My alligator hands,,,,,,

Take vitamin D. My hands used to get just like what you're saying, but only in the winter time. Found out you get vitamin D from sunlight. What's a person short of in the winter time.....? SUNLIGHT! Started taking vitamin D during the winter months, and haven't had a lick of trouble since. Creams and ointments an all that stuff may fix em up, but take vitasmin D and you have the root of the problem fixed. Darrel

yep....both Darrel and John are right! also cornhusker lotion is a good one too!

VITAMIN D is NUMBER 1,,,did I say 1 on the list.... And you CAN'T overdose on it either.
Then lotions,,,,,,MY favorite is Udder Balm.  It's the stuff dairy farmers always used on their cows in the winter time.  They would crack really bad and you'd get one or two that you couldn't even milk.  You can imagine how them udders would hurt....  It'd be like you left your bells hanging out in the winter....
SO, if udder balm is good enough for them women things,,,,,,,,,,,it's good enough for our hands...  I still use it and swear by it.  Grease and oil and gasoline, petroleum products are a mechanics nemesis in the winter time.

Get some and put it on liberally at night and put some socks over your hands to help keep the warmth in and let it work over night, you'll be amazed.

YES 'D'.... I found that out when I got 'atheletes foot' years ago....quacks meds did nothing but empty my wallet...sob......
sat outside with socks off,in t shirt in mid MARCH to have sun beam down on me as it felt goo. Next day I was walking aroun for 2-3 hours before I figured out I had NO pain in the feet. 2 days later pain came back THEN I remembered  I'd sat in the sun, bought D  that afternoon, take 3-5 every day from October to April. NO pain anymore !
Also get Vitamin E creme and apply to hands(yup, nurther trip to WallyWorld) , it'l repair your skin in 1-2-3 days. apply often,especially before bed. Open skin lets in bad germs and things....
Jay

We have found that Gold Bond diabetics dry skin relief works good and I also use it instead of sun screen in the summer and don't get sunburnt 

Go o tsc and get blue location with dog picture on it .Good for stings too. I think its for mange but it is good stuff on people.

Move to Arkansas. I worked in your neighborhood a few years ago. Believe me we were getting plenty of sun shine and then some. I thought all my skin was gonna fall off. Soon as we got home it started to heal.

Also being in NM I go through the same thing. I use hydrocortisone every night before bed. During the day, I use coconut oil. I used to use Utter Butter, but everyone complained  that I smelled funny and the refused to shake hands with me.

The Consultator wrote: Also being in NM I go through the same thing. I use hydrocortisone every night before bed. During the day, I use coconut oil. I used to use Utter Butter, but everyone complained  that I smelled funny and the refused to shake hands with me.

Chit,,,Consulter,,,I always thought them,,,,,,them,,,things,,,UMMmm they,,,Fact is,,,,I used to LOVE the smell of them,,,er never mind,,,!!! (Still do,!!)

guess I figger that if it don't hurt them little ducks, it ain't gonna hurts me!

For some reasom,,my dang phone is not wantin to transfer pics to my PC again,,,I'll keep tryin tho,,,
I am simply AMAZED at how the Cornhuskers lotion is fixin the heavy crackin and splitting on my hands,,,!!! I started usin,,what Wednesday? and they look 50% better,,,I'll get this dang phone fixed or get another one,,,,Cause ,,,cause we all know ole Shameless got to have his pics,,,,,,

shameless dude wrote: nawwwww....the Dawn soap smells nice! and....Joe....are you sure you can't peel the skin off yer hands and make sum boots?

I don't know Shameless,,,these hands wouldn't make very good lookin boot material,,,,,
They are TONS better than they were a week ago,,at least you can see some real skin in the centers now,,,

My sister is a nurse.  She told me to rub Vaseline into my hands.  I do this before I go to bed.  I thought sure sis.  By golly she was right.  My hands healed up.

Joe, I use Palmolive for washing up after playing around in grease and dirt, etc, after I use a lanolin based hand cleaner. 

desertjoe wrote: Yeah, Thad,,I had to grin a little when I read that little number,,,cause,,,,cause,,if anything,,,I prolly getting TOO MUCH dang sun,,!! I have to wear a long sleeved shirt AND a hat year round, not a cap but a hat to keep this sun off my skin cause of my Diabetes and the meds I take,,,actually,,the only'ist skin that does get lots of sun,,are my alligator hands. BUT,,,with only 1 1/2 days of Cornhuskers my hands is lookin lots better,,,!!! I talked to the head Pharmacist at Walmart and he was gonna give me some other stuff that had a name as long as you ever seen and must of been good cause ,,,,cause thet little tube was $24,,,,, but the Cornhuskers was,,,,,$3.65 ,,,,SO,,,,,,you know the rest of the story,,,,,,

Joe, very respectfully, if you keep everything covered up, you're not getting too much sun that way. During the winter months, I am outside for hours on end in sunlight, too, but still not getting enough sun because everything is covered up in the winter time. Next time the vampires take a little blood from you at the lab, ask em about your vitamin D level. And I am not sure why lack of vitamin D attacks the hands, but just because your hands are in the sunlight, that doesn't fix em. That's just what I've discovered from my years of experience. I'm not a Dr, but like the rest of em, I'm practicing. Darrel