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Author Re: dry skin problems
KCat

2005-04-19, 10:50 am

"Shelagh" <noyb@myob.bc.ca> wrote in message
news:NmT7e.1026700$8l.67899@pd7tw1no...
> I have the worst skin in the world IMHO lol! and thankfully, just

recently,
> I was just given a 'new' but apparently 'very old' and often forgotten

about
> skin cream from my lady doc who has come to work in the clinic I go to;

she
> is up on women's issues and knows lupus and all that goes with it as well;
> she prescribed what is called 'Uremol-cortate' and is a cortisone based

skin
> cream,


and by the sound of it, a considerable amount of Urea. Urea is in many skin
care products and was in a prescription skin creme my mum used in the 70s.
sounds ick to some, but the stuff is good.

> which over a long time can thin the skin somewhat; however I have
> been using it only 2 weeks now and have already got a much improved result
> from the drying, flaking, scaling skin I have on my arms and legs and

backs
> of my hands because of sjogrens and lupus.


I wonder if a non-cortisone urea creme would work as well - or at least
nearly as well?

i've been using some expensive products lately because they're
fragrance-free among other reasons. I was considering one of there body
lotions which has urea in it 'cause I remember how much it helped mum.



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