<p>Can’t wait to try the Vaseline Deep Moisture. I could open a lotion aisle with all the products I have tried for dry skin/psoriasis! Husband swears by bag balm when he has an eczema flare up. If you need a source for white cotton gloves, here is one I have used:
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<p>I love Aveda hand lotion and their foot lotion is even better . I wear sandals all warms months and my feet can get a little beat up
I got a pair of cotton gloves for Christmas one year and use them with the Aveda</p>
<p>I have been using CVS Daily Moisture Lotion (and daily!) for at least 20 years.</p>
<p>I like it better than Lubriderm or Aveeno, and it is about $5.99/ bottle (but is sometimes on sale so you can stock up).</p>
<p>i used to buy my ex boyfriend the hand lotion from avon. I forget what it’s called though. It was like 1.99 per bottle/tube of it.</p>
<p>Correction: The $5.99 tube of Aquaphor is only 1.25 oz., but it’s very very thick like Vaseline, so a little goes a long way. (I ran upstairs to check.)</p>
<p>Like Lubriderm/Vaseline unscented.</p>
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<p>It’s an ultra-pure, medical grade lanolin that breastfeeding moms use for sore nipples. I put it on my lips every night before I go to bed, and when my hands hurt from being so dry, I put it on the top of my hands (not the palms) before I go to bed, and rub it in really well. </p>
<p>When we were at a family reunion last year, my nephew’s skin under his nose was really sore from wiping it (he had a cold). I gave him a small dab (after much kidding from his older sister, in medical school, that he was putting nipple cream under his nose), and he got immediate relief.</p>
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<p>Can’t beat bag balm and teat cream. Sorry teriwtt–nipples get sore whether the mammal has 4 legs or 2! Just couldn’t resist!</p>
<p>Whatever you use, put it one while your hands are damp - that really seems to help me. And I go to bed with socks on my hands many winter nights after using Aquaphor, Vaseline or Mentholatum. The last one smells, but works well.</p>
<p>The bag balm doesn’t smell good.</p>
<p>Will second the Hyland’s calendula. Used to use it for diaper rash.</p>
<p>My dermatologist recommended AmLactin, about 17 oz. for $14 at Costco. It has lactose (?) that forms an invisible shield on the skin. I use Bag Balm daily on irritated skin, as a preventitive now, also on my dry eyebrows. I have very thin skin, prone to breaking down.</p>
<p>Another vote for Aquaphor. It is also good for people who are sensitive to other creams,etc.</p>
<p>If you’re concerned about cost, your daughter can find tubs of pure shea butter in NYC for about $5 in neighborhoods with African merchants (Brooklyn near the Atlantic Ave. station, 125th st in Manhattan). Sometimes sidewalk peddlers sell it too (the guys who sell incense). It’s great stuff for hands, lips, feet, and you’ll also find it in a lot of high-end natural hair products. The tub I bought on the street is much better quality than the tiny lip balm-sized tin of Occitane Shea butter (which cost $20).</p>
<p>My hands take winter very badly, even cracking and bleeding if I don’t treat the properly. I think more important than the particular brand is selecting a cream, rather than a lotion, and using it constantly–after every hand wash, before going outside, a bedtime, etc. I find Gold Bond’s hand cream (in a tube) is non-greasy, almost odorless, and very effective if used consistently.</p>
<p>MommaJ: yes, she wants to have something she can apply and reapply all shift long. She’s always been a hand washer, and her skin is sensitive. </p>
<p>I’ve passed along all of these suggestions.</p>
<p>physician here- I never liked the lotions/creams found at hospitals, found them too greasy. Personal preference has been for Vaseline products for extra dry skin- they keep changing the available formulations so I have to keep changing my favorite (I also go with less expensive options than many CCers would). I check ingredients and prefer those without petroleum jelly because of the greasy feel. I noticed that petroleum jelly is the main ingredient in some lip balms. Agree that application is the key- handwashing negates any lotion applied so you have to keep some easily available to keep reapplying.</p>
<p>My mother has had severe eczema her entire life. She ALWAYS wears rubber gloves when doing dishes, rinsing vegetables, etc, etc. She swears she’ll be buried with them! OTOH, I swore I’d never wear them; they’re clumsy, uncomfortable, etc, etc. And yet, here I am in my advancing age, wearing rubber gloves!!! At first it was just in the winter, and now it’s year-round. If I don’t wear them, especially in the winter, the tips of my fingers crack and bleed – incredibly painful, and very hard to get rid of. Lotion helps, but can never replace the gloves.</p>
<p>DH has extremely dry skin and has tried lots of different stuff. His current favorite (stolen fr. my drawer,lol) is Bath and Body Works “Lay It On Thick” shea butter hand cream. It smells great.</p>
<p>I “third” the vote for Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream! They used to call it “Fisherman’s Formula”. I have used it for years, and as a teacher, my hands used to get particularly bad in the winter - not only from the New England cold, but from the chalkdust from using the blackboard. Even though we now have “graduated” to electronic Smartboards, I still use the cream every day. They also used to make a similar formula called “Cracked Heels”, but it is no longer available. The minute I start wearing socks again (usually late October), my heels start getting dry and cracked. This was wonderful, but they discontinued it recently. When I found out - I visited all of my local CVS stores and bought extra tubes. I have enough to get through this winter, but not sure what I am going to do next year - LOL!</p>