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How Are You're Hands Holding Up

rms1954 — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:21:07 GMT

With all this hand sanitizer use, mine are so dry. Just when I thought they were recovered from the winter, now the skin (esp around the cuticules) are so dry the skin on my fingertips is peeling off.,

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AuntG — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:24:13 GMT

Quite dry.

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JesssMe — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:28:26 GMT

Beekman 1802 soap, whipped body creme, liquid soap, hand salve, all will solve your hand issues. Made with goat milk, so creamy and very kind to your skin. Order them right here at QVC, or on HSN. Fantastic products. It will not make your hands chapped from the hand sanitizer, in fact, it will heal them. Many scents to pick from, or they also make an unscented called Pure, in all their products. It is a "clean" company, so no junk in their products.

They have a TSV coming on April 4th, and usually they have really good deals on their other products at the same time.

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conlt — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:26:49 GMT

Several months ago, Costco had a sale on Egyptian Magic and I bought it and love it. I bought 3 of them. It is greasy when it first goes on but I have to say my hands are not that bad. I have been using it a lot, keep at my desk in my home office and at night. Otherwise I would try Vaseline. I have Beekman Hand salve also that is very good. I can't stand dry skin. I will have to look at what I have in my stash.

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JesssMe — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:31:07 GMT

Vasoline is terrible for your skin. It is a waste product from the petrolium companies, it's just junk. It sits on top of your skin until it rubs off. It's doesn't penetrate in, so you keep putting on more and more, and still no benefit.

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SeaMaiden — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:32:48 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
With all this hand sanitizer use, mine are so dry. Just when I thought they were recovered from the winter, now the skin (esp around the cuticules) are so dry the skin on my fingertips is peeling off.,

Why would you be using it constantly if you are not leaving your home?

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Janey2 — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:32:55 GMT

@JesssMe Goat milk soap is not strong enough to kill these germs. If you use a soap like Dial you do not need hand sanitizer.

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deeva — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:33:37 GMT

Since we don't use hand sanitizer, my hands are good.

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4kitties — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:34:29 GMT

I apply a generous dollop of Avon Moisture Therapy Intensive Healing and Repair hand cream every night and then wear white cotton gloves all night. This really helps me as I have issues with my dry hands even on a good day.

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JesssMe — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:36:37 GMT

Any soap will kill the virus, even the cheap stuff. Beekman 1802 products will kill it and leave your skin soft and not chapped. ANY SOAP ~~KILLS~~ the virus. Soap doesn't need to be strong, whatever that means, it just needs to be soap. The scientists and doctors all have said this. I follow what they say, they are the experts!

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ValuSkr — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:38:07 GMT

I use soap and water at home; only use hand sanitizer when I go out someplace. And since I'm not going out much, I haven't used much sanitizer.

Re: How Are You're Hands Holding Up

rms1954 — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:44:47 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
@rms1954 wrote:
With all this hand sanitizer use, mine are so dry. Just when I thought they were recovered from the winter, now the skin (esp around the cuticules) are so dry the skin on my fingertips is peeling off.,
Why would you be using it constantly if you are not leaving your home?

Did I say I don't leave home? No. I have to go out to the store.

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SunSprite — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:48:04 GMT

@SeaMaiden Not speaking for anyone else, but I was way overdoing it with the handwashing and sanitizing. I started isolating at home a couple of weeks ago and the first week I washed my hands a lot and used hand sanitzer sporadically. I have no idea why. I think maybe it had just become a habit? Anyway, ended up with terrible red peeling/cracked skin. Mentioned it to my daughter and she said "you're not even leaving your house....when you wake up in the morning the same germs are still there as when you went to bed...no new ones snuck in" lol.....

My hands are doing much better now that I reined it in a bit.

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ItsME — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:53:20 GMT

@Janey2 .... all soaps will work, and they are the preferred method of doing so. You have to follow the 20 second rule. That's what I do. I rarely use sanitizer on my hands. I do use wipes and sprays for household surfaces.

@Janey2 wrote:
@JesssMe Goat milk soap is not strong enough to kill these germs. If you use a soap like Dial you do not need hand sanitizer.

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Janey2 — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:56:58 GMT

@ItsME I stand corrected. I guess I just feel better using a stronger soap. I never liked germs even in the best of times.

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Love my grandkids — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:57:01 GMT

@rms1954 One word: LOTION

For years and years I've used Lubriderm on my hands a couple of times a day and I am big on hand washing.

No need for dry hands. Use lotion and rub in well to all areas. Easy peasy.

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Fressa — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:58:01 GMT

I swear by First Ai Beauty Ultimate Repair Cream. Great for your hands and the entire body.

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hopi — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:01:44 GMT

Being an OG germaphobe from way back used hand sanitizer way to much. It will mess with you skins PH and break down the mantel creating tears or rashes on your skin making you more suseptible. Only use when absolutely necessary. Any soap should for regular hand cleaning.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:09:59 GMT

Funny you should ask because I keep putting hand sanitizer on, but the arthritis in my hands has gotten so bad they don't even want to close anymore.

So I have a machine that has hot wax I dip my hands in (mainly for the arthritis). I've had one for years.

I constantly have to wash off the hand sanitizer to put my hands in the hot wax (don't want to contaminate the wax), then I put sanitizer on hands and/or wash them again.

I'm way, way over paranoid about dirty hands. I've always been but it is stupid with me at this point.

Meanwhile my hands really hurt.

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SilleeMee — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:16:29 GMT

I've been using that jar of Vaseline jelly I found in the back of my medicine chest. It really helps create a moisture barrier to help relieve my dry hands. Even after repeated washings, the jelly stays on and keeps them from drying out.

When I worked at the hospital I used a skin barrier cream for hands. It's like an invisible glove product you can find online.