Winters in Maine are long, and there's a tool to help you get through it easier.

I notice starting around November, that my skin gets soooo dry and itchy. For me, it's always the first sign that the winter months are setting in. I could soak in lotion all day long and my skin would still be dry and itchy.

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Dry itchy skin is a huge side effect of Maine winters

If the itch was on my forearm, I'd have no issue. But it's NEVER in an easy place to reach. When I'm in the shower I feel like I am so itchy I want to give myself a 'Silkwood shower'.

SIDENOTE:  Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher. Karen Silkwood, a nuclear whistle-blower, and a labor union activist worked with radiation while making nuclear rods and when exposed, had to go through a process of getting scrubbed down...very harshly. 

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How can I avoid a 'Silkwood shower' and still survive a Maine winter?

That's where for under $3, you can satisfy that itch in the middle of your back in the middle of your shower. I bought a back scratcher at Walmart and it has changed my friggin' life. A friend of mine has these tucked all over his house like you might hide reading glasses.

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This tiny little skin rake is the best thing to happen to my dry itchy skin since Vaseline Intensive Care. But the best part is when that itch is where no one in their right mind could reach - this sucker extends!

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There's not a part of my body I can't reach with this essential tool. Go ahead winter! Be as dry and cold as you like, I've got a weapon that defeats you every time.

 

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