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  • 10-03-2020 7:05pm
    #1
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭


    With all the extra washing and sanitizing, my poor hands are in bits. I'm using hand cream like a maniac and they are still as dry as a camel's tongue in a sandstorm. I have hand cream in the kitchen, bathroom, in the car, on my desk......
    I've been using this stuff
    https://www.boots.ie/okeeffes-working-hands-jar-96g-10224416

    Anyone any tips on how to stop my hands and nails drying up during this crisis?


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  • #2
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,776 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    Buy the cotton gloves in boots, a big tub of petroleum jelly it's cheaper than the branded vaseline.

    Slather it on at night, gloves on.


  • #3
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭jos28


    Great tip, thanks PC. I have both of those so I'll use them tonight. Cheers


  • #4
    SmallTeapot
    Registered Users Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭SmallTeapot


    Aveeno Skin Relief Moisturing lotion is also fantastic for chapped hands :)

    Link: https://www.boots.ie/beauty/skincare/body-skincare/body-moisturiser/aveeno-skin-relief-lotion-200ml-10094191

    I get contact dermatitis on my hands from products which contain a high volume of surfactants, and have tried a range of hand creams, moisturisers and lotions. This particular Aveeno product is the best I have used by far


  • #5
    Airyfairy12
    Registered Users Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭Airyfairy12


    Make sure when youre drying your hands you dry them totally and with a dry towel, not a damp towel, bone dry. Palmers cocoa butter body cream is great for hands, its very thick and emollient but absorbs really well. I threw a little bit on the other day as id nothing else. I was rubbing my own hands for hours after, they were so soft.


  • #6
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Only wash them with warm water. Use a gentle soap ...like dove ..moisturize ..also sunscreen .dry them well...use oil on them... .that is all you can do.


    I wouldn't put vaseline on my hands ...i have to use it sometimes on irritated skin ...and over time it really dries your skin to the point of cracking when you have to use for years like i have had to..its the only thing that stops the irritating and its not a place you can see on me and a really tiny area so i don't mind..but i would never use it anywhere else.


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  • #7
    ams
    Registered Users Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭ams


    Inida Knight recommended this in the Sunday Times a couple of weeks ago:

    https://www.superdrug.com/Skin/Body-Care/Dry-Skin/Gloves-in-a-Bottle-Shielding-Lotion-240ml/p/744858


  • #8
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭jos28


    ams wrote: »
    Inida Knight recommended this in the Sunday Times a couple of weeks ago:

    https://www.superdrug.com/Skin/Body-Care/Dry-Skin/Gloves-in-a-Bottle-Shielding-Lotion-240ml/p/744858

    Oooh, that looks very tempting. I may just have to buy it. Cheers !


  • #9
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    What about using facial wash ..like cetaphil..a lot of facial washes are anti bacterial ..not sure if they are totally suitable but less harsh than soap.

    I also moisterize before i wash my hands ...and after ..again not sure if it interferes with washing. I do know chapped dry hands can carry more bacteria though.

    Also not sure if you can still get this but e 45 cream?


  • #10
    Podge201
    Closed Accounts Posts: 173 ✭✭Podge201


    Wear gloves.


  • #11
    jos28
    Registered Users Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭jos28


    Podge201 wrote: »
    Wear gloves.

    While washing my hands :confused:


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  • #12
    SmallTeapot
    Registered Users Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭SmallTeapot


    I'm back again :)

    Using a soap/wash which contains milder surfactants could also be another option to reduce dryness and hands cracking. Milder surfactants are still effective as they're structurally the same - amphiphilic compounds composed of both hydrophobic groups (their tails) and hydrophilic groups (their heads). This recent Vox video gives a good overview of the 'science' that underlies hand-washing :pac:




    Sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) is the most commonly used detergent in cleaning products as it is inexpensive and effective, but it is very drying and over time will strip the natural oils that make up the stratum corneum (the lipid matrix in the outermost layer of the skin) to be reduced = drying/ cracking. The majority of liquid hand-washes contain SLS

    My dermatologist recommended using mild but effective washes, for example: Aveeno daily wash (for adults and babies) instead of normal liquid soaps. I usually decant it into a soap bottle :pac:


  • #13
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    Can’t recommend this stuff enough, it’s brilliant.
    My hands have been in bits everyday, like crepe paper and so tight they’re sore to touch.
    When I know I’m home for the day, I have a shower, wash my hair etc, put on my pjs and put this on my hands.
    I can’t stand a cream that doesn’t soak in - I just feel like they’re attracting dust/dirt etc
    This soaks in completely and leaves your hands feeling great :)


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