Can somebody please tell me........

All my life I have moisturised my whole body after my (almost) daily bath or else I feel I am wearing skin a size too small. Elbows and feet get a thicker cream than the rest of me and seem to be very well preserved. My face on the other hand despite extra moisturising during the day with a range of face creams is what my 5 year old grand daughter describes as 'cracked'!

Phoenix, I remember having the bosom conversation with you in the past. We should think ourselves lucky, as not enough to travel southwards and no measuring for bras, just (in my case) hoping to get one small enough. I have to admit I'd have liked a bit more when I was younger, but hey ho, I'm happy now. .?

Bloody kindle!

Still, could have been worse, might have manifested itself as "bisons"

Imagine having a chest occupied by hairy, horned animals of the bovine type! Wouldn't half give the doctor a shock when he asked you to lift up your tee shirt so he could listen to your heart!

Roses, Phoenix,

Ooh, send one of those small bosuns to me Phoenix as I do like a naval man.

My bottom seems hell bent on introducing itself to the back of my knees!

Fortunately my very small bosons have absolutely no wish to acquaint themselves with any other part of my anatomy other than my chest, to which they are attached.

How on earth did word in my post become a link

Sadly Bella it's not down to sense of humour (although he does have a very good one) it's just that he is of a very practical mind!

Just had to think about this one I suppose I include them when I moisturise my arms and legs every time I have a bath. Can't be bothered with the rest of my body.

Paddyann, surely elbows are not the first thing they look at when "ageing" you ?

apparently you can tell someones age from their elbows so moisturising them will enable you to keep lying that you are ten years younger than you really are ...turning the clock back I mean .Or you could just ADD ten years to your age and people will all tell you that theres no way you look that old .

I keep moisturising my arms and neck because I know that if I stop it will only be a short step to growing a moustache and going shopping in my slippers!

I find coconut oil the best thing for elbows & feet & its drys in quickly

We're trying
It is just an inspiration to tighten the buttocks as I stand at the kitchen sink

Is that picture going to be on every GN thread? (Not that I'm complaining). I'm great on moisturising everything!
Mind it's one of those words there's something weird about-I can imagine Miranda Hart saying it Moi-sture-ising!

Lately I don't moisturise any of me much, except my face. I INTEND to but seem to forget. When summer comes (!!) and I have to get my arms and legs out I will be slapping on the moisturiser everywhere, including my elbows.

I always thought you moisturised your elbows so if someone grabbed you , you could slither out of their grasp rather than get attached by your wrinkles !!

So in effect its practising self defence when you moisturise !

Hope you feel better soon
sorry if it was rather flippant

Thanks jalima

If your left buttock is falling over the back of your leg downtoearth I can recommend some buttock tightening exercises
which I should practise more myself.

One of my elbows is rougher than the other (the left one!) - and I realised I lean on that one when I am reading threads on GN

Just off to exfoliate and moisturise!

Uurgh this thread is getting nasty. Think I'll go back to the peaceful politics threads. Can't cope with too much reality!

Just checked my elbows cetraban from doc does trick feet silky smooth ditto knees are fine but can anyone explain on left buttock where it falls over back of leg is a dry patch of skin,friction? Wear and tear? No idea....but please can I have some sympathy for the nasty boil I have on lets call it no mans land and a 10 day course of antibiotics and the prospect of a lancing in due course....sorry for lowering tone but want to share my pain

Never mind what we have in our bathrooms! You should see the collection on my dressing table. On second thoughts, I'd rather you didn't.

I use Body Shop Hemp hand cream for the rough skin on my heels and it works a treat, probably it will do the same for elbows.

I thought elbows got naturally moisturised through hard work. I remember my brother telling me with horror that our mother said she'd put a lot of elbow grease into the cake she'd just made!