My hands - help!

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My hands really don't belong in "Stlye and Beauty", but that is my aspiration.
Anyway, they are so dry they are cracking and old looking and yuk.

I have tried putting Vaseline and cotton gloves on at night and while it helped, I ended up with greasy patches on the duvet cover. I don't really want to put latex gloves (or other thin plastic ones) on overnight as that will be really uncomfortable. I'm co-sleeping so do use my hands at night.

What else can I do. Hand balm from Boots seems to help as does the Body Shop hemp one. I need something that sinks in quickly as I really don't have time to sit idly.

I try to use rubber gloves when my hands are in water but sometimes it's just not practical. We don't have a dishwasher and DS2 (aged 2) often likes lots of attention when I'm washing up in the evening and it's such a pain to keep taking them on and off.

Can I get a hand transplant?

Woe is me!

You could try this 'gloves-in-a-bottle' stuff; no idea if it works but it's always intrigued me

This happened to me through not wearing gloves when cleaning/washing up and it took me a long time to clear it up. I bought glycerine cream which seemed to work better than vaseline for me and applied neutrogena several times a day.

I always use Surcare washing up liquid now as ecover, fairy liquid etc all aggrevate my hands. I buy disposable latex gloves to use when cleaning (rubber gloves made my palm itch)and also use Gloves in a bottle which protect your hands for several hours and wears away like skin shedding over the hours rather than being washed off.

good luck

Body Shop Hemp handcream.
The best handcream ever-and I think I have tried them all!

this must be a similar thing. I have tried it and thought it was good, however I used to wash my hands about a hundred times a day so everything washed off (I was a little obssessed at the time).
Kiehl's Ultimate salve I find amazing but £££

you need cotton gloves inside your rubber gloves - and make sure you wear them whenever you are washing up - can you not do the washing up when your ds is in bed - then you won't have to faff around with them?

The best handcream I've found is aveeno - anything else makes my hands worse - make sure you also dry your hands carefully whenever you get them wet and apply the aveeno about 3-4 minutes after so you can be sure they are completely dry. it absorbs really quickly too.

also always wear gloves when you are out to help protect your hands from a temperature change as this will impact on the dryness.