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For very dry cracked heels,dry hands, etc. I have found that Aloe Vera juice applied at room temperature with a cotton ball or put it in a small spray bottle and spray it on. Allow it to dry thoroughly.(It does not take long). The Aloe Vera dries up the cracked skin for easy removal. Follow this with Suave Natural Oatmeal Body Lotion, this is the best lotion I have found for long lasting hydration. The Aloe Vera juice can be purchased in any health food store, just be sure that it is pure. The Suave Natural Oatmeal Body Lotion can be purchased at most stores and is inexpensive. You may also want to consider drinking the Aloe Vera juice for extra hydration among other health benefits. This is the first remedy that I have found that works for me and I have tried many. I use the Suave Natural Oatmeal Body Lotion on my legs, arms, etc. and it works well for these areas as well.
Okay, I admit I'm getting older, but my dry skin is a shock! My heels get dry and cracked, my legs look like snake skin, and my dry hands and wrinkled face feel tight all the time.
I have tried Ponds, olive oil, baby oil, and all kinds of lotions. No help! I need some kind of moisturizer!
Then I realized dry skin is just a build up of dead skin. I can take a shower, and when I get out, dry my feet and the excess skin just wants to come right off. No pumice stone is needed really, just a light rubbing, and if your callouses are really thick then use a small cheese grater to remove dead skin and callouses.
As for my legs, you are going to probably freak when you hear this, but I was in a Farm store and found a brush in the "horse" section called a hoof brush. I bought it because I needed a good hairbrush, but found out it is great for brushing the flaking skin off your legs... then apply a moisturizer. No more snake skin!
As for my face and hands, in this same store, I found a tube of Skin Therapy Cream, made by Outdoor Hands. This is a great moisturizer, I'm glad I bought 2 tubes. It has shea butter, wheat germ oil, hemp seed oil, grapefruit seed oil, and other natural ingredients. Maybe you can find it online.
Most of the time you lack water. Half of your body weight is what you need in a day in oz.
I've lived with eczema most of my life. It was so horrible I had strong medicines to clear up my worst outbreaks that would crack and bleed.
1. First thing you should try is to change your showering habits. Your water should not be hot but at least body temperature. The cooler the better. If you tend to get cold try getting a space heater and super heating your bathroom before showering that way it will be a relief to have a cool shower.
2. Second, Your soap should not be abrasive. Most people like to get exfoliant body washes and if you have dry skin that's not a great idea. Try Aveno body wash or if your skin is really dry use Cetaphil body cleanser. Note: Cetaphil is a gentle cleanser that does not sud. It's like watered down lotion, but works great. If you have the money to blow then have a milk and honey bath with oatmeal-not the instant kind. IF you want to exfoliate the skin do what's called Dry Brushing. It's when you take a body brush(ex. back brush) made with natural fibers and BEFORE you get in the shower you brush the skin. It can make your skin tender the first few times. Be careful not to brush too hard or you can scratch yourself up.
3. When you are finished with your shower DO NOT DRY OFF-use Olive Oil all over your body. By the time you cover yourself in oil the left over water will have dried. Do this before you get out of your shower/tub. The steam will keep your pores open while you apply. Once your body feels the cooler air your pores will automatically begin to close. Thus keeping anything you apply on the top of the skin instead of being absorbed immediately.
I hope this works for you. All I can say is that ever since I've been doing this. I have not had to go back to the doctor for anymore meds for my skin!!
Apply hand lotion liberally to dry hands. Wrap each hand in Saran Wrap, then wrap a heating pad (low to medium setting) around your hands. Allow your hands to soak up the moisture and the heat for 10 - 20 minutes. Repeat the process if hands are not soft and smooth. If your heating pad is the standard size, you will have to wrap it around one hand at a time. ENJOY!
I've tried rubbing many things into my dry hands from Crisco to Vaseline to veggie oil, but none have offered as much relief as butter. Applying it is as easy as buttering toast.
I also recommend running a humidifier (esp. at night). This will give your dry skin a chance to actually heal.
Pure shea butter works like a charm. Your skin won't be oily or greasy.
Soak Almonds in a small amount of water for 60 min, add honey and milk creme. Make a paste and apply. Leave on affected area for at least 20 minutes! It works!! Use Almond oil after shower or bath, it instantly relieves dry skin and is not as thick as olive oil, but olive oil can be used as well!
While in a warm/hot shower, massage olive oil into your skin. The Romans used the same trick, and if it ain't broken, don't try to fix it!
This also works for split ends in your hair. Just be sure to ONLY use on the split ends or your hair will be horribly oily.
When out of the shower, gently dry your skin with your towel.
