A member asked:

Severe dry and peeling skin over hand and thumb from having cast for 8 weeks. can i use a moisturizer or will i cause an infection?

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Dry skin: You are more likely to get an infection from the cracks in the dry flaky skin than from the moisturized repaired skin. Use a first aid cream for the first 24 hours then use either eucerin cream or a & d ointment thereafter.

Answered 9/7/2017

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