Dry Hands/Fingers

A nice compromise is Eucerin. Jalynne told me about it and essentially it is petroleum jelly (vaseline) and lanolin, whipped together. Putting it on right after a warm bath and then doing the white gloves bit will do the trick. Diana

Our CVS has shea butter, both by itself and combined with cocoa butter. Patti

Keep in mind, any of the stuff that sinks in instead of staying oily/sticky on your skin, doesn't work as well. The solution to it is using cotton gloves, like Marjean mentioned.

Tina

Margie, try getting a tube of Lansinoh in the babycare section at the grocery store; it's denatured lanolin used to prevent and treat dry, cracked nipples in breastfeeding moms. Works wonders on dry, cracked fingers too!

I also love Aquaphor, which is basically just a big tub of grease. I bought a giant 14 oz tub to help heal the scar when I had to have a lump removed from my breast while I was pregnant with Sam... that was over five years ago now, and I still have most of the tub despite using it daily on my lips and hands. A little goes a long, long way!

-Kalera

Margie wrote:

This is so true! My DH was all dry and itchy and tended to have chapped lips when I got him. I changed his diet to include lots of olive oil, and now his coat is smooth and supple, and his nose is cool and dry. ;)

-Kalera

Ar-snip-

Kathy, it IS NOT actually called that! You are making that up - you have to be! "Foot and Problem Area Cream"? LOL!

-Kalera

Kathy N-V wrote:

Yes, that's what I use on my badgers to keep them smooth and supple, and prevent chapping.

-Kalera

Christ> A good alternative to Bag Balm, without the "mentholyptus", is Badger Balm.

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 2:36:27 -0400, Kalera Stratton wrote (in message ):

Read it and weep.

Look at the package in the photo - that's _exactly_ what it's called. Neener, neener. (Wow, I've been doing that all day long!)

Kathy N-V

I had a tube of nipple cream (thankfully didn't have to use it). I think I dumped it a year or so ago because it smelled funky to me.

Thank you everyone for your responses!

Didn't have a chance to go to the store yesterday so I rubbed some petroleum jelly over the worse spots before going to bed. Feels a little better already. Not bad considering I don't have any white cotton gloves.

Now I'm armed with lots of ideas and a shopping list.

BTW, we do have fat in our diet, my husband has skin like a baby, my baby's eczema rarely reared it's ugly head this year and me? Well, I'm fully into menopause, olive oil and other fats just aren't enough. Help is on it's way!

Ah! Well, why didn't you say so. :-)

I'm past menopause, and am diabetic, which also contributes to dry skin. I've always had dry skin, especially on my hands; when I altered my diet because of the diabetes, my skin actually improved. Moderate amounts of fats in the diet help the body to absorb the sugar in the blood at a more even rate. Increasing the amount of olive oil, as opposed to fats from meat or corn, safflower, or tropical oils has kept my blood sugar and cholesterol down and most of my skin un-dry.

My dry feet seem to be a product of the diabetic neuropathy: with fewer live nerve cells in my foot skin, they don't know when to sweat or produce oil. It's very, um, unnerving to have completely unsweaty feet; they get very hot in warm weather, sometimes painfully so. The Avon product that I use on my feet has chamomile essence in it which is very soothing, pain-wise, so I get a double benefit.

Arondelle

Silly me. I thought that was what you use when you want to badger people.

Tina

And don't forget the other big thing. DRINK MORE WATER.

Tina

Aahh. The menopause thing. I think it's progesterone cream that the doctor recommended.

Tina

"Margie" wrote...

If you can't find it at a drug store, try a health food store, or a beauty supply house (I use it on my hair).

Cheers, Carla

Margie wrote:

Badgers...We don't need no steenkin' Badgers!

Kathy N-V

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:48:07 -0400, Christina Peterson wrote (in message ):

That is HYSTERICAL!

"Problem area cream"!

-Kalera

Kathy N-V wrote:

I don't need a cream to help me do that!

-Kalera

Christ> Silly me. I thought that was what you use when you want to badger people. > > Tina

Bag Balm-- a lot of stitchers use it now, but it originally was for cows' udders. Kaytee "Simplexities" on