[Jewelry making - Article 00048] - Re: [Orchid] Hand care

[David J McIntyre]

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    Moisturizers are a mix of water and some sort of grease or oil (with
    perfumes to justify some ridiculous price) to prevent evaporization
    from the skin. Nitrile, polyethylene or latex gloves eliminate
    evaporization, perspiration accumulates and the skin stays
    damp-eventually getting that ugly, wrinkled, water-logged look.
    Under these circumstances the edges of a crack stay soft, movement
    causes less disruption of the tissue at the bottom of the crack and
    healing is enhanced. The mechanism is similar to the rapid healing
    when to crack is supper glued together. 

    While these things help the healing of cracks they don't address the
    cause of the cracking. In a high percentage of people with cracking
    a deficiency of omega-3 oils in the diet is a causal factor. So--when
    you start wearing the gloves begin supplementing your diet with fish
    or flax and when you tire of the gloves you may find that the problem
    doesn't come back. 

    Wishing you all complexions of peaches and cream. 

Dr. Mac
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