topical beta-glucan (CS?)

there's a bottle of "Lavender enriched with Beta Glucan" Hand & Body lotion by Avalon Organics that is doing wonders for my dried and cracked skin in virtually no time (overnight!!!).

I am wondering if it could improve the scalp condition too... I saw by searching through the forum that CS considers system Beta Glucan mostly useless... how about topical? any thought on that?

magic_gro - I've actually tried topical beta glucan before. Studies show that is very good for the skin.

Whether it will help with hair loss I do not know. I do not recall any perceivable benefits, but I'm just one sample. Internally I received non hair related benefits.

Good info on the beta glucan magic_gro. I'm a dry skin guy myself, how does it compare to other topicals like emu oil? (if you've tried)

I've only tried emu on my scalp...

my dry skin is just on my hands (between the fingers) and seems to be due to these public restroom infrared-activated taps that are set to mix water too hot (and that you cannot tune). I get pretty bad cracking from those. and the next day my skin is healed and amazingly soft.

This product is cheap (around $8?) and can be found at your local trader joe's... you may want to give it a shot for your skin...

trader joe is not carrying it anymore :'(