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Moisturise?


bel

7-Aug-2010
9:31:10 PM

try being a physio and having skin falling of all over the place!! i use oils and things all week and if i dont climb i get these soft girlie hands and i winge on long raps and if i go away climbing my patients winge about the callous and revolting hands. either way i dont get to have nails for my wedding and i always have a winge!!


Sarah Gara

8-Aug-2010
8:59:23 AM

On 6/08/2010 Olbert wrote:
>I identify with ajfclark strongly. My hands look like that a lot, although
>they seem to range from cracked and dried through to soft, moist and peeling.
>I have tried various sorts of moisterises, climb on bar, dove moisturizing
>soap, dermatitis creams and naked ceremonial dancing - nothing seems to
>be the magic fix.
>
>That is until now! I am halfway through a tube of uraderm. Yes it is what
>you think, it's got urea in it but my god it works good. It seems the old
> adage is true. Peeing on your hands works!

Vaseline is a barrier lotion it only stops moisture getting out. Urea is good as it brings up moisture from the dermis but often too strong to be used daily. good every week with a normal one daily for most people. x

Olbert

8-Aug-2010
11:14:56 AM

What are the consequences of using it too much, as I'm using urederm more than once a week?


Sarah Gara

9-Aug-2010
1:00:51 PM

On 8/08/2010 Olbert wrote:
>What are the consequences of using it too much, as I'm using urederm more
>than once a week?

I'd say nothing at first but once your hands get to a normal balance then you just decrease the frequency -this may never happen and you might have to use it everyday forever - just depends on you skin and various other factors. but generally after an intesive use -you don't need to use it so often - which is good as it's generally more expensive than other creams. x


D.Lodge

9-Aug-2010
1:44:50 PM

Definentley at the least wash off the chalk at the end of the day/session to help the moisture process. I too praise the Climb-on Bar for its skin growing capacity. Have a tough day bouldering with pink tips, climb-on bar that night and the next day, skin seems to have grown back and it'sall good again.

One Day Hero

9-Aug-2010
1:47:30 PM

On 8/08/2010 Olbert wrote:
>What are the consequences of using it too much, as I'm using urederm more
>than once a week?

No girl will allow you to touch her with your piss-stinkin' hands


Sarah Gara

9-Aug-2010
10:07:49 PM

urea based creams generally don't smell too bad.

Climb on bar is pretty good. Cuticle butter or any intensive moisturiser works well though a butter or waxy cream rather than a lotion is good too for intensive x


Butters81

9-Aug-2010
10:48:34 PM

last time i checked, urea creams were made from synthetic urea, not urine.
But hey, times change, companies have to tighten their belts etc etc
What is climb on bar? Not an energy bar like I first thought? :P


ajfclark

10-Aug-2010
8:51:17 AM

I linked to it on the previous page, but here it is again: https://climbonp.accountsupport.com/cgi-bin/cart/agora.cgi?p_id=00001


BoulderBaby

15-Aug-2010
4:51:14 PM

I use the body shop's hemp hand creme, and it seems to make a difference.. It kinda helps repair the skin, and I don't find my skin flakes when I use it.

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