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Re: allergies & topical protectants

> Do you or anyone else on
> the list have any comments about which of the several products on the
> market work best?
>             Tec Lab's Oak-N-Ivy Brand ARMOR Lotion Protectant
>             Tec Lab's Oak-N-Ivy Brand TECNU Skin Cleanser
>             Stockhausen's STOKOGARD Cream
>             EnviroDerm's IVY BLOCK Lotion
>             GLOVES IN A BOTTLE Lotion
> The latter had an article written about it in the Hobby Greenhouse
> Association's Summer '97 publication (Vol. 19 No. 3) on page 31. Seems
> like it would be good to keep one from getting black discoloration in
> those skin cracks on the opposing aspects of fingers and thumbs when
> pulling weeds and maintaining machinery.      

Dear Dirk and interested others,

RE: Poison Ivy
I have used TECNU Skin Cleanser for several years; it is a stock item in
my first aid kit and I tell everyone about it.  It works wonders for me,
for my husband, family, friends, and neighbors.  I highly recommend it. 
Jon, my husband, reacts so strongly to poison ivy that he always had to
go to the doctor for steroid shots; he hasn't had a shot in at least
five years in spite of having contracted poison ivy at least
twice/year!  I *do* have a hard time finding TECNU so I suggest you buy
it before you need it.

RE: topical protectants
I've not tried GLOVE IN A BOTTLE but I do use Farmer's Friend Hand
Salve, manufactured by Burt's Bees, in Creedmor, NC.  It's made of all
natural products *and* repels insects.  It might smell a little too
feminine for some of the list readers but my fingertips haven't bled
from cracking once since I started using it three years ago.

Cynthia
cain@one.net
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