Hand wash for really dry hands (photo)

[Picklesandpies]

Hi,

Can anyone suggest a really good hand wash for extremely dry hands. They are making me feel miserable! It turns my stomach touching fabric as it literally sticks to my hands like velcro! I need a hand wash that is really kind to skin - not just some Carex one that says it's 'moisturising'. These do absolutely nothing.

Suggestions for fantastic hand cream or treatments also extremely welcome! Thank you muchly

[bertiesperson]

Hello again
I have been using Carex moisture plus (has to be Moisture Plus, not just ordinary moisturising) and it doesn't dry out my skin. I buy it in 500ml refill pouches for £1.50 and decant it into a Simplehuman rechargeable hands free soap dispenser (expensive but you can choose how much it pumps out, I also have one for washing up liquid).

[Leafy2018]

Thank you - what a great tip! It sounds like a much cheaper version of Crabtree and Evelyn's hand repair (can't remember the name).

[SarahBeeney]

This is extremely basic but it works a treat and you won't believe how smooth your skin feels...

Pour olive oil and a spoonful of sugar into your palms,and then massage the gritty oiliness for a good ten minutes before rinsing off.
It's also great for cracked finger tips.

My Mum is a nurse and she learn this when at nursing college back in the 60's.

And like pp have said,wash hands with bar soap and wear rubber gloves for housework stuff.

[messyhousetidymind]

I know is old thread but aveeno hand cream is the business

for anyone interested

[Leafy2018]

Gosh thank you! This is an old post but I really appreciate your reply and will definitely try that!

[bertiesperson]

I have sore, very dry skin on my hands and have tried just about every hand cream etc available, none of which did the job.
Wandering around Aldi, I saw their Lacura hand creams, very cheap, so I thought why not try them. I bought the Nourishing with beeswax and glycerine and ProRevive.
The Nourishing wins and actually makes my hands feel so much better. Absorbs very quicly and doesn't feel greasy.
It may be cheap but it works.

[Leeeendahhh]

OP I was just wondering whether you have considered using a pair of 'Marigold' type kitchen gloves for when you are cleaning up? I have the exact same problem as you (me and daughter both have Coeliac disease so I have to be stringently clean in the kitchen and around food) and I also get extremely dry hands from over-washing. I have found that having a pair of kitchen gloves for washing up/cleaning the worktops etc. to be very helpful as I wash my hands fewer times this way. I just wash my hands with the gloves on between different tasks and the gloves also help keep the moisturiser on my hands too.

[Wh0Kn0wsWhereTheTimeGoes]

I agree that bar soap is much better (except Imperial Leather for me, that caused an eczema flare up). However I've gone back to liquid soap as the DCs made such a mess with bars (squeezing them) and the soap dish got so gunky all the time as the bar never dried with all of us using it. Dr Organic from Holland and Barrett gets my vote but I might try some of the others suggested above, the Dr O is very expensive.

[BusterGonad]

Avoid liquid handwash like the plague, use normal soap, Dove bar, Pears etc. then apply Aveeno. But you might have got yourself a fungal infection, I did and used Dockcort (I think I've misspelt it) cream.

[angelfacecuti75]

helloskinshop.co.uk/products/e45-emollient-wash-cream?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=22655865927&gclid=CjwKEAjwoLfHBRD_jLW93remyAQSJABIygGpm0Gka9y3bPPppvfPjTJMm4L9Y9IjkRwmnBRvmdBqAhoC7_Dw_wcB just found this^

[angelfacecuti75]

Or maybe cetaphil face cleanser?

[angelfacecuti75]

Hi why don't you try sticking a bottle of handcream by the sink? Neutrogena does one for very dry hands and is about three quid in wilko or superdrugs /supermarkets etc . Alternatively the body shop hemp one is good. Good luck!

[DaveGrohlsMrs]

I use Crabtree and Evelyn Hand Therapy hand cream and I love it. My hands get really dry too and even using this once a day makes a huge difference. It comes in various sizes, so I keep a small tube in my bag, have a big pump bottle of it by the sink in the kitchen and have it in our downstairs loo to slather on whenever I remember or when my hands are particularly bad. I also find wearing gloves when doing the washing up helps prevent my hands from getting too dry.

[Fluffycloudland77]

I've gone sls free on body wash and my skins much softer and smoother so that might work for your hands too.

I use dr organic so from Holland and Barrett.

[RedBugMug]

bar of soap and a moisturiser after each time washing them.

[jetSTAR]

I second Questionablemouse's idea, thats what I do too. When my dry hands are cracked etc I find the body shop hemp stuff stings like crazy. I have found the childs farm one is one of the few that doesn't make mine and DD 2's sensitive skin sting.

[Polly99]

That neutrogena Norwegian formula stuff is worth a try. Some surgeons I know use it as they get v dry hands when scrubbing in a lot.

[MissCardew]

As pps have said, I find bar soap works best. I once used a soap from France which was made with donkey milk - it was amazing for my very dry hands. Sadly I can't find a stockist in the uk or online so I use olive oil soap which is almost as good!

[shroeder]

Boots baby soap for washing and Aveeno hand cream in every pocket.
Handwash is the work of the devil as bad as washing up liquid.

[SquidgeyMidgey]

In the winter my hands crack and bleed with dryness so I've tried all sorts. The best for me are the Palmolive honey handwash and the red garnier hand cream. Carex and Aldi handwashes are unbelievably awful, and the moisturiser my gp gave me (diprobase or something like that) was useless.

[yoohooitsme]

I have had this problem from when DS arrived as I was washing hands much more frequently and I was using liquid soaps.

Switched to plain white hand soap bars and tried to be a little less frequent and amazingly it cleared up.

If I use a liquid soap for a while the problem returns.

The doctor said very common to develop this problem after the arrival of children!

Maybe try to have a couple of days where someone else prepares the food while you get over the worst of it and put out simple soap bars by every sink, be sure to rinse skin well and dry well too. Then plan the order of tasks to limit washings if you can, if your problem is similar to mine you should be good to go then :)

[Skinfulnappies46]

Try ultrabland by lush. It's a facial cleanser but I just can some on my hands to keep them moisturiser. Cleared up really nasty eczema on my hands likes miracle

[fionamadcat]

I find a bar of dove or nivea soap much better than liquid soap. Lasts longer too!

[KatyS36]

I could have written your post op.

Imperial leather bar soap completly solved this for me. Discovered by accident when staying with my mum.

[heavenscent86]

The body shop coconut body butter is the best thing I've found for my dry hands. It's not cheap but I've tried lots of creams and never found anything anywhere near as good