Excessive Skin Dryness - Fingers and Serials Work (5 messages) Birdie MacLennan 13 Nov 1995 17:21 UTC
5 messages, 89 lines: (1)------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 07:34:03 -0800 (PST) From: Brenda Grasmick <mtlawbg@CLASS.ORG> Subject: Re: Excessive Skin Dryness - Fingers and Serials Work (4 messages) This is not a joke...my hands get dry from my serials work as well as from working in stained glass....the only thing I have found to work is the vaseline treatment....as someone stated....I glob it on at night and wear cotton gloves all night (or for as long as I can stand them)! Brenda Grasmick mtlawbg@class.org Technical Services Librarian State Law Library of Montana Voice: (406) 444-3660 (2)-------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 08:42:47 -0500 From: Linda Rosenstein <rosensteinl@A1.MSCF.UPENN.EDU> Subject: dryness The stuff alluded to for dryness is an ointment called "bag balm" manufactured by Dairy Asso., Lyndonville, Vt. It is an antiseptic substance. I believe the "bag" refers to udder. You may be able to locate it in a pharmacy. You will certainly be able to locate it in a quilting store. Linda Rosenstein RosensteinL@a1.mscf.upenn.edu Biomedical Library, University of Pennsylvania (3)----------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 09:31:37 EST From: Alice Marksberry <ALMARK00@UKCC.UKY.EDU> Subject: Re: Skin Dryness The "cow lotion" that has been mentioned on the list is called "BAG BALM" (I think that is the correct spelling) and is pronounced BAG BOMB........It is available from any agricultural store such as Amway or Southern States Coop's. It is used to treat winter-time chapness and cracking of dairy cow udders, as udders are composed of delicate layers of skin and tissue that suffer when exposed to winter like conditions. As mentioned, the product is great for chapped hands (feet, arms, etc....) and also great for leather materials as well. CORN HUSKERS lotion is another great brand for the same problems. I can recommend the above because of past experience. I am the daughter of a retired dairy farmer and know all about the rigors and strains of bad weather and cracked hands and how the two above products would definitely be of help. Good luck. Alice Marksberry almark00@ukcc.uky.edu Univ of Kentucky (4)---------------------- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 13:50:40 -0500 From: Ron Curtis <RCURTIS%smtpgate@AIX1.UCOK.EDU> Subject: Excessive Skin Dryness - Fingers and Ser No one has said about the odor this product has, if it is the product I'm thinking of. One has to get used to it. The product comes in a square, mostly green, metal can. Ron Curtis <RCURTIS%smtpgate@AIX1.UCOK.EDU> (5)--------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:34:03 EST From: Birdie MacLennan <BMACLENN@UVMVM> Subject: Re: Excessive Skin Dryness ... Yes, Bag Balm is the ointment sold in a "square, mostly green metal can." It is a Vermont product and, here in Vermont, I've seen it sold in drug stores, agricultural stores, hardware stores, the local quilt/arts & crafts shops, general stores, and sundry tourist shops. I'm sure there's probably a way to mail order it! I've not tried it for dried hands and serials work (preferring some of the more herbal kinds of hand lotions and creams, personally). However, I have heard many folks extol the virtues of Bag Balm's healing properties for chapped or dry skin ... and udders, too! Birdie MacLennan Serials Coordinator bmaclenn@uvmvm.uvm.edu University of Vermont bmaclenn@moose.uvm.edu