What Do You Use for Dry Hands?
10-29-2010, 02:11 AM
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10-29-2010, 05:44 AM
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there is an old product, still available, called "new skin". it has antiseptic qualities, and works much like superglue--but it's made for using on sores and cuts. it has the advantage of being made for the purpose, so it is clean and uncontaminated. ( i use superglue on cracked fingernails) it works to protect and heal. it's a little smelly--kind of like cloves--but it helps!
My Dr. recommended the same product. But if my hands get really bad it takes several days for them to heal. Right now my 3rd finger on my right hand and my left thumb simply are not healing. They are sore open wounds. They look like hamburger. I have to put bandaids on to try to heal them, and yes, I do the glove thing at night also. So if I can't get them to heal, I will sometimes put super glue on them to keep them from cracking further.[/quote]
My Dr. recommended the same product. But if my hands get really bad it takes several days for them to heal. Right now my 3rd finger on my right hand and my left thumb simply are not healing. They are sore open wounds. They look like hamburger. I have to put bandaids on to try to heal them, and yes, I do the glove thing at night also. So if I can't get them to heal, I will sometimes put super glue on them to keep them from cracking further.[/quote]
10-29-2010, 06:08 AM
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On the Dr. Oz show, someone suggested cream or lotion with Vitamin C(ascorbic acid)for collagen repair - I can't find any anywhere. It was supposed to be at the Dollar store, but not the ones here...any suggestions?
10-29-2010, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
I use a cream that I found at Dollar Tree and it is the best I have ever used. Trust me I have tried everything under the sun. I have eczema and this is the best I have found. It is a skin softener with Vitamin E called creamy petroleum jelly and it does absorb quickly. I had a problem with my hands and feet getting so dry and cracked that they would bleed and hurt. Now I don't have that problem if I use it everyday. It doesn't have a perfumy smell, I can't use anything perfumy. Here is a pic of the bottle. It is the best bang for my buck.
10-29-2010, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by grammyp
Do you pre-wash your fabric? I had to start because some of the chemicals were really bothering my hands. When they got really bad I had to put Vaseline on and cover with white gloves at night. It has gotten better since I started washing my fabrics, but if I am so lucky as to get to sew for several days in a row, they still get really dry.
10-29-2010, 12:27 PM
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I use vaseline at night with gloves. Works like a dream.
My husband used to wash windows and that was the only thing that kept his hands from bleeding (he washed windows to put himself thru college 55 years ago).
My husband used to wash windows and that was the only thing that kept his hands from bleeding (he washed windows to put himself thru college 55 years ago).
10-29-2010, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by stewyscrewy
My doctor recomends a product called Aqauphor Healing Ointment made by Eucerin and is sold at walmart. It is like vaseline but much better. It healed my cracked hands and all my fingers. I realy reccomend this product Highly.
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