hippomama

I use to do nails for a living...the best secret is when doing dishes...put on hand cream...put on gloves and the heat from the dish water will really put your hand cream to work....:) :D

Mousie

Maribeth, it depends on whether your asking Jeff or the puppet! :lol:

I think when it gets a little cooler, I will try the vaseline and socks. I'm sure my hubby would appreciate a softer foot, the next time my toenails slice into his shin! :mrgreen:

beachlady

Karla, up here in Maine I have bought stuff that lobstermen use - don't know the name off hand, but I would be glad to research it and send you some. Let me know.

found the website ---

http://www.lbalm.com/Products-Healing_Balms.html

barnbum

Aww beachlady--you are so kind... let me try some of these other ideas... and I'll let you know. THANK YOU!!

Two years ago, a student gave me a huge bottle of Jergens for school. I'm going to try putting it on more often first... and go from there.

Ooo--that looks easy--a stick!! Definitely a possibility!! Thanks for the link!

athomesewing--that bee stuff looks good too!! Justin's girl and my daughter could use one of those for Christmas!! Oh-and I'll get one for me, too! :D
Do you recommend the vanilla or natural?

barnbum

I just ordered three of the bee bars...one for me, Rachel, and Jenny. They suffer with dryness, too. I'll start with that, then go to the Lobstermen stuff next. :wink:

JoanneS

Even BEFORE the skin on my hands, especially around my nails, was fried by chemo, the chemo nurses recommended that I buy Shea Butter to be prepared. It really worked, and it didn't feel greasy. DH found it at CVS - if you don't have CVS - I think a drugstore - which woud be cheaper than a health food store.

It smells good, too. Kind of like the cocoa butter we used to spread on ourselves to get a good suntan before we found out we shouldn't be doing that!

I'm going to use it again this winter when I'm in AZ, because my hands dry up there every year. Regular hand lotion just doesn't do the job.

zyxquilts

One more suggestion - when I got a bad fissure in my heel, my Dr. suggested Amlactin lotion. It healed the fissure in 2 days! It is non-prescription, but I know at Target they do keep it behind the counter at the pharmacy. Maybe because it's expensive, but it only takes a couple of drops, so it lasts a LOOOOONG time!

AtHomeSewing

I prefer the scented, but that's just a personal preference. I've had mine for so long now, I'm not sure what the scent was called. At the time I bought them, they offered only two, unscented and "regular". The scented one I have has a very nice subtle scent. I've used the unscented too, but enjoy the scented variety more. I see that they have more scents now.

I hope that you'll love these as much as I do! :)

JoanneS

I should have mentioned that I've even though I used the Shea Butter all last winter, I only used about 10% of the little jar DH bought - a little goes a long, long way.

sharon b

The best that I have found is from Avon Planet Spa African Shea butter hand & cuticle cream :lol: