Greythundercloudys
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My hands get in a terrible state when lambing , what's the best hand cream to try and help them.?
Not much more lambed today... nothing in the TexX's today. There were 3 pairs in the hill ewes and a single. 2 more pair in the other commercials and 3 or 4 singles...
Weather has been nice today - except a really heavy (but very warm) downpour at 6pm as I was doing last rounds.
Not sure if any of you remember, but last lambing I bought a tub of this stuff
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I bought it well into lambing I think, and it seemed good at the time but I don't think I got full benefit from it. I do remember wondering if I had been sucked in by good advertising.
I suffer with the backs of my hands and wrists drying out quite badly at lambing - just the constant wet-dry and blood/cleanings stuck on them and wind chill on the bike with sleeves rolled up in all weather which all just sucks the natural moisture from your skin. They then get itchy and I scratch, they bleed and it becomes a vicious circle...
I had Attrixo hand cream and E45 lotion I've used before and both were OK - Attrixo the better of the 2 - but skin still took a beating.
This year since the first day of lambing I've used the O'Keeffe's, once a day before going to bed. Working it into my hands wrists and halfway up to my elbows... this stuff isn't OK. It's bloody good!! My hands are usually getting in a mess by now but they are still in perfect condition!
Not sure if I'm using a bit too much or its just how the cream is... but once it's absorbed in and dry, I can still feel it on my skin. It doesn't rub off onto bed sheets or anything - that I've noticed! and I can still feel it there on my hands in the morning. But if that's how it works I'm not complaining!
Can't recommend it highly enough if any of you suffer like I do with dry or cracking skin
(sorry @primmiemoo no chin, just my hand for you to look at this time)
I’ve got O’keefe’s working hands like @Nithsdale Farmer but havnt used it much, sent the misses to get udder mint cream but she came back with Nettex Udder Cream instead, big 1kg pot, after a week of lambing I put this on twice a day for 4/5 days and havnt had to put it on since and my hands aren’t burning anymore.I'm with Nithsdale on this one!
It is pretty good.I'm with Nithsdale on this one!
I'm with Nithsdale on this one!
Get some off amazon and see what you think...big tub lasts agesI did wonder how I was quoted in this thread
O'Keeffe's Working Hands is easily the best stuff I've ever used - and I've tried most things, except for @Northeastfarmer udder cream, hadn't heard of that one before
I did wonder how I was quoted in this thread
O'Keeffe's Working Hands is easily the best stuff I've ever used - and I've tried most things, except for @Northeastfarmer udder cream, hadn't heard of that one before
Get some off amazon and see what you think...big tub lasts ages
Use a good barrier cream at the start of the day and again at lunchtime.... THEN, use the creams other mention.
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, Dermashield is brilliant. I've used it since it first launched and I bought my first can at the Royal Welsh off the guy who developed it back in the early 90s. 500ml aerosol can goes a long way and is well worth the modest investment. Tax deductible too...
It dries non greasy in about 2 mins and the protection it gives is truly impressive. I emailed a complaint several years ago about the formulation of one batch I felt was a little more greasy than normal, and had the Boss man call me and get the details off me on the batch etc, then sent me replacement cans! Then got an emailed apology and an explanation of the variation at that time. Cracking service I thought.
I can’t like this enough. Far better to stop the cracks appearing in the first place, than to try and make them bearable after.
I’ve been using Dermashield for many years now. It’s so good as a barrier, it even stops the smell of rotten lambs getting into your skin pores, which as every experienced shepherd knows, will take days to get out later.
Marvellous stuff. During lambing I always have a can in the kitchen to apply before I go out, and another can in the lambing shed to ‘top up’ if I wash my hands several times outside.