Re: Dry skin
Jo Ellen Finkelstein (ghellen(AT)ninenet.com)
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 01:17:13 -0500
CHERRY LANGLEY wrote:
>
> Have any of you tried using aloe vera - I mean the real plant itself for
> dry skin? I've used it before and works great. Just a pain to have to
> take the plant apart and put it on your skin. Be careful with the prickly
> stuff though. I have eczema on my hands that flares up once in a while and
> this seems to do the trick. My kids -especially my 5 year old boy - thinks
> this is great. He says the slimy stuff is "cool". Says reminds him of the
> stuff that comes out of your nose. :-)
>
> CherryHi Cherry, yep that sounds like a five year old boy! Actually I keep a
bottle of pure aloe gel in the fridge for burns and for sunburns sure
feels good. Actually it always reminded me of that cartoon character
from Ghost Busters "Slimer"! Joellen