[plumseverywhere]

ooh yes, udder cream is brilliant!! whenever i use it to milk our goat my hands are soft.

another thought is breastfeeding cream? that's good for cracked skin. but pricey 

promise to get cracking (scuse pun!) with some moisturiser and shampoo (goats milk) soon 

[JulieS]

Forever Living....Propolis Cream.   Brilliant!

Let me know if anyone would like more information. 

[ellisr]

JulieS propolis cream is fantastic when working with the animals and after gardening . I have used it on my kness and elbows as well when the get a bit worse for wear

[gavo]

Fleecewife if you are using sudocream when your hands are very bad may i suggest ANTIPEOL cream [it's been around since WW1 and was used in the field hospitals. ] It has a wonderful ingrediant called Ichthamol[sp] which is just about the best wound and general skin invention ever! This cream is still used in the NHS we always have a tube around for everyone animals included.You should see some of the skin problems we have treated with this stuff;large gaping wounds, pus filled wounds,infected thorns deeply inbedded ,excema the list is endless.By the way we don't have shares in the company;it has just never failed us yet.

[Fleecewife]

Hi Gavo. I worked in the good old NHS for donkey's years and never came across Antipeol cream    I'll look out for it.  The word Ichthamol, if you break it down, sounds as if it means 'softens dinosaur skin' - about right 

[Jackie]

If you havent got anything to clean your hands with in specifically try sugar sprinkled on full fat mayo. It cleans and conditions.
 Mayo is good for your hair as a conditioner.

[Birdie Wife]

Of the cheaper options I use E45 or Vaseline Intensive care (the one with aloe vera but I've recently switched to Bio Oil, which is a tad more pricey, and takes a while to sink in, but lasts for ages and ages (like, DAYS) and for a mid-range moisturiser I don't think it can be beaten. I occasionally get stress-related excema and I've found Bio Oil the best thing for that too, as it works with the body's defences and helps the healing process.