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Default Flexitol, has the formula changed?


"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>>> I wouldn't ask this here, but some of the folks on this group agreed
>>> that Flexitol was the best thing for dry feet. I have been using it for
>>> a few years, and until the last tube it was great. The tubes last a LONG
>>> time, so I don't know when the change (if there was a change) occurred.
>>> Unfortunately, I threw out the old box and tube before I noticed an
>>> issue. The substance in the new tube just is not working as well at all.
>>> Has anyone else observed this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jean B.

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>> I think they may have changed it. I can't really see how this would help
>> dry feet. Unless there is more than one formula. I bought this for
>> psoriasis. Just got it maybe 2 weeks ago and bought it online. After I
>> got it I thought it looked familiar and perhaps I had tried it in the
>> past. For the psoriasis, it seems to be helping a little but really
>> nothing I have tried helps totally and they all seem to help a tiny bit.
>> Anyway... When I ordered this stuff I think it said it was new.

> Maybe that is a different Flexitol product? Have you ever tried Dovonex
> (if you can't look it up, I will check the spelling)? It requires a
> prescription. My daughter's father used it for a while, and it seemed to
> help him.


Not sure if I tried that or not. I know I have heard of it. None of the
prescription things I tried helped and all just thinned my skin too badly.