Apt water+cold air= discomfort.

[spacebabie]

The water in our apartment has got a lot of extra minerals,leaves spots on the dishes and dries out the skin on my hands since I wash them the most.

That and the dry cold air is really making them uncomfortable. The back of my right han is dry and cracking. I'd try to slough off the skin but the cracks are pink and I know the skin underneath is raw. It burned when I put on lotion.

Any good kind of healing hand lotion?

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[northsider.livejournal.com]

Eucerin and Lubriderm (regular formula, unscented) always work for me, but my skin isn't already cracked when I use them, so I'm not sure how healing they'd be. They're good for preventative maintenance, at least.

[earls-guys.livejournal.com]

Dry air is just a part of living in Texas. You'll get used to it.

When I moved from dry Texas to humid southern Virginia, I had sinus-related allergies for over a year. >X(p

Where we lived in Austin, all the water came from the Edwards Aquifer (cave/spring water) I don't know about spots, but it tasted pretty clear. It's not loaded with chlorine like the stuff on the east coast. In fact there are little springs scattered around Hays and Travis county where you could drink the stuff straight from the ground. :)

[spennig]

you could try Neutrogena's "Emulsion" stuff.. it'sreally thick, worked for my mom when she was having dermatitis issues. Hope it gets better!

[venusad.livejournal.com]

Also, aside from hand lotion, I suggest washing the dishes with Dove, instead of...whatever you're using. It's easier on your hands and has healing properties.

...oh, and get some gloves so it doesn't happen again. ^^

I don't have a problem with dry skin, so I dunno about the lotion...but Momma's got it fairly bad and manages to keep it all nice, so I'll ask her what she uses and get back to ya.

[blacklionessluv.livejournal.com]

Prolly the mildest thing you could try would be some Aloe Vera goo like they use for sunburns. That's generally the only thing that helps when your skin is that far gone. What you do is you use it for a couple days to control any discomfort you might be having,and until the skin isn't so bad anymore and then you switch to Lubriderm or whatever other lotion catches your fancy. That's the best way I figured out how to keep your skin on your hands in the winter.

[venusad.livejournal.com]

Okies!
What you need is Eucirin. You can find it at any drug store (in various brands I imagine)....Momma said that's what the doctor told her to use when she was going through chemo (which has a real nasty dry-skin side effect at times).

[slai.livejournal.com]

Hi Michele,

I know what you mean about lotion burning one's hands --;! The BEST lotions for these situations, I've found, are the ones with at least 20% shea butter, like the one Pre de Provence makes (http://www.joybeauty.com/products/pre-de-provence/). Even when my hands are dry and cracked to the point of bleeding, this lotion has soothed and moisturized them to almost normal o-O!

The Body Shop's hemp lotion (http://www.thebodyshop.com/bodyshop/browse/product_detail.jsp?productId=prod160293) also does the same wonders as shea butter, but I really don't like its smell compared to Pre de Provence's lotion =/. My favorite though is Mistral's verbana hand cream (http://www.mistralsoap.com/page/M/PROD/MHCBVE) which has a wonderful lemony smell 8D!