Painful cracking dry skin on hands

[busydaycarelady]

I have this issue too! Mine crack and bleed from so much dish/hand washing. Ising gloves while washing dishes helps. I've been using a parafin wax hand spa weekly, Vichy Nutriextra for hands(every morning, it forms a protective layer for a while) and then hemp hand cream from The Body Shop throughout the day. Sometimes I put on the hemp lotion real thick and then put some medical gloves over top for half an hour or so. It's helped quite a bit.

[Spixie33]

I have suffered through this ever since I started doing daycare 4 years ago. My hands would end up bloody by February and washing my hands would be agony because water would get in the cracks.

I have tried everything from Glysomed to Moroccan oil to Udderly Smooth.

THis year I bought a container of Goldbond SOS hand lotion and also Goldbond Ultimate Restoring and a big club size container of Vaseline.

So far my system seems to work relatively well. Here is how I use them -->

I lather up at bedtime (really well) with Vaseline and leave it on all night (without gloves).

When I wake up in the morning, I get ready and then rub on some Goldbond SOS cream.

Then I go about my day.

When all the kids are sleeping at nap time I put on Goldbond again

Then once they go home I put on Goldbond again.

And then comes bedtime again with the Vaseline.

So far it has worked - barely any skin tears/cracks/blood this winter even though it has been colder than ever.

I find some lotions really hurt to put on when your hands are irritated/cracked so be weary of that.