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brin_bellway) wrote2020-03-03 02:03 pm
brin_bellway) wrote2020-03-03 02:03 pm
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[mild cw: illness]
Something I haven't yet seen any preparation guides include:
Moisturiser!
Take it from a food-service worker: frequent hand-washing does a *number* on your skin. Not only is dry skin unpleasant, if your skin gets dry enough it can actually crack, and now you've got a bunch of tiny wounds on your hands. Needless to say, tiny wounds on your hands are very bad if you're aiming to keep germs out.
Personally, I buy the big (one-litre, I think) bottles of Loblaws house brand. I use it a minimum of once a day (at bedtime, so that I'm not touching much else until it's had a chance to absorb), but if it's a *very* hand-washy day I'll do it two or three times, with a particularly liberal application at bedtime.
Something I haven't yet seen any preparation guides include:
Moisturiser!
Take it from a food-service worker: frequent hand-washing does a *number* on your skin. Not only is dry skin unpleasant, if your skin gets dry enough it can actually crack, and now you've got a bunch of tiny wounds on your hands. Needless to say, tiny wounds on your hands are very bad if you're aiming to keep germs out.
Personally, I buy the big (one-litre, I think) bottles of Loblaws house brand. I use it a minimum of once a day (at bedtime, so that I'm not touching much else until it's had a chance to absorb), but if it's a *very* hand-washy day I'll do it two or three times, with a particularly liberal application at bedtime.
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I would definitely give moisturiser a try: you might find that that alone is enough to fix your problem.