Viewing post #1661960 by bloominholes2fill

A little late to the party, but I thought it worth mentioning. Aveeno 24 hour is an excellent heavy lotion, although I prefer lotions that have mostly natural ingredients. Anything made by Watkins is excellent, with all natural ingredients! It's best to find all natural ingredients. Why use man made ingredients for the largest organ of our body, right? You can find those types of lotions and creams at your local organic store. I do agree with the other main ingredients mentioned above, such as, Pure Vitamin E is excellent on broken skin, and scars. Lanolin, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Grapeseed Oil, and Olive Oil are excellent, as well. And warm paraffin dips really are so soothing!! You can go to a manicurist/pedicurist for that.

Finally, if you can stand the somewhat medicinal odor, Bag Balm is excellent in healing the skin! It was developed for animal udders that get irritated and cracked from milking, but it's also sold in drug stores, at least around here, and you can find it on the bottom shelf. It's in a square green tin, and if you can find it in a small tin, I suggest to buy that for a sample trial. They used to sell those here, but I can only find the large tin, these days. A little goes a long way. These days, you can probably find the small tin online. I just haven't checked. The thing about Bag Balm is that it's antibacterial properties heal the broken skin, and it heals more shallow scratches, cuts, and abrasions and irritated skin very nicely, in 24 hours! It's so soothing, and it lasts due to its healing properties that really penetrate to the deeper skin layers! I put it on at night with gloves, and the odor goes away with the first hand washing, or two, in the morning. If I have slightly deeper cracked or broken skin (that's not too deep to need stitches) or a sore, all of which might take a bit longer to heal, I use it as a salve under the bandaid or gauze, until it heals. Hope this helps the newer members!