Need some help please. Made a big mistake. Any doctors in the house?

[Yeagermeister]

Thanks Doc. Butt Paste? I will pick some up on the way home today. The name alone requires me to buy it. I am just picturing my bachelor days and a girl coming over and seeing bag balm and butt paste in my medicine cabinet. Maybe I could place them next to the wart remover.

or the prep H

 

[trickblue]

The reason it works is that it's occlusive and rehydrating. In most irritant rashes, the epidermis has simply lost its moisture barrier, and absorbed irritants then cause the irritation; restoring that barrier allows the skin to heal, and blocks the absorption of such irritants. So, any such ointment will do, but some may actually cause irritation due to certain ingrediants.

Luckily that hasn't been the case and I have had, as you stated, some ointments make things worse...

 

[TheCount]

Well, I am no doctor but from what you are explaining it seems you shoould get your rear end to an emergency room to see if there is the potential for permanent damage and maybe they can help.

I'll pray for you as well.

I mean seriously, COME ON! GO TO THE DOCTOR!

These threads scare the heck out of me. It won't be long before we get a, "I think I'm having a heart attack" thread.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

I thought the problems were with his hands. Did I miss something?

LOL! I figured the rest would follow.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

I mean seriously, COME ON! GO TO THE DOCTOR!

These threads scare the heck out of me. It won't be long before we get a, "I think I'm having a heart attack" thread.

Come on Count. If you are having a heart attack, don't you rush to the Cowboys forum, go to the search function and scan the archives of the Zone to see if indeed you are having a heart attack?

Like you haven't done that at least once.

:laugh2:

 

[JBond]

I mean seriously, COME ON! GO TO THE DOCTOR!

These threads scare the heck out of me. It won't be long before we get a, "I think I'm having a heart attack" thread.

I exhausted all the traditional options. My hope was someone would have a "garlic water" type of solution the traditional medical people would never recommend. I am not dying. I am am just in a little pain and my hands are ****ed up. Not much a doctor can do other than sand the stuff off.

Imagine if you dipped your hand in lacquer and let it dry. That is what if feels like. Bleeding and cracked.

There are a wide variety of people on this forum that have provided useful info before. I thought it was worth a shot. Sorry it bothered you.

 

[speedkilz88]

Thanks Doc. Butt Paste? I will pick some up on the way home today. The name alone requires me to buy it. I am just picturing my bachelor days and a girl coming over and seeing bag balm and butt paste in my medicine cabinet. Maybe I could place them next to the wart remover.

Don't forget the Boil-ease.

 

[jobberone]

You can try a scouring agent GENTLY but stop if it is too irritating or just an old scotch brite pad but be gentle. Your skin will regenerate in a day or so and will evict the offending agent so be patient. If your skin is sensitive try neutrogena. Don't leave gloves on too long as it may cause your skin to denude.

 

[dez_for_prez]

That stuff is miserable to get off.Your stuck with it for a couple days most likely. I'm always getting spray foam and PL premium on my hands at work.

 

[Doc50]

Thanks Doc. Butt Paste? I will pick some up on the way home today. The name alone requires me to buy it. I am just picturing my bachelor days and a girl coming over and seeing bag balm and butt paste in my medicine cabinet. Maybe I could place them next to the wart remover.

Yeah, just tell your female friend that you have a couple of new meds that you'd like to try on her specific parts.

 

[YosemiteSam]

A potato peeler will take that **** right off.

...or you could call Ramsay Bolton. I'm sure he could take care of that for you.

Some of you won't know who that is in the second option. Some of you will.

 

[TheCount]

I exhausted all the traditional options. My hope was someone would have a "garlic water" type of solution the traditional medical people would never recommend. I am not dying. I am am just in a little pain and my hands are ****ed up. Not much a doctor can do other than sand the stuff off.

Imagine if you dipped your hand in lacquer and let it dry. That is what if feels like. Bleeding and cracked.

There are a wide variety of people on this forum that have provided useful info before. I thought it was worth a shot. Sorry it bothered you.

Bothered me? I'm CONCERNED for you, you dolt! :laugh2:

 

[JBond]

Bothered me? I'm CONCERNED for you, you dolt! :laugh2:

LOL...I was a little grumpy yesterday. Sorry bud.

 

[MapleLeaf]

I managed to get expandable foam insulation all over my hands. Quite the mess. Going into my top 10 of stupid things I have done. I tried acetone and several other fixes. Got a lot off, but my hands look shiny and the skin is cracking. I still cannot get the final layer off. It hurts like a *****. My hands are a complete mess. Bleeding and very swollen. I know there are some tremendous minds here at the zone. I hope someone has an idea.

