Lotion

A couple weeks ago, my hands were crazy dry, soon to have skin splitting and bleeding, as typically happens during the winter. I was putting moisturizer on each day, which made it feel ok for a while until I washed my hands. Meanwhile had to be careful which parts of the hands it got on, since I don't like touching things through lotion. I had to buy some more. I decided to experiment. Aveeno was about $9 for a small bottle. Many others were around $5 for a larger bottle. Some generics were as low as $3. I decided to try the fancy stuff, to see if there was any actual value behind the much higher price.

And lo and behold, it appears there is! This stuff actually feels better, as well as seeming to actually improve the skin it is on rather than just temporarily covering it. Of course there is some chance that changes in weather or other uncontrolled factors contributed, but overall I'd have to say I'm a somewhat surprised but impressed convert. (still, we'll see how the rest of winter goes)