Emu Oil alone is VERY good for dry skin. It penetrates to subdermal layers unlike most oils and it does not feel oily.
DMSO is used topically to deliver vitamins, multi-vitamins and single vitamins. I use it for B12 and Folic. www.mercola.com has an article about this. Guess it could be a genetic lack of oil glands. Accutane, the acne medicine works by destroying or disabling (?) oil glands but they are suppose to come back after it is stopped. I have heard that Virgin Organic Coconut oil is very good. I would google it. It costs about $15 a lb at Whole Foods, the commercial stuff is about $4. I have heard that it must be Virgin to get the full benefit and of course organic ensures no toxic pesticide or chemicals from processing. DMSO on the face or other sensitive skin areas can cause redness and even blistering. So dilute it to 10-30%. Patch test before using it with the Vit C or putting it on a large area. The back of the knee and the inside of the elbow have similar sensitivity to the face so you could test there rather than risk a blistered face. Pretreating the area with Aloe Vera gel before DMSO is suppose to help with drying. Emu Oil after DMSO helps restore oils as DMSO is a de-fatting and dehydrating agent. Let us know how it works out if you try it. Dry skin can be a real challenge and I can sure appreciate your long term struggle. I once took Walnut Oil, 1 T a day to moisturize my skin. It did help during the summer when I was in the Sun. I was just experimenting and did not continue it. It has been so long I forget where I read about it or why Walnut Oil. I do find it a tasty oil on a salad, with lots of salt and maybe some walnuts or pecans. Flax Oil or Udo's oil is good for supply essential fatty acids in a concentrated form. Udo's is a blend of Omega 3,6 and 9. If you eat much Canola, Sunflower or Safflower oil in your diet you are already getting 6 and 9. Not sure what VOC has in the way of EFAs. I am sure there are many discussions of VOC out there. Try searching Yahoo Groups to see if there is a VOC list. Or even a dry skin list. Garnet On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 19:38, [email protected] wrote: > Dear Garnet > > I have been reading your information for awhile I would like to ask > you a question can using dmso with emu oil or coconut oil help me with > my extreme dry skin? I have been going to drs. for 40 yrs for this > and all they say is that it is from my father and it cannot be > reversed. > > Can you please advise? Also serium vit c on the face with dmso will > the vit c penatrate deeper? or will it cause problems? > > thanks > > mary lou -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
