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In 1992 our family of four moved to Houston, Texas, so that our daughter Julie could train with renowned gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi. In the course of Julie's intense training regimen on the uneven bars, we found ourselves constantly dealing with painful rips and blisters on Julie's hands. When we asked other parents in the program how they were dealing with this issue, we were surprised to learn that they had been unable to find an over-the-counter product that effectively dealt with these serious skin injuries. What we did learn was that many of them were using a product, sold through livestock feed stores, that was intended to soothe cow udders! I thought that was a bit strange, so I determined to see if I could find a way to reproduce the formula of that animal product and make it more readily available to gymnast families. Not everybody lived near feed stores even in Texas. I met with a chemist and asked him to analyze the formula, and he told me that I couldn't reproduce the formula for use by people because the animal compound contained oxiquinoline, which the FDA has not been found safe for human use. So, the chemist and I re-formulated and adjusted the compound the make it safe for people, and that compound became Medicated Hand-e-Balm. Medicated Hand-e-Balm has a lanolin base and contains pain medications as well as an antiseptic that is safe for human use. It also fulfilled all of my requirements: it helps heal rips and blisters, it soothes pain, it reduces...