Dry skin on hands

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TheAngryDog

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12,394 posts

208 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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During winter I, like I am sure many people do, suffer with dry skin on my hands, usually around my knuckles.

I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.

Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.

Cheers!

KamSandhu44

272 posts

167 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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TheAngryDog said:
During winter I, like I am sure many people do, suffer with dry skin on my hands, usually around my knuckles.

I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.

Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.

Cheers!
I used to get mild eczema around the nuckles and fingers which would get rather sore.

I started applying Vaseline intensive care cream, the eczema cleared up within two weeks and never returned.

The thing with applying cream is, you have to keep on applying it all day. So when ever I feel my fingers drying up I apply some cream. I must do it at least 10 - 15 times.

It has served me well.

Planet Claire

3,316 posts

208 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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I'm currently using a hand cream made with the new miracle product; coconut oil. And it's pretty good.

motco

15,919 posts

245 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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Don't use liquid hand wash - use plain bars of soap

Edited by motco on Friday 22 January 09:24

LordGrover

33,531 posts

211 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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I find washing in hot water makes it worse. Washing with cold water helps.

Turkish91

1,084 posts

201 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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I suffered with this for a while, due to working with vehicles all day and despite wearing gloves quite often getting oily/greasy/dirty hands etc.

I've used liberal doses of I think it's called "Swedish Formula" hand cream and it's gone away. I used to suffer really badly with bleeding knuckles in particular.

One other tactic I used (they're aimed at women but it worked really well) is to get some moisturising gloves. They are literally plastic gloves like you would get at the garage to cover your hands when filling up with fuel, but they're laced with moisturiser and what not. I slept in a pair of them, with some of my other halfs hairbands around my wrists to prevent them falling off in the night and it worked wonders.

mrsshpub

901 posts

183 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream. I prefer the unscented product.

AMLK

407 posts

184 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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Wash with dermol cream, E45 cream or aqueous cream instead of soap. I get supplied dermol at work (hospital) to use instead of soap so it is good at getting rid of germs.

PlayersNo6

1,102 posts

155 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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mrsshpub said:
Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream. I prefer the unscented product.
This. Marvellous stuff.

Flibble

6,470 posts

180 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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I find tea tree oil based products work wonders for me.

PDP76

2,569 posts

149 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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mrsshpub said:
Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream. I prefer the unscented product.
This all day long, I get a very dry right hand in the winter, didn't always use gloves when working with various oils spannering the defender I had. Screwed that hand up. This cream works wonders.

theshrew

6,008 posts

183 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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TheAngryDog said:
During winter I, like I am sure many people do, suffer with dry skin on my hands, usually around my knuckles.

I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.

Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.

Cheers!
I got it for a few years. Can be a bit painful at times. I changed soap I washed my hands with, no longer have the issue.

rolando

2,116 posts

154 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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Only £2.50 …and avoid detergent, especially washing powder.

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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I suffer from this a little and have a theory... I reckon I drink less in the winter (drink, as in water) and I think being dehydrated makes the issue worse. Just a wild theory though.

It's certainly made worse by detergents, including general stuff like washing-up liquid!

Hub

6,411 posts

197 months

Friday 22nd January 2016
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I suffer too. Aside from moisturising I find avoiding exposure by wearing gloves when it is cold and drying hands properly after washing helps.

footnote

924 posts

105 months

Saturday 23rd January 2016
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I went to the GP a few years ago for this and was prescribed a fairly strong steroid cream which was great - however, they won't give strong steroids indefintely as they thin the skin.

Notmal moisturising creams don't do much really.

But whenever it gets bad and I get the little cuts you describe I use this:
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sain...

Sainsburys own brand bites and sting cream it's called - 1 hydrocortisone - will fix the cuts in 24-48 hours every time. I don't use it often but it always works.

Muskythedog

1,970 posts

112 months

Saturday 23rd January 2016
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PlayersNo6 said:
mrsshpub said:
Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream. I prefer the unscented product.
This. Marvellous stuff.
Yup, this for me too.

bigandclever

13,750 posts

237 months

Saturday 23rd January 2016
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Muskythedog said:
PlayersNo6 said:
mrsshpub said:
Neutrogena Norwegian Formula hand cream. I prefer the unscented product.
This. Marvellous stuff.
Yup, this for me too.
And me.

We are MEN, hear us ROAR!! smile

Ultuous

2,247 posts

190 months

Saturday 23rd January 2016
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V8mate said:
I suffer from this a little and have a theory... I reckon I drink less in the winter (drink, as in water) and I think being dehydrated makes the issue worse. Just a wild theory though.

It's certainly made worse by detergents, including general stuff like washing-up liquid!
I don't think it's that wild a theory (although I put the seasonality down to Vitamin D helping in the summer) - I was about to say that I spent a good 10 years or so trying different creams, avoiding detergents, even cutting things out of my diet to no avail and then realised (mainly through a girlfriend insisting on a pint of squash or similar with dinner) that I didn't drink enough - can't be 100% sure that the two are linked, but my hands have been MUCH better ever since! smile

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Saturday 23rd January 2016
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Ultuous said:
V8mate said:
I suffer from this a little and have a theory... I reckon I drink less in the winter (drink, as in water) and I think being dehydrated makes the issue worse. Just a wild theory though.

It's certainly made worse by detergents, including general stuff like washing-up liquid!
I don't think it's that wild a theory (although I put the seasonality down to Vitamin D helping in the summer) - I was about to say that I spent a good 10 years or so trying different creams, avoiding detergents, even cutting things out of my diet to no avail and then realised (mainly through a girlfriend insisting on a pint of squash or similar with dinner) that I didn't drink enough - can't be 100% sure that the two are linked, but my hands have been MUCH better ever since! smile
Dr V8mate, from now on, I think bowtie