Yes, it's true - I'm cracking up!  But truth be told I've been cracking up for years - my entire adult life actually.  Well minus a recent few healthy years.

I'm talking about my skin - the skin on my heels and the skin on my hands specifically.  Long long ago, when I was in my twenties my heels would crack so bad they would bleed.  Sometimes it would hurt so bad to walk.  My fingers would crack open as well and bleed.

Over the years I was told various things by various people.  Dry skin apparently was my problem and I would spend money on special creams for cracked heels.  Or I'd be told my skin was simply dehyrdated and I needed to drink more water.   Once I mentioned it to a doctor and she told I never considered it a medical problem so didn't mention it to most of my doctors.

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I'm just discovering now the link between this