My hands are dry. I have been putting lotion on them but it seems not to be working.?

Question

I have 2 young children and a house that always is needing cleaned..so my hands are in water all the time. What can I do to get them to get back to not being so dry. They are starting to crack.

Answer 1

warm some olive oil n put in on ur hands as a lotion, keep it for 10-15 minutes, do it everyday,, its the best,, my family and i are addicted to it ;p

Answer 2

most places that have a pharmacy(like Walgreens)sell white cotton gloves that can be used over lotions that are designed for those with dry hands. Pick yourself up some of these and either a good quality lotion like Aveeno or Eucerin or some Vaseline and apply this at night then put on the gloves. Wear these over night while you sleep and remove them in the morning. If you choose vaseline, you may have to rinse off any extra that is on your hands unless it has soaked into your skin.

Answer 3

My mom used to work in chemicals that dried out her hands really bad and this what she did. She slathered her hands in Vaseline and then put on plastic gloves and slept with them like that overnight. I wouldn't be able to sleep like that. So I would wait until the kids are in bed and you're able to sit still for a bit (watch a movie, read a book) and do the glove thing. After, take the gloves off and massage the Vaseline into your hands. Then wash lightly and put intense dry therapy lotion on. Just a thought.

Answer 4

First purchase some cloth gloves. Before going to bed apply a generous amount of Vasaline or a good thick Lotion to your hands. Burts Bees hs a great hand Salve. Put the gloves on and wear them to bed. do this nightly. Next when washing dishes start using rubber gloves. You have to keep your hands out of that water. Good luck!

Answer 5

Listen to me. If your hands are cracking, you must do this:

slather them every night with vaseline. And wear clean socks or cotton gloves or plastic gloves every night. They will soften up again.
If your hands are in detergent that much, you need to consider using less of it and a mild cleaner instead of detergent. Also - most hand lotions (other than straight vaseline) contain alcohol. A drying agent. Go figure.

Answer 6

I totally have the solution for you as I worked as a Respiratory Therapist for many Years and had to wash in between every room and use alcohol in BMT and burn rooms use Vaseline petroleum jelly at night right before you go to sleep, put on rubber gloves and go to sleep it the morning your hands will be good as new. Sound weird but it works, I guarantee it! Repeat any time your hand ever dry out again. Solution works on anybody, unless you are allergic to latex.

Answer 7

I have really dry hands alot too and I use this lotion called St Ives Intensive Healing. It works really great for me and it doesn't leave that greasy feeling that alot of lotions tend to do. It costs less than $1 at walmart for a 3 oz tube.

Answer 8

try putting on some medicated lotion(apply pretty generously) and sleeping with some cotton gloves on. I've heard a lot of people say this works. Never tried it myself, but my husband did. The only problem he had was he couldn't stand trying to sleep with the gloves on, so he just toughed out the dry hands.

Answer 9

Wear gloves when you are working in water or when your hands are having abrasive items hit them. Keep using the lotion and take Vitamin E pills for your skin.

Answer 10

Easy question, easy awnser. Ok, first heat a cup of milk and immediatly pour into a bath tup(get in, obviously). Why, because it has antioxidants in it to let skin shine with luster, and it also has another natural chemical that can help reduce oil. Wait 10-15 minutes before washing. Also, you can eat 1/2 cups of cashews, because it has 36%-40% of the recommended zinc and copper, which leaves skin soft, and filled with luster. And last, you can soak it in cherries with water, because it releases a compond absorbed into the skin to soften it and prevent craking!