Kid made oil and salt scrub in Tales from the kitchen witch

My kid has like these scary hands. His skin peels up in these THICK chunks. I dont mean wide, i mean the layers of skin peeling off are thick. Like callous thick. Its painful and ugly. His hands and feet are. I dont even know.
A doctor told us its just strange peeling, Would eventually go away.
Here we are years later and his hands and feet STILL peel and i mean NON STOP peeling.

So today he made himself a salt and oil scrub. He washed his hands with it, and its helping peel the dead skin off AND leaves his hands feeling softer.
Hes 12 so this is starting to be a cause of emotional termoil for him. Hopefully over the summer this may help!

1-2 cup sea salt crumbs. I dont mean little sprinkles. We got the pink himilayan sea salt that you put in a grinder. Start with 1 cup and add more as needed. We ended up using the entire bottle we got.

1/2 melted coconut oil.

3 pumps aloe vera gel.

10-15 drops of essential oil scent. He decided on vanillla.

Stir till mixed.

IF your salt is oily, add in more chunky sea salt AND kosher salt. We used a coarse ground salt for the second add in. continue adding salt till its moist but not WET.

Store in a lidded container. We stuck it in the kitchen. But you can put it in the fridge.

To use, take a spoonful of crystals and rub between your dry hands. Rub till the salt starts to exfoliate your skin. Use dry, then use warm water to rinse the salt off your hands and enjoy the softness!!

This cost me around 10 bucks to make and my 12 year old did it all himself. He loves his scrub and its just for him :)

Tomorrow we are going to make a lotion to help heal his poor peeling hands.

Last updated June 18, 2019