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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 (11)I have Sjogrens syndrome plus a few other autoimmune disorders that causes my skin to get really dry and flaky, I have used everything including prescription stuff, but I recently purchased Johnsons creamy cocoa butter and shea baby lotion and the baby oil gel in the same flavor, I have been amazed at how much it has helped me and changed my skin, the texture has even changed. I put the oil gel on right out of the shower still wet to seal the moisture in, I rub the lotion on my arms and legs, feet once or twice a day, I like to do it right before bed. I'm really so surprised at how much it has helped me, more than anything else....See MoreWhat Yingtong suggests Baking Soda for dry/crisp skin when roasting?
Comments (6)"I think if you wanted dry skin, use a hair dryer..." I have not tried this one but it seems as logical as the other techniques about which I have read. Another method is to leave it in the refrigerator, uncovered, for three hours. Apparently these ideas figure that dry skin leads to crisp skin but I am seeing that it only leads to tough skin and now with Baking Soda, soap tasting skin. I used to believe in "Good Eats" but I am reading that they tend to be more show and trendy rather than testing. After a few of these techniques, I doubt that the effort is worth it to dry the skin before roasting....See MoreDry cracked skin
Comments (51)I'm having a terrible time this year too. I use petroleum jelly at night with some success, but the real issue for me is that while working around the house during the day, I wash my hands a lot and it's not appropriate to reapply lotion many times, so they just end up dried out. The best solution I have at the moment is moisturizing soap wherever I regularly wash hands. For a while I was using Aveeno body wash (transferred into a decorative pump), but then developed a sensitivity to it. I usually use good old Palmolive since it's less drying and no reactions, but lately I've resorted to glycerine bar soap- that the best solution I've found over the years as it's like putting a little moisturizer on your hands each time you wash them....See Morehunter_tx
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