Please help me with very sore hands, I need a cream that won't hurt!!!

[FloraPosteschild]

My hands are dry as anything and really cracking. Anything I put on them stings like mad and doesn't seem to help. Is there a really good thing I can buy at Boots tomorrow when we go into town?

I am avoiding the washing up and there is a crack by my thumbnail which is agony.

Thankyou

Aveeno cream is very good - it is made from oats iirc. It costs about seven quid a tube I think.

olive oil?

Bio oil

ooh i got some great cream for xmas which is called spa and has dead sea stuff in . it came from tk max though ? how about nuetrogena? i used to work at hospital and we forever washed ahnds and found palmers cocoa butter soothing.xx

do you have a body shop near you? their hemp hand cream is the best thing for cracked dry hands ever!

I was going to suggest Waitrose Bottom Butter (baby aisle!) but they don't sell it in Boots unfortunately!

Thanks for the quick answers.
I've tried cocoa butter, it really hurts - I think anyting with perfume in it hurts as far as I can tell.

Neutrogena might be good as I think it is unscented?

I'll look at the Aveeno as well.

TDWP/Colditz, have you tried it yourself? Does it work?

Oh yes we have a body shop.

I get sore cracked hands from excema and most things are useless! I use 1% Hydrocortisone ointment from boots to treat the excema (it may be worth talking to the Pharmacist as you may have dermatitus from washing your hands too often, if so try Hydrocortisone as well). Then I use Aqueous Cream and or Doublebase, you can definately buy Aqueous cream at Boots. You can also use both as a kind of soap substitute for hand washing.

In the mean time slather your hands in vaseline and put on a pair of cotton gloves if you can. This will soften the skin so it won't crack.

Thankyou, that's brill. I have a plan now.

neutrigina hand cream was great when i had dermatitus [probbaly spelt wrong]

and also used to wear cotton gloves at night with aqueous cream on or zinc and castor oil

I find E45 best.

My sister had bad eczema and used to have aqueous, so I will try and get some tomorrow...I think it is too much washing (anxiety) and the cold weather.

I'll check out all the suggestions, will come home with a cupboard full of stuff at this rate! So glad I asked on here, it's been driving me mad for years