Dry cracking skin on shins - this helps

[allen-uk]

My shin was always on the edge of bleeding - never quite getting there, but dry and cracking, and I knew that it was a short step to broken skin, ulceration, etc. And as I've already got one missing leg (although that was alcoholism rather than diabetes) it bothered me.

My chiropodist, who used to be head of his department at a London hospital, saw my leg and recommended 'Neutrogena' Foot Repair Cream. Yes, FOOT repair cream! Anyway, I tried it, and it worked in about 3 days. My leg is now smooth and whole, and although there is still the tell-tale rash under the skin, the dryness and cracking has completely gone.

So, worth a try to prevent legs getting worse.


Allen.

 

[hallii]

A good tip Allen, all my doc. will prescribe is "Aqueous Cream BP" and to be fair it does work but you have to load it on.

I now use Avon "Skin so soft" in a spray bottle, and find it very good. Even better is that my wife pays for it and I just use it!

Oh! and it keeps mossies at bay.

H

 

[noblehead]

Not used the Neutrogena Foot Cream but swear by the hand product, dry and cracked hands are smooth and soft in days :thumbup:

 

[allen-uk]

Yes, my GP used to prescribe the same thing, hallii. Works a bit, but this stuff seems (amazingly) to cure the problem, whereas with the aqueous cream you have to keep slapping it on, day and night.

My skin was quite bad - to the point that I was starting to put on large bandages, just in case. But 4 or 5 days of the Neutrogena stopped the problem. Now I put it on maybe 2 or 3 times a week.

Oh, spin-off advantage - it doesn't have any affect on kidney disease, unlike many creams and potions.

A.

 

[hugsee]

My mother also suffers with extremely dry skin and the doc prescribed this for her so have been pinching it for my feet...its wonderful after a long day then a foot soak and my daughter massaging this into my feet...heaven