Dry skin

[Rusty Shackleford]

Whats the best way to deal with dry skin? I've used lotion but it doesnt seem to help. My knuckles get so dry they crack and bleed in the winter.

 

[Rhody31]

Cocoa butter.
At the end of the golf season, my hands crack bad - it's from washing clubs with the wet towel. I apply lotion, let it dry, then put chapstick on to keep my hands moist.

 

[Vombatus]

My fingers split at the edges of the nails. Hangnails. The worst is when I get a split at the end of my thumbnails. I get the dry, cracking knuckles too.

My dermatologist gave me an Rx for Locoid Lipocream. It provides damn near instant relief and speeds healing. I always highly recommend this Locoid stuff. Even my worst, the split at the end of my thumbnail, feels better quickly and usually heals up significantly within 24 hours.

I'd try to get it from a doctor (requires a prescription) ASAP. Again, I recommend this to everyone.

It's a hydrocortisone, so if you can't afford or otherwise can't get the Rx, perhaps an OTC hydrocortisone cream will help. Maybe not as well and not as fast.

****, I sound like Barry Bonds.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Funny this is posted because I am going through the worst case of dry eyes right now. It is to the point where it hurts to blink. I have tried using eye drops but it does not seem to do much at all, or even trying to tear up. I do not know if anyone has any tried-and-true remedies for that, but I would be all ears.

 

[Big Circus]

We need Ashy Larry to make his return to enlighten us.

 

[HC]

I have problems with dry hands, splitting nails, etc. I find regular manicures really help (I skip the nail polish) and adding a paraffin treatment is even better.

 

[Amy]

 

[HC]

Amy ... I use that too.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I have an apptmt with the dermatologist next week. I'll see about that Rx.

 

[Buck]

"Caked bags"? I'm not sure what that is but it sounds awful.

"Sore teats" must be bad enough, but "caked bags" sound downright alarming.

 

[old_tony]

One thing many people don't think of at this time of year is to make sure you drink plenty of water. You moisturize your skin from the inside, too.

 

[micropolitan guy]

This stuff called "Cornhuskers Lotion" really works well.

 

[BTExpress]

Funny this is posted because I am going through the worst case of dry eyes right now. It is to the point where it hurts to blink. I have tried using eye drops but it does not seem to do much at all, or even trying to tear up. I do not know if anyone has any tried-and-true remedies for that, but I would be all ears.

Have you considered punctal plugs? They are tiny (no bigger than a grain of rice) devices that block drainage and help moisture stay on the eyes longer. The temporary kind dissolve in a few weeks, but there are more permanent kinds if it is determined that the plugs help with the problem.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Get a humidifier for your bedroom. Crank it up when you go to bed.

 

[User 1019]

Be sure you're getting moisturizing cream, like Cetaphil. They're way better than normal lotions. If you buy regular lotion, get the good ****: Gold Bond Medicated.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

This stuff called "Cornhuskers Lotion" really works well.

Is this Bo Pelini approved?

 

[fossywriter8]

When home, boil a large pot of water on the stove and remember to keep it filled. The vapor will help keep moisture in the air.
I also have a device I put on the end of the dryer exhaust so that I can direct the air into the house. I have to clean the screen after every use, like the lint trap in the dryer, but it really helps with humidity and overall heating. Sorry, but I don't know the device's actual name — it's box-shaped with an entry hole on one end for the exhaust tube and a screen on the other. Try your local hardware and appliance stores. It's worth it.

 

[old_tony]

I wasn't thinking of a home humidity problem, but if you don't have April Aire on your furnace or some kind of humidifier running in your house during winter, you need to. You can do it on the cheap, like fossywriter8 points out, by boiling water on the stove.

I spent about $180 on this humidifier three years ago, but it was well worth it.

http://www.amazon.com/Essick-Air-69...1421390213&sr=8-28&keywords=essick+humidifier

In a cold, dry winter this thing puts around 5 gallons of water into the air in a day. It has two 5-gallon containers that pull out and are easy enough to fill.

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

Get a humidifier for your bedroom. Crank it up when you go to bed.

Just started using this again two nights ago, so we will see what happens. My parents bought it (Hankscraft) new around 1971 or '72 when my older brother was a newborn. I actually looked forward to getting a cold when I was a kid because the sound of this put me to sleep in under 5 minutes every single time. Brought this over from their attic and it still works like a charm - and I was asleep in no time.

Eyes did feel better this morning, too.

 

[JackReacher]

The static in my house has been awful this winter. We have a couple humidifiers sitting around, but we're probably going to install the whole-home humidifier that runs through your heat/AC system. Static is awful.