what can i use to repair dried, brittle skin on turtle taxidermy?
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You might try posting this question in the general biology area, it seems to get a bit more traffic than over here. Good luck.
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Use a Q-tip and apply it directly to it.. it will dry the area...
403922
Try using hydrogen peroxide on it. \n\nI helped rescue a guy out of a burning car a few weeks ago, and he got blood all over my shirt and jacket. When I got home that night, I put some H2O2 on it and it took care of it immediately. So, it even works on dried blood!!\n\nNifty, huh?
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A pumice stone works wonders - you can buy them at any grocery or pharmacy store for about 2 -3 dollars.  It's just a porous rock that you scrub your feet with and it takes off all the dead skin.
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use calamine lotion \nAvoid touching!!!!
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Put some ice on it.  That will help soothe it.  If the skin is damaged try some Neosporin.
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The main risk is that the hide will taint and the fur will slip.  Follow these instructions:\n\nupon harvest of the animal, comb fur out and allow it to dry.  Then case skin it, cutting around the hind paws, from ancle to ancle and pulle down over head.  Use a sharp knife.  Then remove access fat meat by with a fleshing knife and beam.  At this point the skin should be either dried by stretching the skin (fur in) on the appropriate sized stretcher or by freezing unitl commensing the tanning process.  A properly dried skin can be stored out of a freezer without chemicals for months.
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Try coca butter lotion, or creams.
926010
My daughter in law and my nephew both have eczema.  They use a product called Eucerin...it works great. I worked with cardboard for years on my job and have very dry hands. I use it all the time......love it....don't use anything else. If you decide to try it, get the cream in the jar. For some reason  the lotion dosen't work as well.
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with a ... dry cloth ?
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try vasiline, or chapstick, or neosporn...
48423
Do you mean a hickey? If it is, see if you can find a rosebud salve, it reduces resness. If you can't, a heavy lotion like shea butter will moisturize the skin and help it form together and heal faster. Because it's not an overnight healing, if it's in an obvious spot like your neck, face-shade coverup can be dapped on as long as it isn't a mattifyer because it will dry out the skin and make it flaky.
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You do not want to interfere with the peeling process. The skin that is coming off is dead and toxic to new skin. moisturize the new skin with something containing aloe or something like Vaseline intensive care. Take ibuprofen or tylenol for your pain. standard healing time will be 1 wk to 10 days. avoid direct sunlight until heeled.
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this might sound a bit silly but tooth paste, use a small amount around the area just a tiny bit and use your finger or damp cloth from the centre push outwards, or there is cd repair kits that uses different chemicals.
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Use baby powder\nor a crystal rock deoderant\nor even the new deoderant made for razor bumps
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Vaseline or some type of medicated lip balm like Blistex
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I like to use Lubriderm or Eucerin.  Both are good for daily use.  If you need something stronger, I would reccommend mixing Vaseline with one of these (about 1/2 of each).  I use this at night and put gloves on to hold the moisture in when my hands get really dry.