r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fratzenfresse • 19h ago

Waffle house isnt made of waffles my hands do this every winter

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It doesn’t hurt but it’s annoying as hell

YES I MOISTURIZE

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u/RDZed72 18h ago edited 18h ago

Yep. Never leaves my sight in winter.

OP, wash up your hands real well, apply hydrocortisone, let it dry for 30 min and put this on over it. Itll lock in the cortisone. GL

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u/swoopwoopdoop 16h ago

Be careful about using corticosteroid creams long-term. Talk to your doctor about it first.

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u/RDZed72 16h ago

Thanks. Yeah, I dont pound it. Just when it gets bad and for maybe 3 days and then its straight O'Keeffe. Been doing it like that for 30 years.

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u/Sathandi 14h ago

This. Drug-induced Cushing's disease is very much a thing.

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u/sleepyonion 8h ago

This is the first I've heard of this! Thank you for posting

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u/dirt-thirt 13h ago

This cream made my hands extra dry and itchy. Did I use it wrong or something?

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u/RDZed72 13h ago

Soak your hands in warm water for 10 min, pat them dry and apply the cream. Makes a huge difference. It seals in the moisture.

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u/VocePoetica 11h ago

Also, make sure you aren’t having an allergic reaction to it. Might not be that cream for you.

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u/Yoyochan 10h ago

This stuff is my favorite and I try to apply it at least nightly to keep my hands in good shape, but in the dead of winter after a ton of hand-washing and wind burn my hands can get chapped, it STINGS when I put it on. It eventually settles down after about 10 mins, but I think when there’re cracks in the skin then the urea content can be irritating.

As long as I keep up with it and sometimes use the overnight treatment, then top it with an occlusive like Vaseline or Bag Balm, then that mostly avoids that stinging/burning issue.

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u/NorgesTaff 6h ago

No, it doesn’t help me either unfortunately.

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u/oliviasmommy19 17h ago

This stuff is amazing. I keep it on me like ChapStick. They finally have a body lotion now, too!

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u/axescentedcandles 15h ago

Their lip balm is also really good

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u/StarChild083 14h ago

Came to say this!!! 🧴