Cracked red hands

Wear your garden gloves at night, over a thick layer of a lanolin-based
hand salve.

HTH

--Karen D.

Rex said:

This cold weather is not doing my hands any good... ...

Veloise said:

Wear your garden gloves at night, over a thick layer of a lanolin-based
hand salve.

What she said. I had this happen back in college, and a few nights of this
took care of it.

It's probably less from sweat, and more from the low humidity this time of
year. My suggestions to stave this off:

1. Find a good hand lotion, and use it often (every time you wash your hands,
after every ride, etc.). I have a bottle of Aveeno with menthol that can
can cool off that burning sensation; aloes can help as well. Sunburn lotions
can be used if things get really bad (the thicker and gloppier, the better).

2. Get a humidifier at home. Keep your indoor humididty around 40%, at least
in the rooms you frequent, and a lot of skin problems disappear. Don't
overdo it, though, or you'll get mildew and other issues; if you see
condensation on the windows, dial it back a notch.

--

__o Kristian Zoerhoff
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Rex Kerr said:

This cold weather is not doing my hands any good... my skin is bright
red, cracked, and flaking. The other night when I put on my gloves my
hands were burning like they were on fire... Water seems to make them
worse. I think that the primary cause is sweaty gloves and cold
weather.

Any tips to help clear this up? (that don't include not riding). I've
been carrying two pair of cheap gardening gloves to wear inside of my
warmer gloves, one to ride in to work and one to ride home in and
washing them frequently. Creams and lotions just seem to make it burn
more without doing much to clear them up. Just remembered my tin of
bag balm from a few years back -- might give that a try tonight. Any
other ideas?

Aloe based creams help me. I also have this problem. My fingertips and
the pads of my fingers get so dry that they crack and bleed. Cortisone
based creams help. My whole hands are not affected so I bought some
rubber glove end looking things at the office supply store. They come
in little bags and are designed for temporary use in sorting, etc. When
my hands get really bad, I put the cream on and rubber tips over them
when I go to bed. You have to be careful, as you can cut off
circulation, but they work like the garden glove suggested earlier.

Dr Naylor or BagBalm..we sell Dr Naylor(also a cow's udder treatemtn,
but less lanolin, less greasy, some oil of clove-smells
better-medicated)...I use it on my feet and hands..works great.

Rex Kerr said:

This cold weather is not doing my hands any good... my skin is bright
red, cracked, and flaking. The other night when I put on my gloves my
hands were burning like they were on fire... Water seems to make them
worse. I think that the primary cause is sweaty gloves and cold
weather.

Any tips to help clear this up? (that don't include not riding). I've
been carrying two pair of cheap gardening gloves to wear inside of my
warmer gloves, one to ride in to work and one to ride home in and
washing them frequently. Creams and lotions just seem to make it burn
more without doing much to clear them up. Just remembered my tin of
bag balm from a few years back -- might give that a try tonight. Any
other ideas?

On Jan 24, 9:28 am, "Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

The other suggestion I'm not reading here is Vitamin D. We're in the
sun-deprived time of the year, and Vitamin D will promote healing. The best
form is, I hate to say, cod-liver oil.

Cod liver oil is great stuff... a good recco.

You might also try rubbing a bit of coconut oil on your hands. It
absorbs well into the skin and has some interesting anti-inflammatory
properties. It is not greasy.

If you have a good medical plan just go to the Doctor.
Otherwise Udder Cream and Tail and Mane Shampoo and Conditioner comes to
mind.
Eat salmon and cod. Basically you need the same stuff as eczema
sufferers. Which is why I would want a Doctor. Vitamin A and beta carotene
from carrots. Zinc from the sink. Joke. Milk has Vitamin D.
Take everything until Winter is over. The fish make you less depressed in
this gloomy weather too so double wacky on your enemy.
I had a bout of that even in the summer. From too much coffee. Skin
was depleted of nutrition.

Don't tell me. There is no such thing as too much coffee.
Just be aware it will happen every winter. I use hand lotion alot.
After washing your hands is best. For your feet a peppermint lotion is
available everywhere.

SN
It is sunny in GVRD for the first time in weeks. Suppose to last a week.
Hope it comes close.

Rex Kerr said:

This cold weather is not doing my hands any good... my skin is bright
red, cracked, and flaking. The other night when I put on my gloves my
hands were burning like they were on fire... Water seems to make them
worse. I think that the primary cause is sweaty gloves and cold
weather.

Any tips to help clear this up? (that don't include not riding). I've
been carrying two pair of cheap gardening gloves to wear inside of my
warmer gloves, one to ride in to work and one to ride home in and
washing them frequently. Creams and lotions just seem to make it burn
more without doing much to clear them up. Just remembered my tin of
bag balm from a few years back -- might give that a try tonight. Any
other ideas?

Sounds like plain old chapped hands to me. Try a dip of bag balm on one
hand, run a little water on the palm of the other hand, rub together,
rub all over your hands, go to sleep. You need to get some water into
the skin; the bag balm will hold it there while the skin heals, and may
prevent infections from the chapping. Most lotions have alcohols that
burn when the skin is actually cracked.

I've seen Claire's technique recommended before, but I've never quite
been so bad I needed the gloves.

Pat

BTW,
Anyone tell me what are the ingredients in Bag Balm that make it so good?
I noticed it was derived from farm animal use.
Thanks
SN

nash said:

BTW,
Anyone tell me what are the ingredients in Bag Balm that make it so good?
I noticed it was derived from farm animal use.
Thanks
SN

Lanolin and a mild antiseptic*

*sayeth wikipedia.

landotter said:

nash said:

BTW,
Anyone tell me what are the ingredients in Bag Balm that make it so good?
I noticed it was derived from farm animal use.
Thanks
SN

Lanolin and a mild antiseptic*

*sayeth wikipedia.

Lanolin is just sheep fat, right? How bad could it be for your hands? =]

I found some liquid soap with shea butter beads in it, and filled each
of my three dispensers with it. It no longer hurts to wash my hands.

Try the travel sizes of your favorite store; you might find a
pocket-sized shea butter. Mine says Palmers, with vitamin E.

HTH

--Karen D.

yep, hints from Veloise

"catzz66" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Lanolin is just sheep fat, right? How bad could it be for your hands? =]

Some people, such as my brother, are allergic to lanolin, such that it would
make their hands even more irritated.

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Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
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On Jan 24, 10:16 pm, "Claire Petersky" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

"catzz66" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Lanolin is just sheep fat, right? How bad could it be for your hands? =]Some people, such as my brother, are allergic to lanolin, such that it would

make their hands even more irritated.

Perhaps finely rendered lard could be used if your brother had a bad
case of chapping. Only slightly kidding. :-)