Child's hands so sore from school soap

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My daughters at school and understandably they are washing hands very often. She's got a reaction to the soap and or frequency and tonight her hands are red and burning. Any hand creams make it sting.

Can I get something OTC for her or is it a GP question?

She's allergic more generally, carries epipen for nut allergy.

Maracuja oil (I use one by Tarte) saved my daughters hands. Pricey but you can use it for anything!

We've had this. It's been due to not drying backs of hands properly and also the cold (it was winter time). Use Lanisoh at night, as it should help sort it overnight though tonight may be too late(!). That might help kickstart things to getting better.

My child's hands are like this and the only cream which doesn't sting is the Child's Farm one. I also use the Neals Yard baby balm every night (it's quite greasy) and that's helped a lot.

Lansinoh overnight with mittens on top. Teach her to use less soap and rinse thoroughly.

My son takes his own soap and moisturiser because of this. School have no issues with it.

This is great. Thanks everyone for the advice.
I love neals yard stuff- will take a look at that too!

*"Lansinoh overnight with mittens on top. Teach her to use less soap and rinse thoroughly."
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Is this the same stuff used on nipples when breastfeeding ?

Strange one but we used udder cream, the actual cream for cows udders after a recommendation. Cleared the hands up overnight. Massive tub, available on amazon and farm shops.

Cleared up my cracked heels in two nights also

Another tip, slather hands in cream of choice and pop on some cotton socks on her hands before sleeping. Helps the cream work better.

It"s pricey, but Weleda Skin Food applied overnight has worked miracles here.

I send my DC in with a little tupperware with just enough la roche posay lipikar or diprobase in it for the day. It works well on her poor little hands.

Yes Lanisoh is nipple cream. It's really good on sore hands. IME you'd only need to use it once or twice overnight, then just keep an eye and moisturise as needed.

Only reason I say overnight is that it does ruin clothes, and I'd rather it was kept off of clothes and furniture! Plus it's more likely to be left alone if it's last thing and night, and therefore more likely to work

I’ve had really sore hands too - the pharmacist recommended Neutrogena Unscented Hand Cream and it’s worked wonders. The tube is small so easy to put in her bag, and you only need to put a little bit on. Sinks into skin really quickly too.

My niece sent her kids with their own soap and a face flannel to dry their hands properly /hand cream in a zip lock bag because their hands were cracked and sore. It seemed to do the trick.

@chocolatespiders
I’m also frontline NHS. Contact your occupational health department for an appointment, they can prescribe a different soap for you to use at work. I also had this issue until I saw occ health.

weleda skin food evenings before bed.

If you have any Savlon or similar (not sudocrem) antiseptic cream, slather her hands in that. It will soothe them and remoisturise her skin without stinging.

Child’s Farm is really good too

I'm a carer and my handd have been like this for weeks now so I feel her pain. I have the vaseline cocoa butter cream which I smother my hands in at the end of my shift to the point it can ot absorb any more into my skin and sit there looking really daft till it's all gone. It's the only thing that is helping tbh

It's quite likely the frequency rather than the soap in my experience. The soap we have in school is often fairly mild. However before lockdown my hands were really,sore from the constant washing at school. I found a decent hand cream really helped. Lots of the children were using hand creams too for the same reason. It was becoming part of our primary school routine - wash hands, run in hand cream after.

@chocolatespiders

NHS frontline here and my hands are raw. I am putting sudocream on at night which helps . Also aveeno hand skin relief (blue), E45 daily hand cream and centraban hand cream have all helped . SLS free soap is meant to help but I struggle to find any.

I believe all the soaps from here thesoapmine.co.uk/ are SLS free. I can't see it on the ingredients at least. I use these, they last for ages and smell incredible, and don't dry my skin out.

Thankyou I have just placed an order. Can't wait for it to arrive.
@HoneysuckIejasmine

Wet hands first before adding soap. 'Neat' soap/detergent is much more likely to cause skin to flare up.
But as PPs suggest, moisturise too.

@chocolatespiders

Thankyou I have just placed an order. Can't wait for it to arrive. *@HoneysuckIejasmine*

Ah lovely, I hope you like them! The lather is really thick and smooth, really nice. I'm a total solid soap convert now.