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Cocoa Butter is the best! It reduces scars, blemishes, stretch marks (pregnant woman love it!), etc. Plus it leaves your skin baby soft. I like the smell too (they sell scentless too). My dogs love the chocolate scent and so does my boyfriend, LOL.
Any cream for the hands that contains dimethicone or lanolin or coco butter are very nice for real dry skin, however the hospitals don't allow these with glove use. Therefore the lotion they give us to use are water soluble and work as well as rubbing water on your hands. For home use though the above ingredients are good. I use "bag Balm" in a green tin($3.95 at wallmart) for very chapped areas like elbows, feet, lips or my hands when dry out.