Hi Brisket I have had them mostly through a cut or getting a thorn stuck in my finger etc the small cuts are the most painful,if it was at the tip of my finger I would have to put a plaster on it as it hurts when you touch anything, especially using  a keyboard as it  will only help keep the wound open,take the plaster off at bedtime, sorry I dont know what else to suggest

I somehow managed to gouge a chunk out of the end of my nose yesterday... with my nail... as I put on my jumper! 

I dunno who the hell I managed it.   Its a tiny gouge...   but it hurts like hell!  

and... I have a scabby nose!

Skin dries out in the winter months Brisket, use plenty of hand cream and try not to wash them as much. If the cracks get too bad, you can actually put a drop of super glue on to join the skin and let it heal naturally, although I wouldn't try that option myself. 

Do you mean a moisturiser Dame Iva?
Or something like an antiseptic such as Savlon?

Germoline, for everything! 

my boy gets eczema on his hands which include these cuts, in the winter...   we tried everything from eczema treatments to hand creams, to the E45 range...     we have now found something that works..

Its Dream Cream from Lush.   Yeah, yeah, I know... lush shops stink, its cosmetic, blah de blah... but doctors are actually recommending this stuff for ezcema now as well.   And it really does work!

Dream Cream

& the ten quid pot lasts ages.

Everything? 

I LOVE germoline Blizz...    and I agree...  for everything

I even took my mother a tube up the other day

What you need is Hemp hand cream from the body shop. I am not exagerating when I say this stuff is nothing short of a miricle cream! A few years ago I had such dry cracked knuckes from the cold they cracked and started to blead when I curled my fingers round the steering wheel in the car. My friend worked for the body shop and insisted I try this. After ONE application my hands were soothed and within a day they were back to normal. I always recommend this to friends who always agree that is amazing stuff. It doesnt smell very nice though.

http://www.thebodyshop.co.uk/_...s&prdcode=24243m

How is it to apply Gyps?

The Lush Dream Cream is a bit of a miracle cream too...  but its not pleasant to use...  it doesn't immediately sink in, and you have to sit & let it absorb...  which I hate.

But as you have said about the hemp one....  you only have to do it once... and the next day your skin is amazing.

does the hemp one have an immediate effect?

do you use it as a treatment, or preventative or both?

The hemp one does have an immediate effect, it makes your skin really silky and 'soothed' is the best word. It is easy to apply it sinks in quite well but is very very rich so best to rub the backs of your hands together, rather than get it on your palms as it could be greasy there. Id say after 3 mins its absorbed totally.

I used it initially to help my hands recover from that awful cracked mess but now when its cold and you feel your hands get dry i rub a little in and it stops them drying out.

Ive had the same tube for about 3 years now, so a little goes a long way.

ta gyps.. I think we will give that one a go

I hope you like it, let me know how you get on x

You folks are very informative. I appreciate it.

L'occitane Shea Butter handcream is great for keeping your hands soft and moisturised. They also sell pure Shea Butter, which is great for chapped lips and seriously dry patches of skin.
I used to get contact dermatitis on my hands, which caused cuts and hacks - never had it since I started using L'occitane products.

Moisturisers fine Brisket, you need to stop your skin drying out through winter.

My dad was an electrician and chasing cables and wires used to play havoc with his hands - they were full of cuts, especially in the natural creases along the fingers.
Being a blokey bloke , he wouldn't use any handcream because of the perfume so it was either good old Vaseline (if you can slather it on and wear latex gloves overnight then all the better )...or he'd use Vaseline Intensive Care hand cream during the day.

You can get cotton gloves and Vaseline wear them in bed. does the trick.

If MrD came to bed wearing latex gloves & vaseline... I'd be up, dressed & out the door (or even window) like a shot 

My Dad worked in the market - out in all weathers - his hands used to crack on the fingertips and knuckles - he used to put this stuff something like Vaseline on his hands. It came in a block with a very distinctive smell (not unpleasant) it was called Melrose. I've never seen it since.

The old lady who ran the stall next door (Ruby) always knitted my Dad and his brother a pair of fingerless gloves for Christmas.

Brisket I used Vaseline Intensive Rescue Cream .... it's non perfumed.... so it doesn't sting

The packaging has changed but I think this is the stuff - it used to be in a pink container.

 

I swear by Sudacrem for hacks.    Fill them in with it like polyfilla before you go to bed.   Preventions the best bet though.. but I'm so bad at remember to put handcream on.

Coward.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Please do not do that - bad move,.

Dame where did you get that info from ?

There is a product called 'new skin' it is a bit like super glue but I guess it's dermatologically sound!

Probably safer to use that Soozy, I suppose if you have a sensitive skin it wouldn't be a good idea to use super glue, although you can. I wouldn't use it anyhow, I'd have me hands stuck together 

The top few layers of skin are actually dead skin and are much less sensitive than your lower layers. When you get cracks and cuts you are exposing your living and more sensitive skin. And so something that is just 'annoying' (cold weather) to the upper layers of skin can be quite painful to these lower, sensitive layers.

  

I've used that....  it stings like buggery it does! 

Don't ever spray it on a grazed knee....  you end up hopping round swearing like a loony for ten mins 

I know - I took a chunk out of my knuckle last year and it was a bit of a nuiscance so I gave it a go ....................bl***dy agony! Good stuff though.

My hands always get a bit chapped during the winter - a great one for me was "Soap & Glory" hand butter - left my hands really soft and cleared up all the nicks.

I love the smell of the soap & glory stuff!   I've got the hand butter & the body one too.

and they're cheap!

Ditty, I have to have some in the house at all times

I love the blueberry range especially the hand scrub that comes in the small pot.

Hoping some will appear in my Xmas stocking this year - I've dropped enough hints to everyone

there's a blueberry range????

*goes to google*

Well, I think it's blueberry.... it's the turquoise colour - smells like blueberry anyway

This is it - can't find a pic of the small hand scrub pot though...

ooops...  I got a bit distracted for a while on their website! 

I can't beleive how much their range of stuff has expanded...   

am sticking gift sets on my excel spreadsheet wish list right now!