What reason would people be against hand sanitiser?

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I’ve noticed now that there’s a parent of a child in my sons nursery who doesn’t let the teacher use sanitiser.

I also have another friend who refuses to use it when going into shops and won’t let her child wear it.

Does anyone know why you wouldn’t use it?

Alcohol maybe?

All I can think of is allergies.

Some of them cause the skin on my hands to burn, crack and bleed. So I just use my own

Might make some people’s skin sore, eczema/ dermatitis maybe.
Or perhaps they are concerned about the chemicals generally.
Or don’t like the smell? Or really can’t tolerate the smell.
Obviously lots more reasons than this.

I find it very drying on my hands so try not to put it on my kids if there is an alternative.

These people won’t allow any sort, must be the alcohol content.

There’s no religious reason not to use them

My DD ended up with burn style marks on her hands from all the sanitiser in school. Thankfully the school took the sensible approach and switched to soap and water.

Allergies ?
I won’t use other people’s, such as in shops, if I’ve got to touch the bottle or pump. I only use the foot activated or automatic ones.

I know someone who's kids have bad eczema. Since all of this started her kids hands are so painful looking and cracked. I wish she was against letting her kids use it!

Obviously I'm sure she's weighed up the pros and cons and she's decided it's better to use it, so I shouldn't judge.

Some in America were found to contain carcinogens.

It never used to be recommended for children under 5, which was something to do with their developing immune systems I think.
I know my children’s playgroup (pre-Covid) were told by Ofsted that hand washing had to be actual washing, not hand gel.

I'd say eczema, My DS had this badly on his hands from hand sanitiser!

It is really bad for sensitive skin if used too much. We do use it but carry moisturiser. I no longer use shop cheap sanitizer, I use my own and only if I've been touching things since I last washed my hands.

It's the chemicals. It's not meant to be used on children's delicate skin.

Some are also incredibly sticky!!

My sister has bad eczema and her hands are often cracked. Sanitiser is often very painful for her to use and makes her skin worse.

DS's little friend in school had his skin damaged from OCD handwashing (covid/germ fear) and the alcohol sanitisers hurt him like hell and prevented healing. All discussion of hand germs had to stop, to get him to an even keel and allow his hands to heal again. Allergies. The Primark one makes me physically gag and retch. Dry skin. Eczema. In winter my skin splits on my fingers, you can see the flesh through the large, often wide cracks - I didn't use any sanitiser while my hands were like that, it hurts an unreasonable amount. Lots of reasons.

My son has excema prone skin. There is no way I would put that on him and undo all our hard work with emollients etc. It is so drying it would absolutely set off an excema flare up and make him very sore.

Alcohol (some people won't use it because their religion forbids it or are on medication which causes an adverse reaction when alcohol is used or drunk)

Dermatitis/allergies. DH's hands are completely fucked at the moment, cracked and sore and bleeding, because of santiser use. He's had to stop using it.

My ex believes that it is toxic and gets into your bloodstream and makes you ill. He also believes that forehead thermometers collect information about your brain though

As its an airborne infection the liberal use of hand sanitiser is more for show than for guarding against covid

For me it is fine for occupational use, but I can't use it multiple times a day or it quickly turns the skin on my hands red, cracked and painful. So I don't use it going into shops.

My DD works in a well known coffee shop chain and had to use it in-between serving each customer. Her hands bled.

I prefer good old soap and water.

Antibacterial ones are contributing to complete antibiotic resistance which will make Covid look like a walk In the park

They, along with the constant washing triggered eczema on my hands in the spring 2020 and I'm still having trouble controlling the subsequent flare ups

I can't use it at all. Makes my hands so dry, red, cracked and very sore.
Once a week at the supermarket, and I'm sore for most of the week. I'm so glad they've stopped insisting.
DH had to do the weekly shop for a while.

Stinky, yet another plastic chemical thing.