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Effective cracked/frostbite hands lotion, spray or foam?

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conversant · 03/03/2023 22:19

Hello

Can you recommend any effective foam, lotion, spray for cracked/bleeding hands from cold? I have tried the usual glycerin/vaseline based creams and they are extremely effective if kept overnight but they are so greasy and difficult to use without making a mess of my bedding overnight. Is there anything that can be applied and not make a mess?

I would imagine something that will dry or absorb quickly or something else like a glove or something that will keep the active ingredient on the hand skin and not anywhere else.

Thanks!

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LittlePinkPill · 03/03/2023 22:24

O’keefee’s working hands. I can sit rubbing it in 2/3 times in an evening whilst watching TV & my cracked hands will be healed within a few days. I put in on as and when I can throughout the day as well if they are really sore. I wash my hands a lot and this stuff is a lifesaver. I put it on probably half an hour before I go to sleep each night and it’s never made a mess on bedding.
www.superdrug.com/skin/hand-care/hand-cream/okeeffes-working-hands-85g-tube/p/738969?&&&&gbraid=0AAAAADp4mz_s3H6ju8STbUvnaAg-PfA5P&gbraid=0AAAAADp4mz_s3H6ju8STbUvnaAg-PfA5P&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0oagBhDHARIsAI-BbgcwOw1MK-MmL0Qg6JYK4WVNLfkTFP3fbuZNSVqC6nEC-gD74w6b5_caApqJEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 03/03/2023 22:28

You can get the disposable moisturising gloves, like the feet ones, they usually do them in places like the pound shop.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sally-Hansen-Hand-Mask-Collection/dp/B08LFQRFCT/ref=sr11_5?keywords=hand%2Bmask&qid=1677882479&sr=8-5&th=1

Or you can buy white cotton moisturising gloves that you can grow in the washing machine

https://www.thebodyshop.com/en-gb/body/accessories-tools/moisture-gloves/p/1096202?campaignid=16886874408&adgroupid=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl6nmoufAQIVis3tCh1PdASiEAQYAiABEgIf8PDD_BwE

Frozentoo · 03/03/2023 22:30

Have you tried "gloves in a bottle"? Non greasy and really works. Otherwise Okeefes is a good shout

Ohyeahwaitaminute · 03/03/2023 22:34

I’d recommend Flexitol. There’s one type for feet and another for hands. Both contain urea. The foot one is stronger and doesn’t smell great… but it sorts out my hands overnight.

SleekMamma · 03/03/2023 23:01

A hand cream with Shea butter will help. Arket has amazing hand cream in a metal tube. It's like it repairs the cracks. Brilliant stuff

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 03/03/2023 23:12

Flexitol. The one with the really high percentage of urea

Jodielou5972 · 03/03/2023 23:18

Second vote for working hands cream. That thing is a miracle cream.

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