dry cracked hands

[crisgal]

my hands are so sore! If i put cream on - e45, aqueus etc, it really stings! Is there anything i can put on that will help the dryness, without stinging the cuts?

[lady-janine]

i always find almond oil helps when my hands are like that. should be able to get it from chemist or helath food shop. good luck.

[daffy654]

I use Neutrogena Norwegian formula hand cream for my sore and cracked skin. I have no idea whether it would make your hands sting though.

http://www.boots.com/...nted-Hand-Cream_1503/

[molliemoo]

Not sure if it will sting or not but when i had really dry hands the pharmacist sold me some Epaderm, its absolutely brilliant.
http://www.chemistdir...m-cream_1_171957.html

[nungate]

Try exfoliating your hands first. Take a good spoonful of sugar and mix with a little olive oil to a paste and rub it all over your hands - then rinse off your hands should feel a bit softer, then apply a really rich hand cream E45 is a good one. I also use an intensive cream by vaseline, when I'm feeling a bit rich I buy a tube of L'Occitane's hand cream with shea butter an excellent product but a bit on the dear side last one cost me £15 and that was a while ago. My grandmother used to rub olive oil into her hands and wear cotton gloves to bed, you could give that a go too. Hope these ideas help.

[katburd]

http://www.thebodysho...dsFeet&prdcode=24243m

this worked for me

[crisgal]

they are really helpful suggestions, thanks. i think i'll go with the almond oil first, then try one of the creams when the cuts have healed.

[jamesnan]

A midwife advised me that the best thing to put on hands was a good dollop of vaseline, and then rub hands together under hot water for a minute. Dry carefully.

[brenda]

Vaseline.

[ruthann58]

udder cream as used for cows , my uncle was a cow man and used to suffer from terrible cracked hands until he tried rubbing some on his hands as he was doing the cows its graet stuff

[tinkerbell23]

You get little cotton gloves in boots etc an soak ur hands in cream and stick te gloves on to bed or something...X