Compressing Arms [wasHello, and help]

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You can wrap your arms in flannel or an old T-shirt, clean

and rinsed well

of all detergent residues. This can be wetter with DMSO

before or after wrapping

with a spray bottle or by soaking. Wrap over the compress

with plastic wrap and

leave on 24/7 if you want. You may want to test and make

sure what concentration

agrees with you. I often suggest starting low, 30% and work

up. Some are sensitive

others like myself can often go higher but it also depends

on the area. Where skin is

thinner like the face or more sensitive start with a low

concentration. Even 10% can

dry and blister some people.

The only problem with the gel that DB suggested is that it

may be too concentrated since

it is 90%. But you can dilute it with Aloe Vera Gel although

even the organic Aloe Gel is

not pure, it has thickeners in it, that may or may not

bother you. Just remember that DMSO

will carry in any substance with a molecular weight under

1000 Daltons, which includes many

substances. Check a Material Safety Data Sheet to find the

MW, some will have it so you may

have to look at more than one for each substance in question.

Also be sure to moisturize since DMSO is drying. Again some

use Aloe Gel for this. I use

Emu Oil -- www.lbemuoil.com is a high quality product.

Garnet

Waller wrote:

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> Greetings from a new member in South Carolina. I joined because I'd

> been intending to for some time and I have some topics for you already.

>

> My hands and arms are feeling stressed and weak. I want to soak them

> in DMSO -- up to the elbow or farther -- but am wondering what kind

> of container might exist for that purpose. Anybody done a study (or

> happen to know) what materials won't react to it? PVC maybe -- joined

> with what adhesive?

>

> I had assumed that most any kind of plastic would be OK, but

> something really strange happened. I tried filling the clear plastic

> top of a hand dicing gadget about the size of a long shoe. The

> plastic started immediately (if very slowly) " frosting " up. Hours or

> days later the thing looked exactly as if somebody had put that

> amount of water in it and put it on the ground at the North Pole. It

> was heavily " frosted " (not only cosmetically) and the DMSO got cloudy

> and grew a permanent surface on most of the top, just like partly

> frozen water. Temperature has nothing to do with it -- it's

> permanent. Fortunately I'd only soaked my hand about 30 seconds

> before realizing the thing meant business. I poured the remaining

> liquid on the ground but still have the thing.

>

> Thank you!

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