bigmommasally Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 You can get Udderly Smooth Cream here: http://www.creativegrids.com/acatalog/Hand_Quilting.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 When OH worked outside his hands were unbelievably cracked and sore his mummy used to buy him Snowfire/Melrose ointment both still readily available they come as a hard stick that you warm and apply. He still swears by it today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Ooh thanks - bookmarked that - The Cotton Patch doesn't do it, so my little pot from the shop in Staines (now closed down) was being heavily rationed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Cheap but hot, exfoliate your hands, then apply copious quantities of vaseline, put gloves on then sleep that way - works for feet too! Big fan of vaseline my children always laughed as they grew up on vaseline cures everthing! yep latex free gloves on overnight too will help and bathe in Oilatum or Hydromol (bath can become slippery) Udder cream good too and I do find bathing in the lotions really helps.good luck..carry some around with you as well to keep applying it good luck indie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 This is quite timely as I just have a really sore patch on my finger that cracked and is now starting to heal. Boy it does get painfull. I should ask to borrow my mum's 8 hour cream, we bought her some for babysitting for us. I wonder if she'll mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Udderly Cream also at Amazon here http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=udder+cream&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=4584237403&ref=pd_sl_8il2q928fj_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Another vote for 8 hour cream from me Hope you find something that works for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Crikey it's expensive! Mine was £3.79 a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 hands extremely sore this morning - going to have a day of calendula and badger balm. If no improvement on Friday will send hubbie into debenhams to get some 8 hour cream. I am sure they must sell it in there or one of the other department stores. He has to go and finish his xmas shopping..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 They certainly have it in Debenhams in Banbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORENSICA Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Well I should give the Udderly smooth try then as some of you like it. Now I am confused about the links ..do you mean this one? http://www.creativegrids.com/acatalog/info_1_N0539.html or this one? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Udderly-Smooth-Udder-Cream-Redex/dp/B0000AS54S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=beauty&qid=1260961740&sr=8-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Either - and remember to wash the udder and teat parts thoroughly with soap and clean water before each milking to avoid contamination of milk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The one with urea in it is the best one to get - sounds ghastly, but it's a fabulous skin softener. Doesn't smell of wee one bit either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I agree and make sure it goes into the cracks - it does have a nice smell too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORENSICA Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Either - and remember to wash the udder and teat parts thoroughly with soap and clean water before each milking to avoid contamination of milk! Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I lent my little pot to a neighbour who had been suffering with mastitis (spelling???? but you know what I mean) - she said it worked a treat and it was the best thing she'd ever had for her dry hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 update calendula cream (as recommended in the health shop) has 'soothed ' my hands but they feel really dry..... and so therefore sore in a different way if you know what i mean.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 So the options are 8 hour cream udderly (moo) tea tree cream for little animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 well hubbie added some udderly to his amazon order for me, but it may be too late...... woke up this morning and my finger is infected. went to see the pharmacist and having to see the doc later. She said it was where my skin has been sore round my nails because of the cold it has got infected. Its gone right down my finger and is starting on my hand now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 You poor thing, I get that too when they crack. I just squirt some vet wound powder on it and bind it up! I hope it gets better soon. I have some Bactroban cream somewhere if you want to borrow it, that's very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovemarmite Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 i am deciding that the vets will be a better trip than the docs... he he he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Similar professions! Try a pot of magnesium sulphate - put a dab on a plaster and wrap it around the infection - it draws it out (and is quite painless). Great for splinters and the like - you need to mix the stuff in the pot first - it goes a bit like cornflour when it settles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Ooh sounds nasty. I'm about to order the udder cream stuff as just as one patch has started to heal up on my finger I can feel a familiar itch starting a bit further down my finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Cracked hands, haven't had any this year (nice thick gloves). But beforehand, my skin used to crack on the joints, so if i moved my hand, the wound would open up again, took ages to heal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Cracked hands, haven't had any this year (nice thick gloves). But beforehand, my skin used to crack on the joints, so if i moved my hand, the wound would open up again, took ages to heal. Thats my trouble at the moment, middle finger on my right hand. Just keeps reopening, can't believe how sore it can get. I've got lovely thinsulate gloves which keep my hands toasty each time I'm outside but I thinks its the amount of time I spend with my hands in water. I buy rubber gloves but forget to put them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
