Vaseline is great for sealing the skin, it also prevents water evaporation from the skins Surface. Using the aloe combined with the Vaseline is a brilliant safe relief. Used at bedtime along with cotton gloves on the hands is a great combination. My hands were so bad that from Jan-may I was unable to bare my skin to the elements at all. Palms were constantly cracked, red inflamed. The build up on my fingers is horrendous and can have clumps of skin coming away from around my nails etc. My nails are not great either. As in brittle and split too easily. I also then relied on the cotton gloves and then latex gloves on top of them to do chores and everyday duties, what they did do was help me to not be able to scratch my skin. The damage your nails can do in a second can attribute to a lengthy recovery. Where as with the double glove you can rub the skin however you cannot scratch the skin. I haven’t tried the inhibitor but I think this would be a great option. The steroid creams are not to be used for any length of time and the long term side affects are horrendous. However it is only the steroids that help me remove the build up of skin and stop tje aaaocoated itching.