[CAUT] Winter- TAPE!!

[Jim Busby]

New Skin has only covered the problem but not solved it for me. Cracks always came back too soon. Being a professional guitarist for nearly 30 years I've used bottles of the stuff. Tried everything under the sun. CA glue worked better than new skin. Lotions and creams work if used constantly, but have other properties I hate.

So far, after wearing masking tape on my bleeding cracks for nearly 24 hours I can say YES! I took it off about 2 hours ago and the cracks are not bleeding, skin is soft, supple. It immediately stopped the bleeding and pain, and although I looked a little silly, it worked! Bandaids worked quite well in the past, but always seem to want to fall off, and washing my hands made them retain moisture. Masking tape didn't. Even in the shower the tape didn't come off, and it dried quickly!

This is why I have a special folder for anything Ron writes. Hey Ron, got a cure for cancer, hemorrhoids, acne, or anything else? 

I'm putting some tape back on for the rest of the day.

Jim Busby



-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul Kupelian
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:23 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Winter

New Skin has been used for years by bowlers for various finger maladies. 
You can buy it at any local pro shop in your nearest bowling center.
Paul
Paul Kupelian, RPT
New York State Bowling Hall of Fame
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kline" <skline at peak.org>
To: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>; <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Winter


> At 09:56 AM 12/13/2008, David wrote:
>>I'm going to try that...if I can find it...
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> New-Skin, look in a big box drugstore near the bandaids. I think I found 
> mine at BiMart.
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> It seems to have indefinite shelf life, at least unopened. I'd had a 
> bottle for years when I noticed that our visiting 16-year-old girl from 
> China playing Saint-Saens 2 had adhesive tape on both her little fingers 
> at the second rehearsal. Both kids played way too much during the week 
> they were in Corvallis. I demonstrated the stuff on my own fingers, told 
> her I knew several pianists who used it for split calluses, and gave her 
> the bottle which luckily still had the cardboard wrapper and the 
> instruction leaflet with it. It may be in China as we speak ...
>
> Thanks, Marcel, I didn't know it was collodion. I wonder if one could make 
> wet plate photographs with it? Little ones. <grin>
>
> Susan
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