Hand cream

Poor babies ?

Another vote for OKeefe's working hands.I have worked outside for years and get terribly cracked dry hands if I don't apply hand cream several times a day. I've tried so many but this has worked best so far.

O'Keefes hand cream is available at Sainsburys etc and from eBay and a little soaks in well. I use it on small cuts at the top of my thumbs.

When I had ‘hives’ my GP prescribed Zerobase Emollient Cream. Although I had it on prescription you can buy it over the counter. It costs about £10 for 500g and I have used it ever since for my hands,and it lasts for weeks

They do look sore
DGD gets eczema and said her hands were very sore, I gave her a tube of Aveeno which I hadn't opened but I think Neutrogena, Atrixo or anything which isn't perfumed is good.

What about a tin of Burt's Bees hand salve? They wouldn't take it off him at school surely? That would be cruel.

Oh yes they would Callistemon! My daughter had very chapped and cracked lips one winter so I gave her a lip salve stick for her coat pocket. It was promptly reported and confiscated. They can be bastards!

Poor little chap, that looks sore. I wonder if, in fact, that is an allergic reaction to whatever he is washing his hands with? Do you notice how it is predominantly the back of his hands and not so much on his fingers? Just where I imagine he rubs the soap on. Before applying anything else, I think I'd get it looked at by a nurse practitioner or GP.

I would only use hydrocortisone as a last resort, it worries me that the GP prescribed it for DGD.
It thins the skin and it to be used extremely sparingly.

My daughter hasn't been able to get an appointment with her GP as it's not classed as urgent, so she's given my grandson a tiny pot of cream to use at school and if it's confiscated she will keep him off school until his hands have healed. (By which time the schools will no doubt have closed for Easter anyway.)

Fortunately his hands are much better for not having been washed at school for the last two days.

I'm surprised he's not allowed to take his cream in even if the form teacher, the school secretary or nurse if there is one, takes charge of it and lets him use it after hand washing.

When my hands looked like that hydrocortisone was the only thing that worked. One application overnight then wearing cotton gloves would do the trick and then I would keep on top of it using Neutrogena or Aveeno. Hydrocortisone isn't as strong as, say, betnovate although strangely enough you can only get the stronger one over the counter; the weaker one is prescription only [unless things have changed]. Also, creams don't moisturise as well as ointments; hydrocortisone ointment is better than cream. Would he be allowed to use a soap substitute eg E45 wash cream [or would that not clean his hands thoroughly?]

Could you send a picture of his hands to the practice nurse? They might be more than happy to consult via email at the moment?

I was once advised Aveena which is available off shelf at most stores.Have passed info to friends who have been so grateful as sorted problem cancelling need appt with dermotologist.