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profdant139
Explorer II
Jan 05, 2016

How to avoid the dreaded "boondocker's fingertips?"

I won't even post a photo of what my fingertips looked like after a week of sub-freezing camping -- suffice it to say that my thumbs and index fingers were cracked, bleeding, and painful. This proble...
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LenSatic
Explorer
Jan 13, 2016
2oldman wrote:
I get skin splits on my heels if I wear flip-flops for more than about an hour. Boy do they sting!

I see peeps walking around in those things all day - I guess they don't have my problem.


I did, too, until my wife bought some Dr. Scholl's Intensive Heel Repair cream. It worked. Now I use it, occasionally, plus a pumice stone when I shower.

LS

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