dry skin on a little boy
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Comments (9)Thanks everyone ... I keep one of those little 7"x 4 1/2", six ring, loose leaf notebooks for all my camping and fishing references, and made a page with all your recommendations. Went to see the ole Doc for followup on some previous tests I've been going through and sprung this cracked thumb skin business on him. Although he's a general practioner and not a dermatologist, he did prescribe a moisturizing lotion with 12% lactic acid, called AmLactin, and says it's good for dry skin that is about to crack open; says to use it only on my thumbs and finder tips, especially around the nails and especially at bed time. He says for a everyday hand lotion, he personally likes "udder cream" that they use for the milking cows! Guess he's an old farm boy at heart! Anyway, found some of that at my local Wally-Mart and it's called "Udderly Smooth" and it was only $1.50 (4oz tube). Kinda like the stuff! Thanks again, Dale...See Moredry skin
Comments (19)Dry skin, as you probably all know, is dry because it doesn't have enough water in it. The creams and oils work to keep the water from evaporating, but they rub off. The water in skin? It comes from within--it's pulled up from deeper layers. Drink more water--visit the bathroom more, because the kidneys don't care if your skin is dry. On the other hand, take a warm bath with a cup of salt dissolved in it--any old salt, cheapest rock salt you can find--and the salt solution penetrates the dry layers with the water. That water may evaporate when lotions and cream get rubbed off, but the extra salt can't evaporate. It remains in the upper layers of skin. It will pull extra water up from deeper layers by the osmotic gradient. This fixed my 74 year old mom's maddening dry skin that used to keep her awake even, despite lotions or creams. She hated it at first, because her soap wouldn't lather up good, but it brought her complete relief and soft winter skin for the first time in years. It saves her a fair amount of money, too. She still uses a good quality lotion (she happens to use Lubriderm) but the salt baths are what made the difference. I guess it's like a combination approach....See MoreVery dry, cracked skin..help !
Comments (3)You get chapped hands in winter, the same way you get chapped lips. Your hands get wet repeatedly and mostly air dry in cold air, or you have to wash your hands often. In addition there's the hot dry air in the house. Whatever the cause, this is what works for me. First go to the dollar store and buy a couple of pairs of PVC gloves--soft plastic coated gloves often called rubber gloves. Turn the gloves inside out so the coating is on the inside. At bedtime, put a bit of sugar in the palm of your hand--about 1/2 teaspoon. Pour baby oil over the sugar --just until all the sugar is moistened. Rub your hands together like you are washing them. Rinse off the sugar and use a little handsoap to get the rest--not too much, you just want to get rid of the sugar not the oil. Pat your hands to remove excess moisture not to completely dry them. This process removes all the dry, rough, dead skin. Next coat your hands with vaseline and rub it in--they will still be greasy feeling because it does not absorb. What it does is put a barrier on the skin so the moisture below--from not drying your hands completely--can be absorbed. Then put on the gloves and go to bed. In the morning wash off the excess vaseline and apply a hand cream. I like shea butter or glysomed but really any hand cream will do. Some say put on cotton gloves, but the vaseline is hard to wash out of cotton. The rubber gloves can be washed off easier....See Moredry dry skin
Comments (8)There was a time some years back that I had dry skin, particulary my arms and upper legs........I used to slather myself with vaseline, with little to no results. Someone suggested using body lotion right after getting out of the shower, that helped quite a bit, I use any kind of cream, but some of the ones others suggested are a good idea. Then I bought some body gloves in the beauty aisle (cost range from $2.99 to 7.99), they are gloves that are a bit abrasive. You use them in the tub or shower, wet them, lather them up with soap and start washing, the scrubbing takes off the dead dry skin. I am 50 yrs. old and my skin is incredibly soft,my husband thinks so too. I have given these gloves to many of my friends who also are addicted to them and love the results. I can't say it would be the total answer for you, but it worked for me. And also try to drink plenty of water......... hope that helps some. Happy New Year...See Morescryn
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