I need some help. Thank you to anyone that responds.

...your hands are cracked is because you used acetone.

In the last industrial facility I managed the employees used to wash their hands in acetone daily as a standard procedure for getting plastic resin off.

I stopped that immediately. Acetone has a tendency to breakdown fats and oils. Basically you stripped all of the oils out of your epidermal layer. In the case of my plant workers when I took over everyone of them had dried withered cracked hands. Their hands look terrible.

Why is your skin shiny?

I'm suspecting some form of hydroxide based chemical. Basically you must have scrubbed your hands with some form of alkaline cleaner or acid based cleaner.

Did you use oven cleaner? The shiny hands means you have basically burned off the top epidermal layer of your skin. Typically we have a profile to our skin. With the combination of the acetone to dry your hands out and the other chemical burning off the profile you probably don't have any fingerprints and have been left with a tight stretched out residual skin layer that is possibly very sensitive now.

Rest your hands. Be careful with bag balm, butt balm or any other ointments. Try a small bit on your hands first before your slather it all on. Take it easy and like others said use gloves next time.

 

[Hostile]

I just saw this. How can no one have mentioned this? WD-40.

Spray it on and begin to rub your hands. The lubricant will cause the foam to ball up with some good rubbing and once it does it can be peeled off really easy. It also will not harm your hands in any way and at the end it washes off with soap and water.

In my day we used WD-40 on just about everything. WD-40, duct tape and bailing wire. The staples of fixing anything.

 

[1fisher]

I just saw this. How can no one have mentioned this? WD-40.

Spray it on and begin to rub your hands. The lubricant will cause the foam to ball up with some good rubbing and once it does it can be peeled off really easy. It also will not harm your hands in any way and at the end it washes off with soap and water.

In my day we used WD-40 on just about everything. WD-40, duct tape and bailing wire. The staples of fixing anything.

Supposedly, it works good for aching joints too.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I just saw this. How can no one have mentioned this? WD-40.

Spray it on and begin to rub your hands. The lubricant will cause the foam to ball up with some good rubbing and once it does it can be peeled off really easy. It also will not harm your hands in any way and at the end it washes off with soap and water.

In my day we used WD-40 on just about everything. WD-40, duct tape and bailing wire. The staples of fixing anything.

What? You don't use BJ Weld to fix a cracked engine block? :laugh2:

 

[Hostile]

What? You don't use BJ Weld to fix a cracked engine block? :laugh2:

I don't touch engines. I am the world's worst mechanic. I touch your car, it will probably die. I know what I am doing, but I will not do it.

 

[DasTex]

Find someone on bath salt. I'm sure they could take care of it quickly!

On serious note, like hostile said, try wd40

 

[JBond]

...your hands are cracked is because you used acetone.

In the last industrial facility I managed the employees used to wash their hands in acetone daily as a standard procedure for getting plastic resin off.

I stopped that immediately. Acetone has a tendency to breakdown fats and oils. Basically you stripped all of the oils out of your epidermal layer. In the case of my plant workers when I took over everyone of them had dried withered cracked hands. Their hands look terrible.

Why is your skin shiny?

I'm suspecting some form of hydroxide based chemical. Basically you must have scrubbed your hands with some form of alkaline cleaner or acid based cleaner.

Did you use oven cleaner? The shiny hands means you have basically burned off the top epidermal layer of your skin. Typically we have a profile to our skin. With the combination of the acetone to dry your hands out and the other chemical burning off the profile you probably don't have any fingerprints and have been left with a tight stretched out residual skin layer that is possibly very sensitive now.

Rest your hands. Be careful with bag balm, butt balm or any other ointments. Try a small bit on your hands first before your slather it all on. Take it easy and like others said use gloves next time.

I just saw this. How can no one have mentioned this? WD-40.

Spray it on and begin to rub your hands. The lubricant will cause the foam to ball up with some good rubbing and once it does it can be peeled off really easy. It also will not harm your hands in any way and at the end it washes off with soap and water.

In my day we used WD-40 on just about everything. WD-40, duct tape and bailing wire. The staples of fixing anything.

Thank you for the ideas everyone. My hands were shiny like they had been lacquered, I assume because the foam contains polyurethane. It was not the skin itself but the residue from the foam that is shiny.

Hos I tried WD40 last night and it helped. Baby oil also helped. I think restoring moisture to the skin is allowing it to heal and the foam is peeling off at a pretty good rate now.

Thank you to everyone for the helpful comments. I really appreciate it.