I swear by Gold Bond, too. It tends to make you smell a bit like an old lady so I put off using it until I can't stand it anymore. Then I use it and presto! No more cracked hands. And I'm a big hit at the nursing home when I visit Grandpa! :?

I too, have this problem so will be checking out all the suggestions you gals said. Thanks Marge

In the winter my hands crack and bleed a lot especially around the nails and on the finger pads. It didn't matter what lotion I used and I have tried them all. The one thing that has worked wonders for me (on my dermatologist's suggestion) is at night I slather on plain old vaseline and then those cheap white gloves you get at the pharmacy. You can also get those gloves at Bath and Body Works (and they last longer), but they are much more expensive. My husband says it is like sleeping with a mime :lol: but my hands are so smooth and crack free. I also do the same for my feet, slather on the vaseline and then some socks, keeps me warm as well and my feet are so soft. Usually at some point during the night I take them off, but the vaseline is already absorbed so it is not a problem. I just wash the gloves in a lingerie bag.

Crisco solid shortening will soften great. Massage it into your hands then massage with a teaspoon of sugar, wash off with any non soap cleanser and warm water. This is an old beauty shop recipe.

My father uses Udderly Smooth, and he has gold bond too.
He has severe eczema. used to be on prescription creams with hydrocortizone, and they barely did anything. It's not as bad anymore, but he works as a mechanic and got all kinds of gunk on his hands at work. sometimes during the winter he would sleep with cream on his hands and latex gloves over them, and at work he would get cotton gloves and cut the tips off the fingers for grip, and put tons of cream under. it was awful, he couldn't even close his fists without cracking his skin and bleeding.

BEE BAR! :) I have not had cracked or bleeding hands after finding this stuff a few years back. It has kept my eczema to a minimum so much so that my dermatologist wanted to know what it is, and actually agreed that it seems to work as well as the expensive prescriptions.

It is a bar, made with bee's wax and other natural skin softening ingredients. The bee's wax makes it resistent to washing off immediately like lotions do, so the soothing protection lasts for hours. Anyone with eczema knows that getting your hands wet only makes it worse, however Bee Bar protects my hands from water pretty well.

Simply clasp the bee bar in your hands and rub hands together like a bar of soap. The bar warms in your hands enough to apply to your hands. It keeps them soft and coated, and protected for hours. The bar doesn't dry out and lasts a long time.

I'm sure there must be other brands that may work, however just in case you'd like to try Bee Bar, this is what I'm using:

http://www.honeyhousenaturals.com/products.htm

ok, I've resisted long enough...so many products out there, that sound like they work really well...
just one question: "Do you have a puppet?"
(only those that have seen Jeff Dunham's show on comedy channel, will really GET this! :wink: ) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

QuiltnCrazy, I watch, but isn't that Jef-f Dun Ham? :lol:

Edited to say: My apologies, didn't mean to hijack.

I use Bagbam for hands and feet, works really well....

I use Neutrogena hand cream. Works great for dry hands. Just don't get your hands wet. It turns a but slimy, when wet. But really heals cracked dried hands. I use it at night, when my hands get real bad.