prickly skin

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Hello John

You wrote:

<I have a friend with prickly skin on her palms. Her doctor told her to use

sandpaper to smooth them out.

Any suggestions on EO's to help give her smooth hands?>

 

Oh, the wonders of modern medicine.

First I would suggest a natural-ingredient exfoliant cream, followed by a couple

of

drops of lavender and tea tree neat onto the palms, rubbed in and covered with

cotton gloves overnight.

Then I would start wondering what is causing this? Is it something your friend

is

using in the way of handcream/rubber gloves/detergent? Or if you want to go all

Louise-Hay-like, is there something he/she can't handle ...?

Does prickly mean itchy and/or rough? You can use sandalwood, lavender,

patchouli,

benzoin, frankincense, rose, any of the emollient essential oils in a vegetable

base

rather than an aqueous cream or other synthetic cream. These would be

smoothing.

For itchiness, there's lavender, peppermint or spearmint (in tiny doses) and tea

tree.

Helen in Cape Town.