Hand Treatment

Many People who work with metal, wood, paper or those who wear protective gloves for long periods may suffer with hard, chapped skin on the palms of hands and fingers.

Mild cases involve the tips of fingers while more severe cases can involve both palms and fingers.

Chapped fingers - Hard Skin - Dermatitis

  • Mix Aalgo into a paste.
  • Cover affected area with paste and then loosely with transparent film (cling film).
  • Wrap hands in a towel.
  • Leave like this for at least 30 minutes.
  • In instances where there is severe cracking, leave paste on overnight with the use of loose plastic gloves, to give a more intensive treatment.
  • Rinse hands in a basin of water - not under the tap.
  • Pat dry and go to bed leaving residue to work overnight.
  • Repeat Daily until clear.
  • In order to maintain clear soft hands, repeat once or twice a week.

Aalgo contains properties to combat this roughening of the skin while on as a paste. While you sleep the invisible Aalgo residue continues to be absorbed into the skin and re-hydrates from the inside out.

Dyshidrosis:

Appears only on the palms of the hands and fingers, and soles of the feet, heels and toes. It comes as tiny bumps called vesicles, thickening of the skin and cracking or splitting, and is unbearably itchy.

This has increased beyond belief within the last six years - we find at exhibitions that about 1 in 3 of everyone we speak to suffers with this problem.

If the problem is on both hands and feet bath daily with 2 heaped tablespoons of Aalgo shaken through a sieve into a luke warm bath – do this in the evening so that the feet are not going back into socks or shoes until the next day, and the hands are not going back into water until the next day.

Continue having an Aalgo bath daily until totally clear – then 1-2 baths per week to keep clear.

If the problem is just on either the hands or feet follow instructions for eczema below.

Eczema on the Hands:

  • Sieve one heaped tablespoon of Aalgo in a basin of tepid water.
  • Sit with your hands in the basin for half an hour before bed.
  • Remove hands from basin
  • DO NOT RINSE
  • Pat dry and go to bed, leaving the invisible residue of Aalgo to work overnight.
  • Repeat daily until hands are clear.
  • In order to maintain clear soft hands, repeat once or twice weekly and anytime you feel the slightest dry skin.