Thanks for the info. The website linked messed with my puter (still using my old virusy one, until the BionicHand and BadFinger get healthier - for some reason, the virus monster has been on its best behavior for 2 weeks) so I couldn’t read the details.
I won’t try anything else for a while, until all the prescription ointment is gone, since it was all the “other stuff” that messed it up so badly before. It does still *look* bad, so I’ll eventually call the doc and ask if there’s anything else I can do to make the scarring go away.
At least I have coerced the BionicHand (my right hand, mouse hand, with injured right-click finger, when covered with ointment, a white cotton Mickey/Minnie Mouse “therapeutic” glove, then covered over that with a vinyl disposable glove, can “do anything” in the kitchen - not too hot at the puter, tho) to help with Thanksgiving preparations. *that’s some progress* Had to promise no pumpkins to be scraped, unlike last year!
I have gone AMA and covered each hand at various times the past 3 days, just to perform household chores and shopping. I was appalled to see that now my hands are all wrinkled up like a 90-year-old’s when the ointment is not on them. It seems to have dried them out badly - or maybe the BP meds have done that.
If I had made a living as a hand model, I could now be on disability! However, I *didn’t.* Thanks again - keeping the link in my notes.
I foudn a cheaper black salve but now that I read this site, it may not be for you. Caustic.
http://www.nutritionsurplus.com/index.cfm/FuseAction/Shopping.ProductDetails/productid/41909.html
I think coconut oil both internally and externally is the way to go for you. Not sure if I told you but I believe I found coconut oil in capsule form. Who knows LOLL It’s not bad and makes a great spread on toast instead of butter. Hubby just melts it in his coffee. I can do that. I do fry/saute with it though.
One other link for you to read on bloodroot (black salve) It was called indian mud so that’s why my grandmother was so “into” it. She was Cherokee.
http://www.cancersalves.com/botanical_approaches/individual_herbs/bloodroot.html