Amazing dry hand discovery

[BewareTheBeardedDragon]

I have horribly dry skin on my hands - particularly finger tips which crack and bleed, and have tried so many products over the years with little real success.

Was watching The Witchfinder on IPlayer (unlikely source of beauty tips) and a character said her soft hands were because she rubs a knob of butter into them twice a day. I think it was meant as a joke - the internet yielded little/no results.

Decided heck, I'll try anything at this point and 3 days in it is honestly the best results I have ever had. And it doesn't even make my hands greasy. Rub it in and then rinse hands if I need to do something, or not if I don't. They are fine to use after 5 mins or so with no rinsing.

My skin is so much smoother, even the worst bits on my finger tips. Wanted to share in case it helps anyone else.

Is it April 1st already?

I am going to try now as mine are really sore - I hope this isn't a hoax!

Eww. Wouldn't that be unhygienic and honk in hot weather?

I just use baby oil in the shower reckon my dog would love it if I started coating my hands in butter!

I use coconut oil all over and I love it. I'll keep my butter for cooking lol

Kiehl’s intensive. Not found anything better. Buy it when it’s 20% off and stock up.

My skin hurts and it now stinks!

Well I am serious and it appears to be working for me but fine if others don't get in with it

Infinitemoon
My skin hurts and it now stinks!

I'm so sorry but that made me laugh. I had a wacky Dermatologist once that told me to try butter on my dry lips.

www.superdrug.com/Skin/Body-Care/Dry-Skin/O%27Keeffe%27s-Working-Hands-96gm/p/704752?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5-WRBhCKARIsAAId9Fn_ZpNQZOI9G6v8tZfhjEnIAaXqt8kubaf0nfY8_EMn-9GXqXpE4esaAiyCEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

This stuff is magic!

I so sometimes use butter as lip balm if my lips are extra dry! Coconut oil is also great, and I have been known to rub a bit of sunflower oil into my hands while cooking too, so don’t see why butter wouldn’t work. But yeah, that smell - I always said little kids smell like butter to me, probably because they eat with their hands

Did you misheard them say cocoa butter or shea butter?

Udder cream - tip from a dairy farmer. I use equimins as it has tea tree and smells nice. About £15 for a huge pot that lasts over a year.

@Chishnfips

Did you misheard them say cocoa butter or shea butter?

No - it's set in 17th century rural England. Anyhow - obviously it's not for everyone. My hands don't smell but then I am washing them 70 million times a day since covid (they were dry before - that's not the reason), so they mainly smell of soap.

I use Cetreben which works for me but is quite expensive. I will give butter a try and udder cream

Obviously. Butter is fat. Like olive oil is fat.
It will work.
Neutrogena 24 hour intense hand cream costs £3.99 and contains 300 applications in a small tube. It's cheaper than either butter or oil.

It might be good on my dry, peri menopausal vagina. I'm just picturing my husbands face when he would walk into the bedroom and see me slathering a 1lb of butter on my vag

@PAFMO

Obviously. Butter is fat. Like olive oil is fat. It will work. Neutrogena 24 hour intense hand cream costs £3.99 and contains 300 applications in a small tube. It's cheaper than either butter or oil.

Sure - but it doesn't work for me. Honestly - I've tried pretty much everything. I only use a very small amount of butter each time. Olive oil doesn't work for me. It's not just the fat - I assume it must be the proteins or something in the butter that work for me personally.

I've learnt from this thread that I will not share this tip irl since everyone here clearly things I'm a nutter. Ah well

@Theblacksheepandme

Infinitemoon My skin hurts and it now stinks!

I'm so sorry but that made me laugh. I had a wacky Dermatologist once that told me to try butter on my dry lips.

Could I try that attached to some toast ?

@BewareTheBeardedDragon Personally I think it was nice of you to share it, even though I'm vegan so won't be trying it myself. Everyone's skin, body, etc, has its own quirks and issues. I bet you're right that the particular makeup of chemicals that = butter just works really well for you in a way that other fats don't.

Always good to share tips because it can take a lot of experimenting to find what works for you individually. I "ought" to love coconut oil, but my skin hates it.

I remember, years ago and I forget the context, someone pointing out that there is a certain sense in moisturising animal skin with animal grease. Hence lanolin etc.

But of course, not everyone tolerates the same things so it needs to be trial and error. Glad you have found something that works for you!

Mix parts sugar & oil (olive or vegetable)until you have a scrub mixture & rub over hands. Relax fifteen minutes or more (towel on lap) then rinse off. Hands will be baby soft. We used to do this for hairdressers exma (so) when washing clients hair made your hands sore.

I hear you OP. Lanolin - another animal fat - is the only thing that works for me.

That should be "sp" as forgot how to spell it.