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Sat Feb 28, 2004 3:48 pm  |
Hi all,
While I know that I'm overdue for a review, I HAD to ask my most knowledgable friends their opinion about my horrid red, rough hands. My mother has beautiful skin on her hands, but mine take after my sweet Dad's. They've been like this for ages. I remember being in High School and working for a camp and one of the little campers told me that my hands looked like "Hobbit" hands! And they do, sans hair. I know that their size and shape can't be altered, but I'm convinced that something can be done to make them look smoother and less red. In photos, the skin on my face and neck, arms, etc, looks normal and pale, then my bright red hands leap out and look bizarre. I've tried a few things - Neutrogena's hand treatment with SPF 15 and AHAs, and of course various moisture creams. Does anyone have any suggestions? BTW: Imagine my delight at returning home from vacation and discovering the new EDS lounge! Me oh my...yet another lure to visit EDS! So addictive. |
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Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:15 pm |
Hey there Zazu!
I always love your posts !!  I am going to put up my hand for not having the most delicate of hands for a girl-- like you, I've inherited by daddy's hands, although they are not disproportionatedly large like my feet, I would regard them as mannish looking compared to my sister's hands which are tiny and look like a 5 year olds.... but when you say 'RED HANDS' that's got me puzzled. I get 'BLUE HANDS' in the wintertime as I have bad circulation. The only times my hands get a bit on the red side is when they're dry and chapped so I guess a good moisturising hand cream kept with you in a pocket might help that problem.... the other thing I can suggest is applying Vaseline petroleum jelly and then wearing cotton gloves to bed, that way the Vaseline penetrates better into the skin and you don't mess up your sheets !  You can buy the cotton gloves from supermarkets and Vaseline costs next to nothing. I do this when I've really completely been neglecting my hands... it not only smooths out the wrinkles on your hands but softens the cuticles ready to be pushed back.
I now also put sunblock on the back of my hands at the same time I put it on my face and chest.
The other thing is to always use disposable gloves when you're in contact with detergents and chemicals-- even when hand-washing clothes.. ..I hope your hands aren't red from handling chemicals. 
Summertimegirl x |
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Sun Feb 29, 2004 5:38 pm |
Zazu,
Your problem sounds a lot like contact dermatitis, and it could be caused by an allergy to soaps. Because our hands get washed more frequently than any other body part, the protective oils get removed several times a day. Then the skin is easily aggravated by the detergents and chemicals in soaps and shampoos. And think about all the different kinds of soap you're exposed to--not just in your home, but friend's homes and public restrooms. It's even possible your dad has the same sensitivities and that's why his hands are red, too.
Since you can't stop washing your hands, try this: Buy a non-soap cleanser like Cetaphil and use nothing else but this to wash your hands for a while. Put some in a travel bottle in your purse and use it when you're away from home. Hopefully you'll see a difference soon.
--Alohagirl:P |
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Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:52 am |
| Oh my friends - thank you! I do think that I need to wear my nighttime gloves more often. And summertimegirl, I did discover a delightful hand treatment recently that involves a wonderful light scrub with I think almond oil, so not drying, and then an intense "gardener" type of moisturizer. It is the only thing that really made my hands look better. It's like they are permanently chapped, but without the roughness. On closer inspection after reading these responses, it seems that the larger problem is just their wrinkly condition. So based on the suggestions, I'm going to use that scrub once a week and the moisturizer underneath my gloves at night - and to get a good moisturizer to use after each handwashing, and of course to wear sunblock on them. Thanks, all! I'll report on my wee, wizened hands soon. |
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Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:13 pm |
Hello:
This might irritate your hands even more but I hope not-what I do is when I dust my house (once in a while, hee hee), I put an old sock or a sock with no mate over my hand and then dust that way. My hands seems so smooth. Anyone else do this? |
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Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:20 pm |
| Hi Zazu...this may be too late but my hands got totally mashed after a summer mixing concrete (don't ask!). I found that by using olive oil mixed with fine salt and honey 2x a day and using vaseline in cotton gloves not only at night, but also with rubber gloves on top when I did the washing up, it helped my hands no end. One thing tho...if your hands have broken skin, be VERY careful about using abrasive exfoliators. Hope that helps:) |
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