Replied by Dave (Fountain Inn, Sc) on 12/29/2012
Try DMSO. Dimethyl sulfoxide. It is a solvent and carrier so make sure your hands are clean. Pour out a half teaspoon of DMSO from bottle (I use the pure liquid, but you could try the gel). Rub all over hands and joints. It will absorb in quickly. Do it again in two days. If you want less "sting" add purified water with the DMSO. In the fifteen times I've recommended this to those suffering with hands as you described all fifteen were "cured. " I was one. My dad another. He came by my office one day holding his hands complaining about the pain in the joints. I had DMSO on hand (ha)... And had him rub some in with instructions to put more on two days later. I gave him the obligatory warning about how DMSO would effect your body odor (like you just ate a clove of garlic) and that odor would last a day or so. Two days later I asked him how his hands were doing. "My hands don't hurt. " (He'd been suffering for a few years with dementia. ) "Do they hurt now?" I asked. "My hands have never hurt. " There you go. Another satistied customer. If only he could remember how satisfied he was.