Beginning of winter worried about flaky dry skin? Moisturizers not working then try this once a week
-Apply natural coconut oil or aloe oil before bath
-Take a short warm water bath
-Dab your skin dry
-Apply moisturizers and wear full cloths so skin will retain and suck in the moisturizers and maintain the mild perfume on ur skin to linger your loved ones...
This stuff is the only thing that works for my dry cracked heels. I use a pumice stone in the shower and while my skin is still wet, I apply a small amount of the shea butter salve. Within a week my heels look amazing.
Popular in the mountain desert community where I live, Aquaphilic with Carbamide 10% is an economical and effective way to treat dry skin.
It is especially effective in healing cracks around fingernails and the bottom of the feet. I have used this particular formula for 12 years.
Aquaphilic with Carbamide 10% is an over-the-counter product sold mostly at pharmacy counters. If your local pharmacy doesn't carry it, ask to special order it. Be sure to specify the Carbamide 10%.
For a 16-ounce jar, expect to pay around $13. It lasts a long time.
just put on lotion you dumb dumbs!
Neutrogena Body Emulsion is the only lotion I have ever used that works for me and I have tried them all. Tea Tree oil soap also helps and its the only soap I'll use and my skin is extremely dry especially in the winter, it cracks but not anymore.
Go out and buy PLUS Intensive Repair Hand Creme from Eucerin, who specializes in dry skin. It says on the bottle "alpha hydroxy and extra enriched moisturizers heal and soften without a greasy feeling." It does actually work. My knuckles used to be so dry and cracked (and sometimes bleeding), but now they're so smooth. Cannot believe how smooth they are, actually.
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Aloe Vera Juice
Carol in Bowling Green, KY -For very dry cracked heels,dry hands, etc. I have found that Aloe Vera juice applied at room temperature with a cotton ball or put it in a small spray bottle and spray it on. Allow it to dry thoroughly.(It does not take long). The Aloe Vera dries up the cracked skin for easy removal. Follow this with Suave Natural Oatmeal Body Lotion, this is the best lotion I have found for long lasting hydration. The Aloe Vera juice can be purchased in any health food store, just be sure that it is pure. The Suave Natural Oatmeal Body Lotion can be purchased at most stores and is inexpensive. You may also want to consider drinking the Aloe Vera juice for extra hydration among other health benefits. This is the first remedy that I have found that works for me and I have tried many. I use the Suave Natural Oatmeal Body Lotion on my legs, arms, etc. and it works well for these areas as well.
Oct 26, 2011
1 Yes
0 No
Dry Skin from Old Age!
Rhonda M in Michigan -Okay, I admit I'm getting older, but my dry skin is a shock! My heels get dry and cracked, my legs look like snake skin, and my dry hands and wrinkled face feel tight all the time.
I have tried Ponds, olive oil, baby oil, and all kinds of lotions. No help! I need some kind of moisturizer!
Then I realized dry skin is just a build up of dead skin. I can take a shower, and when I get out, dry my feet and the excess skin just wants to come right off. No pumice stone is needed really, just a light rubbing, and if your callouses are really thick then use a small cheese grater to remove dead skin and callouses.
As for my legs, you are going to probably freak when you hear this, but I was in a Farm store and found a brush in the "horse" section called a hoof brush. I bought it because I needed a good hairbrush, but found out it is great for brushing the flaking skin off your legs... then apply a moisturizer. No more snake skin!
As for my face and hands, in this same store, I found a tube of Skin Therapy Cream, made by Outdoor Hands. This is a great moisturizer, I'm glad I bought 2 tubes. It has shea butter, wheat germ oil, hemp seed oil, grapefruit seed oil, and other natural ingredients. Maybe you can find it online.
Mar 21, 2010
4 Yes
0 No
H2O
Bo in Hickory NC -Most of the time you lack water. Half of your body weight is what you need in a day in oz.
Mar 07, 2010
2 Yes
0 No
Dry Skin Regimen
Anonymous in Killeen, TX -I've lived with eczema most of my life. It was so horrible I had strong medicines to clear up my worst outbreaks that would crack and bleed.
1. First thing you should try is to change your showering habits. Your water should not be hot but at least body temperature. The cooler the better. If you tend to get cold try getting a space heater and super heating your bathroom before showering that way it will be a relief to have a cool shower.
2. Second, Your soap should not be abrasive. Most people like to get exfoliant body washes and if you have dry skin that's not a great idea. Try Aveno body wash or if your skin is really dry use Cetaphil body cleanser. Note: Cetaphil is a gentle cleanser that does not sud. It's like watered down lotion, but works great. If you have the money to blow then have a milk and honey bath with oatmeal-not the instant kind. IF you want to exfoliate the skin do what's called Dry Brushing. It's when you take a body brush(ex. back brush) made with natural fibers and BEFORE you get in the shower you brush the skin. It can make your skin tender the first few times. Be careful not to brush too hard or you can scratch yourself up.
