My fingers have long suffered from extreme dryness, particularly in winter, to the point of developing cracks. At any given time, either one of my index fingers or thumbs has a painful crack in the tip and knitting only exacerbates the problem. I coat my hands with cream as often as possible during the day, and wear heavy duty hand treatments with cotton gloves at night. I have wondered if there were protective sleeves for fingers and today at the drugstore, I found such a product. The box says "finger protectors" and I won't disgust you with the examples of usage listed.
I knew what I was buying but I wasn't quite prepared to see a package of what appears to be little condoms. Yes, indeed, the finger protectors look like finger condoms.
No matter what they look like, I just hope they work. I unrolled one today on my right index finger and, although a bit awkward, it did keep the yarn from aggravating the crack on my finger any further.
Guess where I found the finger condoms? On the shelf next to the crack cream.
2 comments:
There is a product you can buy called New Skin (located with the BandAids) that helps with cracked skin. Dad and I use it when are fingers crack like that.
JIll
Hello Cuz! I use New Skin, too, but it is not working so well for me lately. Besides, it doesn't amuse me like finger condoms and crack cream do!
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