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Shea Butter

Shea Butter is an intensive moisturizer, and can be very helpful in treating the skin problems associated with diabetes.

Some diabetes medications cause extreme dry skin, which demands an intensive moisturizer. Shea butter, in my experience, is one of the best. My husband uses it for extreme chapping on his hands in the winter, and my daughter uses it for severe eczema which is caused by allergies.

I have sceborrhetic dermatitis, and shea butter soap helps to keep it under control on my face.

Shea butter is available in soaps, lotions, and a pure shea body butter. It has the texture of whipped butter, and is easy to smooth on without having to rub too hard.

You can also find salves and creams with shea butter in them, for treatment of rashes and other irritations.

If you are needing a natural moisturizing and soothing product, try one with shea butter and see if it does the same thing for you that it does for my family and I.

Written by Laura Wheeler, Owner of Firelight Business Enterprises, Inc.

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