3. When you are finished with your shower DO NOT DRY OFF-use Olive Oil all over your body. By the time you cover yourself in oil the left over water will have dried. Do this before you get out of your shower/tub. The steam will keep your pores open while you apply. Once your body feels the cooler air your pores will automatically begin to close. Thus keeping anything you apply on the top of the skin instead of being absorbed immediately.
I hope this works for you. All I can say is that ever since I've been doing this. I have not had to go back to the doctor for anymore meds for my skin!!
Feb 16, 2010
8 Yes
4 No
Hot Mittens Treatment for Dry Hands
Leigh Anne in Baltimore, MD USA -Apply hand lotion liberally to dry hands. Wrap each hand in Saran Wrap, then wrap a heating pad (low to medium setting) around your hands. Allow your hands to soak up the moisture and the heat for 10 - 20 minutes. Repeat the process if hands are not soft and smooth. If your heating pad is the standard size, you will have to wrap it around one hand at a time. ENJOY!
Feb 16, 2010
0 Yes
2 No
Unsalted Butter
Zach in USA -I've tried rubbing many things into my dry hands from Crisco to Vaseline to veggie oil, but none have offered as much relief as butter. Applying it is as easy as buttering toast.
I also recommend running a humidifier (esp. at night). This will give your dry skin a chance to actually heal.
Jan 31, 2010
2 Yes
0 No
Shea Butter
Gena in Chicago -Pure shea butter works like a charm. Your skin won't be oily or greasy.
Jan 22, 2010
4 Yes
0 No
Dry Skin
Lisa in Atlanta Georgia -Soak Almonds in a small amount of water for 60 min, add honey and milk creme. Make a paste and apply. Leave on affected area for at least 20 minutes! It works!! Use Almond oil after shower or bath, it instantly relieves dry skin and is not as thick as olive oil, but olive oil can be used as well!
Jan 20, 2010
2 Yes
0 No
Olive Oil Miracle
Anonymous in Hickory, NC -While in a warm/hot shower, massage olive oil into your skin. The Romans used the same trick, and if it ain't broken, don't try to fix it!
This also works for split ends in your hair. Just be sure to ONLY use on the split ends or your hair will be horribly oily.
When out of the shower, gently dry your skin with your towel.
Dec 23, 2009
13 Yes
1 No
Natural Oil for Dry Skin
Ancient therapist in Fl,USA -Beginning of winter worried about flaky dry skin? Moisturizers not working then try this once a week
-Apply natural coconut oil or aloe oil before bath
-Take a short warm water bath
-Dab your skin dry
-Apply moisturizers and wear full cloths so skin will retain and suck in the moisturizers and maintain the mild perfume on ur skin to linger your loved ones...
Nov 28, 2009
5 Yes
2 No
Cascadia Soap's hand and body salve
Nellie Vlaar in Vancouver British Columbia -This stuff is the only thing that works for my dry cracked heels. I use a pumice stone in the shower and while my skin is still wet, I apply a small amount of the shea butter salve. Within a week my heels look amazing.
Sep 23, 2009
6 Yes
1 No
Best OTC Skin Cream for Dry, Cracked Skin
Writer4life in Utah -Popular in the mountain desert community where I live, Aquaphilic with Carbamide 10% is an economical and effective way to treat dry skin.
It is especially effective in healing cracks around fingernails and the bottom of the feet. I have used this particular formula for 12 years.
Aquaphilic with Carbamide 10% is an over-the-counter product sold mostly at pharmacy counters. If your local pharmacy doesn't carry it, ask to special order it. Be sure to specify the Carbamide 10%.
For a 16-ounce jar, expect to pay around $13. It lasts a long time.
Aug 20, 2009
8 Yes
0 No
LOTION!
Sally in Florida -just put on lotion you dumb dumbs!
Jul 16, 2009
4 Yes
161 No
Neutrogena Body Emulsion Lotion
Leslee in Michigan -Neutrogena Body Emulsion is the only lotion I have ever used that works for me and I have tried them all. Tea Tree oil soap also helps and its the only soap I'll use and my skin is extremely dry especially in the winter, it cracks but not anymore.
May 25, 2009
3 Yes
1 No
Eucerion PLUS Intensive Repair Hand Creme
Asirb Uhz in Holmdel, NJ USA -Go out and buy PLUS Intensive Repair Hand Creme from Eucerin, who specializes in dry skin. It says on the bottle "alpha hydroxy and extra enriched moisturizers heal and soften without a greasy feeling." It does actually work. My knuckles used to be so dry and cracked (and sometimes bleeding), but now they're so smooth. Cannot believe how smooth they are, actually.
Mar 27, 2009
5 Yes
4 No
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