Q, one friend of mine to whom I suggested he try it, had badly dried skin on the backs of his fingers, they were scaly and cracked. He was prescribed steroid creams by his doc which did not help all that much. On my suggestion he had a pharmacist make up a salve containing urea (this was in New Brunswick where pharmacists can formulate as well as dispense medications) and it cleared the condition right up. He asked me why the hell his doctor didn't tell him about this stuff - the answer,I guess is that not all doctors know all things all of the time.