Help Me - I have a crusty elbow!

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What do I do? Its disgusting, it started becoming crusty after my car accident. now its gross. I've tried "udder cream" and it doesn't work. Motor oil?

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Crusty how? Just dry skin? Or is the crust made from dried gunk?

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Have you seen a dermatologist about it? You might have to.

(Excellent thread title, BTW)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, severe dry skin. its like alligator skin. part of me wishes i could gnaw on my elbow.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Aren't all elbows a little crusty? I figure it's like those patches on the elbows of sportscoats, otherwise yo might wear a hole through your skin.

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Excellent thread title, BTW
Seconded. I took one look at it and even though it was in Boldface I knew it wouldn't end up in the dreaded "Unanswered Questions" dustbin.

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

crushed pineapple will eat all the clinging dead skin off (this might be painful) and then you can work on the new skin with high-caliber lotion like that what neutrogena makes, or even olive oil if the skin is not so raw that you're concerned about infection.

or you might want to go to a professional--surely you've got some sort of followup doctor's appointment coming up and you can ask?

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

oh and apply all moisturizers immediately after getting out of shower/bath, this is key. And drink lots of water.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

my elbows are drying out! help!

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't drink enough water. thats why my legs are so dry too.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 20 May 2005 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

haha we've totally gotten to the point where every thread is a dupe thread.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.masune.com/images/products/37019Ml.jpg

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

it may be psoriasis

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

My elbow actually hurt quite a bit last week because the skin was so dry. My girlfriend made me do the lotion-after-morning-shower thing and it fixed it right up. I wasn't in a car accident though.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

How come nobody thought to put elbow-lotion in Bingo's care package?

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I use that Oil of Olay in-shower lotion stuff and it works really well. And then you don't have to bother slathering it on while standing naked in the cold bathroom.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

E45 cream for extremely dry elbows works wonders. Also Chris, it might be an idea to get some kind of emolient bath oil/lotion.

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Ken L - we were far too concerned about upping Chris' cookie intake!!

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I second Je4nne's recommendation.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I just bought some aquaphor yesterday. well, at least its only a crusty elbow. i can think of a lot worse.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i wonder if i took out my belt sander and sanded them down they would feel better.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, if you're feeling posh.

― Madchen (Madchen), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Perhaps some exfoliating lotion too could help to get rid of excess scales?

― PinXorchiXoR (Pinkpanther), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

drink a litre of aloe

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll add my reccomendation for AQUAPHOR, too. I've used it on chapping, chafing, and burns. Aquaphor aquaphor aquaphor.

― andrew l. r. (allocryptic), Friday, 20 May 2005 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Is this the thread where I can ask why so many moisturizing cremes seem to come from Norway?

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 20 May 2005 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it because Geir chafes them all so?

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 20 May 2005 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

neutrogena says because of all the rough norse fishermen's hands.

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 20 May 2005 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Admit it Bingo, it wasn't the car crash that caused the crusty elbow, it was one too many vigorous pullings-out of crusty crews, as Biz Markie describes it.

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 20 May 2005 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

elbow became uncrusty after applications of aquaphor. it is crusty again. two months later.

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Monday, 18 July 2005 15:45 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

5 years later and my crusty elbow has been solved by bag balm.

― Beardie you disappoint me (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:37 (fifteen years ago)

psoriasis?

― Aimless, Tuesday, 25 January 2011 20:19 (fifteen years ago)

nah just crustisis.

― Beardie you disappoint me (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 20:21 (fifteen years ago)

bag balm is the balmb, the only thing that saves my wintertime dry fingertips from becoming all cracked and painful

― Mangrove Earthshoe (herb albert), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 20:33 (fifteen years ago)

its also great on tattoos

― Beardie you disappoint me (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 25 January 2011 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

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