BellaBoo

Doctors Without Borders order Bag Balm by the cases full. It's the best treatment for severely dry and cracked skin. In the desert countries where most of the people go barefoot their feet are in very bad condition. It's hard to find now that WalMart quit selling it and went to a different brand. Many quilt shops sell it, it heals the pricked fingers from handquilting.

sewgray

I like Gold Bond Restoring in the white bottle. But on my cuticles and dry heels I use some stuff called Blue Goo, I get it at Walmart where the foot stuff is. I was pet sitting for a friend and she had a large can of Bag Balm sitting on her desk, so I helped my self to a large dab and put it on my always dry elbows. Both elbows swelled up, got very red and sore, and the right one actually cracked open. So it's not good for everone.

BellaBoo

Bag Balm is carbolic, so you may be allergic to that. Better tell you Dr. you may be allergic to those ingredients. :thumbup:

rootyr

I try to keep lotion on but if I get a real bad split I use New Skin. It puts a protective coating over it and takes the hurt away while healing the split. Sometimes I use 2 or 3 applications. Works for me!

redquilter

There are so many choices, but whichever you use during the day, be sure to use a heavier one at night (good old Vaseline works wonders) and put on a pair of white cotton gloves. Aquaphor is extremely good, pricey, but it heals. It's great on cracked, dry heels. Again, use at night and put on white cotton socks.

Bill'sBonBon

There are a lot of good ones out there, I get cracks where the nail corner is in line with my nail. just got a crack healed acouple weeks ago. They are very painful as we all know. BagBalm can be gotten at most feed and animal supply stores. It is some wonderful stuff. But the one I depend on is Corn Huskers you can get it most anywhere. During the day I put a drop in the crack and then a drop on a bandaid. Night time to. No greasy residue. wonderful for hands and feet.
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angelwatcher

I use this too, after my husband discovered it. He washes cars at a Dealership and his hands were like sandpaper. Now they're soft. I get the cracks around my fingertips too, and use crazy glue to seal them and then put on the creamy petroleum jelly as often as I can. I use latex gloves, swim 4 days a week and handle fabric. Plus our part of the country is very dry in the wintertime. Many strikes against my hands.

quilterj

Bag balm is on the yahoo home page today. It was actually made for the cows, but others have been using it for everything else.

nursie76

Being a nurse I wash my hands..ALOT! So they get really sore, even more in the winter. I like the Gold Bond Healing. Can get it at Wal Mart and not to pricey.

brushandthimble

I too use Bag Balm. Put it on at night on the heavy side and put each hand into a plastic bag and cover your hands with a hot pack. I use one I put in the microwave.
Try this and you not believe how soft your hands are.

I buy mine at Costco.