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Let's get started. So I have here some KT Tape, sports tape, elastic sports tape.
I've been using this on my fingers as you can see here.
I have dry skin. So my skin cracks. If you're working with your hands, obviously your hands get beat up.
In the winter time I'm always dealing with dry skin.
The corners of my fingers are always drying out and cracking.
Which you know can be very painful. So this great tip I have for you today: instead of using band-aids,
I like to use this KT Tape. You can buy this at any pharmacy.
Large stores, box stores you can buy it in. So what I basically do-
What's nice about this is it's very stretchable. So if I have, which I have developing right here,
another crack in my skin, I take the KT Tape and I cut a piece.
I also use neosporin. I put a dab of Neosporin on there, typically.
I take the tape, peel it off, and this is workable. So it's workable not in the short direction,
when I say the short direction I mean: in this direction it's not however its stretchable in this direction.
So it is stretchable in this direction.
So I take the tape, I put it over the finger, like that,
and I stretch this side of it right around where the damaged skin is.
What's really nice about this stuff versus a band-aid: a band-aid absorbs the water.
So you could wash your hands if you're working on a job.
This stuff just sticks to your finger and doesn't come off. It's really durable.
If you use the bathroom, or you wanted to clean your hands for lunch, you can wash your hands with soap and water.
It breathes, it dries, it doesn't retain water, you can work with your hands with it.
It feels like your fingers; it doesn't get in the way of actually doing a project.
In the cold weather, if you don't want to wear gloves or work gloves, this stuff will also work.
It's good to protect your fingers and you can change it out.
So it's really a great product for protecting your fingers.
So I don't sell this stuff but we'll provide a link below on where you can buy it from.
You can get this, like I said, from CVS, Walgreens, Duane Reade,
you know any big-box store. Target, I'm sure they have it. Or you can just order it online from Amazon.
Or any other large box store. This has to be like one of the best things I found,
in lieu of using band-aids or bandages on your fingers.
And that's my quick tip. Thanks for watching.