Dry skin caused by quilting?
01-18-2014, 04:26 PM
#93
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I have my doubts about this. Does anyone know for scientific fact that fabric dries skin? I don't doubt that paper does, as paper has been used to blot grease for many many years. But fabric???? Especially flannel?? I have never heard this before, yet we all seem to accept it as fact. I don't deny that we have dry skin...I do too....but from fabric???? Anyone have proof??? I'm 65 years old and never heard this before. Can anyone prove me wrong???
" and have thick flannel sheets on our bed in winter (which draw out moisture), so my hands are very dry. Started using ......"
" and have thick flannel sheets on our bed in winter (which draw out moisture), so my hands are very dry. Started using ......"
01-18-2014, 04:43 PM
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Try rubbing your calluses with a pumice stick, after a shower or soaking your feet. This removes the hard skin for me. Then I follow with some lotion to moisturize and Vaseline to seal that moisture in. This keeps my feet smooth. and eliminates cracks.
Diseases of the autoimmune variety often cause thickening and splitting of the skin. For my hands I have been using Swisse Hand Cream with Vitamin F and Pomegranate. My husband bought it for me and it seems to soak in nicely and doesn't make a mess of my projects. I am going to try some of the suggested lotions and potions for my feet. So many of the heel balms contain Urea....I don't know if it's just me, but I can't stand the smell.....to me it literally smells like pee. I wear footwear all the time and have incredibly thick/cracked heels, toes etc. worse if I go barefoot or wear flip flops. My husband jokes that I need an industrial grinder. My feet literally destroy all the gentle and ladylike footcare products.
01-19-2014, 05:33 PM
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I have my doubts about this. Does anyone know for scientific fact that fabric dries skin? I don't doubt that paper does, as paper has been used to blot grease for many many years. But fabric???? Especially flannel?? I have never heard this before, yet we all seem to accept it as fact. I don't deny that we have dry skin...I do too....but from fabric???? Anyone have proof??? I'm 65 years old and never heard this before. Can anyone prove me wrong???
" and have thick flannel sheets on our bed in winter (which draw out moisture), so my hands are very dry. Started using ......"
" and have thick flannel sheets on our bed in winter (which draw out moisture), so my hands are very dry. Started using ......"
i did a lit search on pub med and could not find any published research on this topic. I did find many anecdotal articles on the topic including this one: http://www.dry-skin.net/press-releases/quilting.pdf
i will check with some of my dermatology friends when I get back to work.
01-21-2014, 06:45 AM
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I am hand quilting all the time and don't have trouble with dry skin, except in the winter time with cracking on top of my knuckles. I use the Norwegin Nutreogena every night when finished with the dishes and they stay soft.
01-21-2014, 06:52 AM
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The best lotion I have found is from the Dollar Tree. It is called Dermasil. Get the pump because it is so thick it is hard to get out of the regular squeeze bottle. It has a waxy feel but does not leave your hands greasy. It soaks in quickly and leaves a silky feel. I originally bought it for my son's leg after a terrible infection that left his leg similar to a burn. After the blisters finally stopped and the leg peeled from his foot to his knee, the skin was very dry. It has really helped his skin and I can give him all he wants(he is autistic), if he wastes it no big deal because it was only a dollar.
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