Glove Story

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Glove Story

• Whats the story with these gloves?

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These gloves are for people with sore hands
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Who I am

• a dermatologist in Vancouver, British Columbia,
  and Im interested in how the skin works as a
  barrier.

Sore hands and broken barriers go together.
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SORE HANDS CAN BE CAUSED BY.

• ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS
• IRRITANT CONTACT DERMATITIS

• ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS
• IRRITANT CONTACT DERMATITIS
• PSORIASIS

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These photos are courtesy the DermIS online
dermatology atlas
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Why is this important?

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Dermatologists have always told people with sore
hands   "Wear cotton gloves inside rubber
gloves. "
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Cotton gloves inside rubber gloves
"They're like sweat socks for your hands.""
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..wearing protective rubber gloves without cotton
gloves leads to accumulation of sweat and
moisture that eventually damages the skin's
protective barrier

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Wearing cotton gloves inside rubber gloves

• Preserves the barrier
• Feels better.

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But you see the problem with sweat socks
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SO COTTON GLOVES ARE BETTER
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What's so special about OUR cotton gloves?
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dmi cotton gloves are

• well-made
• comfortable
• durable
• washable

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NOTHING SPECIAL.

• Other than that..

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• The trouble is,
• finding good quality
• cotton gloves is hard.
• That's where we come in.

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Gloves!  Where did they go?
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People used to wear white cotton gloves
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and now they dont (usually).
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Somehow, glove manufacture has disappeared from
Canada
Our goal is to bring it back!

• OUR GOAL IS TO BRING IT BACK!

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Here's how to use cotton gloves

• 1.  Find cotton gloves that feel good
• (that's where we come in)

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Here's how to use cotton gloves

• 2.  Next, find protective gloves (rubber, vinyl,
  heatproof etc.) that fit comfortably over the
  cotton gloves

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Here's how to use cotton gloves

• 3.  Then, buy more than one pair of cotton gloves
  (that's where we come in again)....like sweat
  socks, dermatologists will say you should have
  the pair you're using, a pair in the drawer, and
  a pair in the wash.

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Here's how to use cotton gloves

• 4.  Last, you should have a pair of protective
  gloves in each location you need to use them
  (kitchen, laundry, bathroon, garage) because
• people being people if they aren't accessible
  and easy to use, they won't get used at all.

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Yes, using protective gloves in this way is a
pain!

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..but there's no substitute for doing it. Your
hands will thank you.
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dmi cotton gloves

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Available from www.laurelprescriptions.com
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