[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Sweet&Content

Carmex lip balm does WONDERS for chapped and sore hands, elbows and heals!! WONDERS! Better than ANY lotion I have ever used. My mom uses it on her thumbs and palms where she has eczema and she really sees/feels a difference. It makes the skin supple & keeps it from cracking. Then, when a friend had really chapped skin on her hands so bad they would crack & bleed (she worked on her poultry farm in the nasty cold & wet weather), we gave her a bag of the little jars of Carmex...she started using it daily like lotion and within a week her skin had improved considerably. Plus, if she used it before going outside to work, it gave her hands a barrier to the cold air. I used it often when I worked in cold warehouses and my hands would get very raw... LOVE IT!! (but it does burn just a tad when you apply it to chapped/cracked skin...but it soon becomes soothing.) A trick I learned was to apply it after a warm bath before bed and wear gloves or socks for a short time to allow it to soak in. http://www.mycarmex.com/our-products/default.aspx

Thanks for the suggestion!

I use Neutrogena Norwegian Formula, which works great for me as a general rule. But my skin is so sensitive and dry and cracks like nobody's business that it's actually treated best by prescription creams. I just don't have the money to get to the dermie and to pay for the good stuff this year so I am rationing out the remaining stuff I have left.

In the meantime, it hurts.