LOL! bekkie. Bleach. Aaaargh! I went through a spell a couple of years ago of relaxing my hands in a basin of Milton sterilising fluid because I need to keep a lot of it for use at home. Then one day I put my rusted spade into a bucket of it and saw how quickly all the rust came off. Great for garden tools but I decided it also was a no no for my hands!
I had a young friend who used the milton for her baby bottles, then she would rinse them under the tap cos she didnt like the smell. When I said she may just as well use the hot washing up water she was horrified.
No milton about when mine were babies and they both survived, very well.
I use a gritty soap to wash my hands, not using gloves, i get caked in it.
But they are open to the air and dont suffer at all. Every night I knit and my hands are never catchy on the wool..
I do think that sometimes we are frightened into being over clean, i used to eat dirt , coal and alsorts as a child, lived to this ripe old age and still as tough as old boots.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I've been using some cream from M&S, but hands are nowhere near as he bad as your bekkie and are just dry. There is a gardeners barrier cream and a gardeners hand cream.
I agree about the bleach, please don't do that anymore
Try 'Lotil' cream. It's extremely good for cracked and bleeding skin. It has worked fabulously for me to heal my hands when they start to crack and bleed (usually in the winter). Their website does mention about using it for gardening also.
You can buy it in tubes or in a pot from chemists.
Someone mentioned Lush, I love Lush products. I have a 'soap' that isn't a soap! I think it's called hand putty or something (the label has come off) and it is like a ball of putty with bits in that clean your hands and it must have some type of oil in as it leaves like a soft coating on your hands to moisturise them. Might be worth a look becky if you wash your hands a lot.
Try Flexitol heel balm. its 25% urea and rehydrates cracked areas quickly. There is a hand cream but it has a lower urea content. Aquadrate is a similar cream if you can get it but it has been difficult to get hold of.
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LOL! bekkie. Bleach. Aaaargh! I went through a spell a couple of years ago of relaxing my hands in a basin of Milton sterilising fluid because I need to keep a lot of it for use at home. Then one day I put my rusted spade into a bucket of it and saw how quickly all the rust came off. Great for garden tools but I decided it also
was a no no for my hands!
I had a young friend who used the milton for her baby bottles, then she would rinse them under the tap cos she didnt like the smell. When I said she may just as well use the hot washing up water she was horrified.
No milton about when mine were babies and they both survived, very well.
I use a gritty soap to wash my hands, not using gloves, i get caked in it.
But they are open to the air and dont suffer at all. Every night I knit and my hands are never catchy on the wool..
I do think that sometimes we are frightened into being over clean, i used to eat dirt , coal and alsorts as a child, lived to this ripe old age and still as tough as old boots.
Eucerin for me
I've been using some cream from M&S, but hands are nowhere near as he bad as your bekkie and are just dry. There is a gardeners barrier cream and a gardeners hand cream.
I agree about the bleach, please don't do that anymore
Agree about the bleach too
. I found that handwashes really dry my hands out so i use Neals Yard Bee lovely handwash and Aveeno handcream.
Try 'Lotil' cream. It's extremely good for cracked and bleeding skin. It has worked fabulously for me to heal my hands when they start to crack and bleed (usually in the winter). Their website does mention about using it for gardening also.
You can buy it in tubes or in a pot from chemists.
Someone mentioned Lush, I love Lush products. I have a 'soap' that isn't a soap! I think it's called hand putty or something (the label has come off) and it is like a ball of putty with bits in that clean your hands and it must have some type of oil in as it leaves like a soft coating on your hands to moisturise them. Might be worth a look becky if you wash your hands a lot.
Just found it on-line for you.....
https://www.lush.co.uk/products/hands/putty-your-hands
Try Flexitol heel balm. its 25% urea and rehydrates cracked areas quickly. There is a hand cream but it has a lower urea content. Aquadrate is a similar cream if you can get it but it has been difficult to get hold of.
http://www.flexitol.com/uk/products/foot-care/heel-balm