it is best to start avoiding it.

It could be something in the soap or it could be something in the water.

Try just washing your hands in water with no soap to see if you get the same reaction. Granted, its not really cleaning your hands but it eliminates the possibility.

If its not the water you need to look at the ingredients the soap is made out of. The best thing you can try is find a place that makes all-natural soap.. or make your own:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Ash-Soap

I'm in the exact same boat my main sensitivity textures I cannot stand are paper wood dusty surfaces and fabrics and if I've just taken a shower or washed my hands and I put my hand on my mouse pad or having to write something down(I also have dysgraphia caused by my aspergers so generally I get a friend to do my writing for me or endure) I pretty much lose my mind and can't pay attention to anything something I do is I'll rub my hands in my hair even after showering there is enough oil in my hair to numb the textures but sometimes it's just not enough try looking for some kind of oil based hand soap which leaves a residue or something if it's really a problem but I've never bothered

Try soap without perfume in it.

^That's a likely culprit, or it could just be a soap that's too harsh is drying your skin out. One of those 3-in-1 body wash, shampoo and conditioners might be better for skin moisturization, but they probably all have some sort of fragrance in them.

Things that create odor are frequently skin irritants, I strongly caution tattoo clients to treat a new tattoo only with skin lotions that are FRAGRANCE FREE, because perfumes are much more likely to cause burning and irritation in an unhealed patch of skin trauma.

There is no need to bathe regularly with soap. It dries out the skin. All the dust and things of the day will come off with water and a scrub. I've hardly bathed with soap in years and I'm as clean as a whistle. I recommend that you stop using it.

So, a few things for trying tomorrow: washing without soap, buying natural soap, buying no fragrance soap! Hope sonething helps

I avoid it already also it terribly dries the hair


I do bother, but that is because in my case it hurts! Like, I usually get bothered by textures like paper, walls, fabric, but unless it is rubbed in my skin it doesn't hurt. When I wash my hands, they feel weird and very sensitive and I can't touch those things because it hurts! Real hurt if you know what I mean.
I obviously want to avoid this awful feeling but also for instance after I wash my hands or take a bath I have to wait to start studying (paper) or when I go playing basketball the texture of the ball feels awful. And it is nearly impossible to wake up and go to practice without washing first as I have to brush my teeth, take a bath, wash the food from my hands etc so besides the awful feeling it is really impractical.

My hands get really sensitive that way too, but they are anyway, whether I wash them or not. I mean I wash them really often to begin with because they are so sensitive and I feel the residue of everything I have touched on them which grosses me out. But then washing makes them feel sensitive in a different way, kind of raw and exposed, and it's because soap strips the oil and moisture and natural bacteria off my skin. Sometimes I have to put hand cream on after I wash my hands.

Castile soap (oil-based soap) might feel better to you. I like Dr. Bronner's baby mild soap.

I have started taking soap with me into public restrooms, it is downright painful to use the soap they have in those. Anti-bacterial soap is the worst.