Tag Archives: hands

Super Hand Softeners

I’ve started to notice one little downside to my new part-time job at the cat boarding facility: my hands are starting to show some serious wear and tear. All the cleaning (and cleaning supplies) is leaving my skin rough and dry. I’m going through lotion like it’s going out of style! It may be time for some super hand softeners. Heat is a great way to soothe and rejuvenate skin. Heat helps make your skin more porous, so the skin treatments can be absorbed faster. There are paraffin dips available in spa versions and home versions. Up until now, I … Continue reading →

Frugal Care for Your Hands

From creams to lotions, “body butter” to cleaning potions, there is certainly a l of expensive options out there when it comes to your hands. But of course you know what is coming next, don’t you? This is the Frugal Blog, so naturally I have some thrifty options for beautiful hands. Many of these ideas have been past down generation by generation, long before the birth of places such as The Body Shop or even Avon. Did you know that the very first hand lotion that we know of dates back to 2 A.D.? It was made of sheep or … Continue reading →

Flax Seed Oil for Carpal Tunnel

Aimee Amodio has written some fabulous blogs about carpal tunnel here on Familes.com. I include her links at the bottom of this article. I would like to share with you my own experiences with this condition and the ways I have found to control it in my life. However, you need to do what feels best to you in your circumstances; if you feel you need to be treated with more intervention, you follow that feeling. The summer I was seventeen, I did a lot of crochet, cross-stitch, and typing. As the season progressed, I noticed that my forearms were … Continue reading →

Health Treatments For Weathered Hands

Have you ever seen someone who has elected to turn back the hands of time by undergoing a facelift? Or, perhaps you know someone who is a regular user of botox. People can nip and tuck their faces all they want to combat time, but ultimately, I find in most cases their hands still give their age away. Personally, in winter my dry and wrinkled hands look like they belong to someone twice my age. Enter the “Handspa.” You may have heard or even seen the product featured on television. It looks like a nail dryer, and in my opinion, … Continue reading →

Rett Syndrome: A Brief Overview

Rett Syndrome was first described in 1966 by Dr. Andreas Rett, an Austrian physician. Because it is caused by mutations on the X chromosome (specifically, on the MECP2 gene), it almost exclusively occurs in females. Females have two X chromosomes, so the mutation found on one chromosome is somewhat compensated for by the other. In males, however, mutations on the X chromosome cannot be compensated for by the Y chromosome. So males with the condition will most likely die prior to or shortly after birth. Rett Syndrome is found in every race and social economic class. It affects one in … Continue reading →