(waving hand) hey now!!! We just call it "Bag Balm" but its the same great stuff. wonderful for sore noses, dry elbows and heels, keeps your fingers from cracking and catching on the beading threads.... Sarajane
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If you soak your hands in warm water when they are dry then coat them with a very fine coat of vasaline they will heal nicely. I apply it then use the towel to wipe most of it off. One thing I heard it to apply it before bedtime then don cotton gloves. I think doing this right before you try beading would be a bad thing. :-) Diana
When I was a kid I had a horrible time with my hands peeling for no reason. It has still lasted into adulthood, but it isn't nearly as bad. I did the Vaseline and cotton gloves thing FOREVER and it never helped me. It made the tops of my hands very smooth though. ;-) But the bad spots...on my fingers, peeled no matter what. It only happens once a year, so I can live with it, but that cotton gloves and Vaseline thing never worked for me.
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Not to mention making the goats feel better! Now those were some days, weren't they? I made everything from Mayo to cheese to taco chips. All our bread, grew, harvested and canned all the fruits, veggies, made juices... had chickens, ducks, geese, goats, sheep, rabbits, 3 boys - hey - no wonder I like this city living so much now! Grocery stores, what a treat!
Just goes to show that sure cures are not all that sure...and everbody's body is different. I hope you find something that gives you some relief. Diana
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Diana Curtis" :
]If you soak your hands in warm water when they are dry then coat them with a ]very fine coat of vasaline they will heal nicely. I apply it then use the ]towel to wipe most of it off. One thing I heard it to apply it before ]bedtime then don cotton gloves.
that's what my mother keeps telling me, and i keep forgetting - thanks for the reminder!
]I think doing this right before you try beading would be a bad thing. :-)
well, yes - and that's usually when i remember. and then when i'm ready for bed, finally, the thought is gone again.
getting old is terrible.
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Diana Curtis" :
]I was picturing you pinching up a bead and having it spring from your ]fingers like a greased pig.. whoohoo!! everybody duck!
exactly!
]After a shower is a good time to do it... as long as you remember to wipe ]your hands well before you try to turn the door knob. :-) ]a PSA
thanks. i think i need to make signs!
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I was picturing you pinching up a bead and having it spring from your fingers like a greased pig.. whoohoo!! everybody duck! After a shower is a good time to do it... as long as you remember to wipe your hands well before you try to turn the door knob. :-) a PSA Diana
Some people have "ulcers on their hands" as a stress reaction. Could this be the case?
Tina
I have no idea. My fingers, and sometimes my palms peel...like I'm shedding skin like a reptile! LOL! It used to be very painful...the skin would peel until it exposed tender raw skin. They layers of skin that aren't supposed to be exposed basically. As I get older though, it isn't as bad and last a shorter amount of time. I have no idea why it does that, and I've never seen a doctor about it.
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Then my lifes work is complete! I get funny visuals sometimes. It would be wrong not to share them. I will send you towels if it becomes a serious problem. :-) Diana
Try the lanolin at night. I forgot to add that sometimes when I'm warming it in my palm, I add a little of my regular lotion to help make it easier to apply. Never did the gloves, couldn't sleep with them on.
That takes "conditioning your thread" to a whole new level! hahahahahaha
Seriously though, why is it so hard for us to remember to take care of ourselves? I work at a fitness club, for crying out loud, and most of the time I forget to work out.
Yesterday I was telling the fitness tech that I need to remember that my work out is AS important as anything I do in bookkeeping because the better I take care of ME the better job I will do for Curves.
Maybe I SHOULD make me a sign and hang it over my computer:
HAVE YOU DONE YOUR WORK OUT TODAY?
Now if I can just REMEMBER to do it... wait I'm gonna email this to me at work! Brilliant suggestion Karleen.... LOL
Well I didn't have quite the zoo, but did bunches of gardening and canning... Funny how creaky joints changes your perspective on life. I used to wonder WHY on earth anyone would want to live in an apartment or condo... I wanted scads of land and trees and NO neighbors... Now with a perpetually overgrowing lawn, not a square foot fit to garden in (I tried), and no reliable help with it ... a condo is looking pretty good! :)
She's like that, Beth....it's why i love her so much! she has a wonderful, twisted sense of humour!
Yeah. Aint she wonderful! (Im Not being sarcastic, I really think she's a hoot.. like many of my "friends" at RCB...!!
Lotion is made with alcohol, which dries your skin. Moisturell hand CREME is excellent. If that isn't good enough, go to an ointment.
Tina
"Karleen/Vibrant Jewels" wrote in message news:qMSlb.14371$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
If it is a stress reaction, it could involve other medical issues. It needs a doctor's attention.
Tina
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karleen/Vibrant Jewels" :
]Seriously though, why is it so hard for us to remember to take care of ]ourselves?
well, to be honest here . . . for me, remembering ANYTHING is hard. my mind leaks like a sieve!
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