moisturizer recomendations

[steelhead2]

my finger tips have been cracking at the corners of the nail beds,it happens(to me) because i'm an`autobody person' and am `around' solvents,this is not nec. common yearound,,,but this winter has been a battle royal!,,one finger can just`come on' and in a matter of hours and i'm battling a split finger,,i keep drinking water,i slather on uh?,!,whatever my wife gave me(yeah i'm having a `senior moment') when i go to bed,i've band-aided with moisturizer overnight witch does work great but i need something to work in all day long(i guess?),,,winters seem THE time of year this happens and even tho' i WANT to practice in the eves,,,,when a finger is split IT doesn't

ARE there some super skin moisturizer recomendations!?

[SelenaBassGirl]

here is what i found
http://www.glovesinabottle.com/dry-cracked-skin.html
I know what helped me with my dry heels, I'd rub vasoline on it at night and put on socks. Also Avon has some pretty good products out too.
As far as hands, when I was a nurse, I used to have to wash my hands constantly, and although they didn't crack, they'd still get dry. constant moisturizing helps.
Try to use mild soap such as Dove, when you wash your hands.
You mention corner of nail beds. Try some cuticle cream. That softens the area around the skin.

[TheEmptyCell]

Avoid soaps that remove necessary oils from your hands. I really like Dr. Bronner's stuff, although I try to ignore the kooky religious junk on the containers. Their Sun Dog's Balm is great. I'm a cook, and my hands dry out from washing them so often, but since I gave up on the antibacterial soap (read: lying, unhelpful, makes-the-germs-stronger soap), it's been a lot better.

[bongomania]

I highly recommend lotions based on oils from avocados, nuts, seeds, or emus (yes, the large bird). I do not recommend lotions based on petroleum oils, including mineral oil or vaseline. The reason petroleum-based lotions seem to work so well is the same reason fabric softeners "work": they break down the connective tissue, which gives nice soft results in the short term, but which destroys the material (in this case, your skin) in the long term. I knew a massage therapist, about 60 years old, who had used mineral oil for most of his career; the skin on his hands was almost totally loose from the muscles, you could pull it away like a stretchy glove.

You'll find lots and lots of testimonials for lotions containing petroleum oils, but they are all describing short-term results only.

[iamlowsound]

I use this stuff called Glysomed. It is the only thing that I have ever found to work on my dry skin. It gets used on my hands and face. Before I found this stuff my hands used to get so dry that they would crack open and bleed. Two days of this stuff and my hands were back to normal. www.glysomed.ca

lowsound

[MichaelScott]

[Phalex]

Last year in a thread just like this one, someone suggested taking Flaxseed oil pills to prevent this from happening. That's BS!! But having bought a bunch of Flaxseed oil capsules...... I've started puncturing the ampules and rubbing the oil into my hands rather than swallowing the pills. It stays kinda greasy for longer than I like, but so far this year, I haven't had any issues with cracking. I don't know if it works, or if I've just been lucky so far, but at least I'm getting rid of thee damn pills!

[PaulNYC]

Originally Posted by bongomania

I highly recommend lotions based on oils from avocados, nuts, seeds, or emus (yes, the large bird). I do not recommend lotions based on petroleum oils, including mineral oil or vaseline. The reason petroleum-based lotions seem to work so well is the same reason fabric softeners "work": they break down the connective tissue, which gives nice soft results in the short term, but which destroys the material (in this case, your skin) in the long term. I knew a massage therapist, about 60 years old, who had used mineral oil for most of his career; the skin on his hands was almost totally loose from the muscles, you could pull it away like a stretchy glove.

You'll find lots and lots of testimonials for lotions containing petroleum oils, but they are all describing short-term results only.

What you're syaing is just plain scary. I guess I need to look for something new.

[TomB]

Wear gloves whenever possible outside. I'm pleased with Nature's Gate Moisturizer with Tea Tree oil.

[bongomania]

Oh yeah, I'm a fan of tea tree oil too.

[Demon_Hunter]

A coworker gave my wife some of this stuff called Bag Balm
http://www.bagbalm.com/index.htm

She washes her hands a lot at work and its good to put on after washing
hands and then putting on latex gloves.

It's kinda greasy but its nice.

Apparently it was made for cow udders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bag_Balm

[jerry]

I always have the finger moisturizers that bank tellers use on top of my amp.

[steelhead2]

great replys!,forgot to mention i've had the uh? `Beubonic Plague' or whatever for the last week(some sort of upper respiratory infection/flue?,,,so i HAVe blown my nose a LOT(and figure that is keeping me dried up?),,

so last night i wake up at 2AM and feel it=fingertips,donk on some moisturizer(gee,looking at it here it sure is some wierd stuff,has HALF A LABEL of ingredients,oat kernal,aloe barbadensis leaf extract,grape seed extract,apple fruit extract,rasberry extract`bath and body world'?,sounds more like EXTRACT world to me,wife's stuff=) anyway shlog on some of that then wrap the tips with band-aids,,got thru most of the day but of course having to actually spray some paint at car parts i eventually succumbed to washing my hands in thinner,used a pile of gloves like always,so my middle finger is cracked at the cuticle,well,all i can do is go buy some bottles of what's been mentioned and try em!=thanks again(gee the Corn Huskers and bag balm sounds like something my folks might have used)

i'll play with a pick!,band-aids and a pick that's it