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Tip of the Month for Dry Hands

by Staff
August 2, 1997
1 min to read


Rebecca Byrne of At Your Fingertips in San Mateo, Calif., noticed that many of her clients' hands and cuticles had become unusually rough and dry over the past winter. Nothing she did seemed to help for very long, she says. Then she decided to try something new -- a hand massage with Gena Labs' Pedi Care Sloughing Lotion. 

"I had been wary of trying it on hands, but it's like a miracle," says Byrne. "The dead skin rolls right off:

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After the treatment, she has the client wash up, then she gives her a hand and arm massage with regular lotion. The client's skin feels brand new, she says. 

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