January 1, 2021

How to Prevent and Treat Dry, Chapped Winter Hands

Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize

How to prevent and treat dry, chapped winter hands – MOISTURIZE – MOISTURIZE – MOISTURIZE !!

There’s nothing worse than having dry, rough hands – period. It’s painful, they snag your clothes, and your hands seem to collect dirt in all the little cracks and crevices. So what’s a girl to do? Make sure to keep your hands moisturized at all times. Rubbing lotion on your hands once, because they feel dry, isn’t going to do the trick. You need to moisturize five or six times a day.

CHOOSE LOTIONS WITH EMOLLIENTS AND HUMECTANTS

And when applying a moisturizer, look for one that contain two ingredients – emollients and humectants.

Emollients are skin surface lubricants that fill the cracks and crevices on your skin. Make sure your moisturizer contains one of these emollients – lanolin, jojoba oil, isopropyl palmitate, propylene glycol linoleate, squalene, and glycerol stearate

Humectants draw moisture from the air to the skin’s surface keeping your skin hydrated. So look for a product that contains one of these humectants – glycerin, hyaluronic acid, sorbitol, propylene glycerol, urea, and lactic acid.

If your hands are really tender or bleeding due to cracks and fissures, you’ll need a more therapeutic moisturizer – one that contains ingredients such as dimethicone, cocoa or shea butter, or beeswax. Apply the lotion to your hands frequently throughout the day and you should see favorable results in a couple days.

And the best preventative care is how you wash your hands and what you do afterwards. So choose a mild soap, use warm not hot water, pat your hands dry and apply a moisturizer right away.

We’ve got some good picks at very reasonable prices – check them out. Your hands will thank you 🙂