Coal Tar for dry scaling skin.

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12. Used it on patients in the 80s for full body psoriasis

which is just as awful as it sound and is life threatening if untreated. We used the coal tar at night on our patients.

Be aware of two things: first, it stinks and bed partners might find it objectionable; and second, it temporarily stains, so you might want to wrap whatever you're using it on in stockinette or old rags. It will launder out, but changing the sheets on a daily basis is tiring.

If it's psoriasis or other autoimmune skin conditions, steroids or some of the newer drugs will be needed to treat it properly, so see your doctor. If it's scaly elbows like I get every winter, it will do a fantastic job in just a couple of nights.

I don't like the stink or the stain, so I use Vaseline or Curel and a non stick dressing to keep it in place for a few days. That works, too.