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Dry? Hand help!!
OMG...my hands are on fire. They are red, cracked and sometimes bleed and they feel like the roughest sandpaper. I thought it was dry hands, then I thought it was from gloves at work so I switched gloves. But then I wasn't convinced it was the first set of gloves so I went back to them. Now my hands hurt. I seriously can't even wash them (ok I do but I try to only do the palms cause it hurts so bad). Has anyone had something like this before? Is it just a case of extremely dry skin? My SIL thought maybe a chemical reaction so now I'm wondering about the gloves (they are Nitrile gloves at work the other ones I was using are vinyl). I've used lotion but am not very good at putting it on throughout the day. I also tried CJ's Butter at night as well as Vaseline and put gloves on. Even with that on overnight, in the morning it doesn't seem to make a difference.
Re: Dry? Hand help!!
Watch for an infection as well. The back of DH's hands got so bad about 6 years ago (extremely dry, cracking, bleeding, scabbing) that he had to see a dermatologist and be treated not only for the dry skin but for an infection from it as well.
It was rough but it cleared up really quickly. If it doesn't clear up soon I'd start looking into an Rx cream.
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Might be contact dermatitis from the gloves, but I would work on treating the dryness first & see how things go.
Avoid the hand sanitizer, it's incredibly drying (so is washing, but not quite as horrible).
I second the notion of finding a gentler soap if you can - that industrial stuff is made of sandpaper, alcohol, and rusty nails, I swear.
Put a bottle of lotion in your pocket, literally, and slather it on immediately after washing your hands. Every. Single. Time. I use Vaseline Deep Moisture creamy formula. It is cheap & seems protective.
At night, slather your hands in Aquaphor & put socks on them. Feels gross but helps a lot.
Good luck.