When you don't have time to take time.

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My hands have burn spots on them.  Reaching into the oven too fast while it is still far too hot?  Check.  Washing my hands too often, on top of washing pots and dishes too frequently, all with water that is too hot?  Check.  Between perpetuating the burn I seem to be giving it no chance to heal.  Currently, a few patches on a few fingers and one palm simply resemble dry skin, as if a skin condition existed.  I don't think that is it, as if I were to have a skin condition I would have known it by now.  So... what to do?

Fasting will help, a bit.  I won't be cooking or washing as often.  Though without food, I am not sure I will heal as well, and healing seems to be weak of late.  However, on that one side, I won't be cooking or washing as often.  Next?  Protection.  No, not that kind.  Leather, baby.  Gloves, for welders, 23", leather, hearty.  Why I can't slow down I don't know.  As well as gloves I am getting a similar welding apron.  Trust me, it's needed.  I am quite lucky I have not burned myself more seriously to date.  Of course, now I might be a little too careless?  Gotta test it.

Beyond those, I have purchased several soaps I am hoping will moisturize.  When I need a pure, down to the skin wash, the peppermint soap does well.  The problem?  It is extremely drying.  So, if I use it for the first clean I won't use it for the second cleaning.  Yes, at least two washes while I am in there, three if I feel the want.  To be honest, the new soap I have tried isn't helping all that much.  And it is what I use for hand washing after using the bathroom, working with food, or general use.  I realize that I probably wash my hands more often than many doctors and nurses.

Eczema?  No.  If you did what I do with cast iron skillets out of 350 or 375 oven, or even 450 for a few things I was tinkering with, just reaching in, often head first, without pause, you'd be at the ER.  So, no.  Heck, I doubt if you could handle my hot water, set at 160.  I only wash dishes in pure hot water.  And I probably shower, sometimes, at temps you wouldn't dare.  I give dishes time to cool/soak, if I have it to give.  I haven't had it to offer lately.  Yeah, definitely just stressed skin.  Very stressed skin.  At least I haven't been plucking eggs out of boiling water lately.  I've gotten too old, or maybe age and health are combining to cause slight fragility in these regards.  Sucks.

All that, so far, is not working.  As well, my body is healing slowly.  That might be because I keep washing my hands and working with hot stuff.  Perhaps the gloves will help.  And yet, I can't stop.  While not as dangerous as the foot issues... which are mostly coming under control, any wounds on a diabetic, even if a temporary diabetic, are serious.  So I will look into how to treat wounds and burns in my case.  I use gloves when working out with the hand strengtheners.  Those gnarled handles, while fine initially, had started digging in a bit too much.  Hmm... I'll look.  I just don't want greasy crap on my hands.  Though, to some degree, that might not be bad, if I could isolate it.  Maybe just animal fats, rubbed on, then sealed in with those patch area bandages?  Or olive oil?  I'll look around.  I've got to keep on top of those things until I can get the other things under control.  Minor, so far, but becoming persistent and happening in more spots.  I'll... figure it out.

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