Hmmm. That's very interesting: about our skin absorbing magnesium.

I can't bend very well (despite the fact that the tetanus nerve damage bends me over) so I haven't had a bath in years. (I come clean, though.) lol

when I had horrible pain from the tetanus contracting my muscles where I have peripheral neuropathy I put a ... compress, is it called a compress... that is, a washcloth soaked in a stiff solution of Epsom salts on my thigh, and it helped.

I found an interesting article about how it helps... rsd... but I forget things, especially when I'm tired or stressed... I'm going to go look at my Epsom salts page...

I've read the page again, and it seems interesting to me...
here's the link in case it's interesting to you:
http://www.health-boundaries-bite.com/EpsomSalt.html