Hands feeling raw/help pls
 

Every winter my hands (well, in particular the tips of my fingers) tend to get a little bit sore and the parts near my nails often turn raw and sting every time they come into contact with water / anything else. I was wondering if it could be solved with just some hand cream or if I'd need something else, because it does seem to just happen around the colder months?

Would 'gloves' be unhelpful

Maybe go see your GP?

I am not wearing gloves around the bloody house.

Get out

I used to get this when younger and my skin would crack and bleed, It was so painful in winter, I moisturise very day and that has stopped it. I would suggest something non perfumed/scented as otherwise it can sting like a bitch on cracked skin.

i get this too (because i wash my hands so often with working in a school) and a doctor told me to use thick, non-scented creams like E45 and vaseline

i also wear plastic gloves to bed sometimes with loads of cream on, depending on how sore they are

See!!!!!1!!!1!!!

Coconut oil is brilliant, about £5 for a large jar, i've used it on my daughters eyebrows (she had seborrhea dermatitis) it cleared it up with 2 weeks, it was brilliant! And my other daughter currently has what looks like eczema on her fingers and i've been using it for 5 days and it looks a lot better, coconut oil is marvellous!

I also use it as a hand and face moisturiser (you only need a little of it on the face).

I also suffer with sore hands to the point where they crack and bleed, coconut oil helps keep this at bay:hee:

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Works really well Shaun

It sounds silly but sudocrem in a pair of cheap gloves would work if you wear them over night or try bepanthan?

Oh gosh I was going to post this as my OH uses it, I buy it in Wickes for him

aqueous cream is good u get a big tub of it for a few quid as well, lasts forever.

Thanks everyone :love: now let's tut and shake our heads at MB

Do your hands change colour when they become sore?

You're going to die!

Hehe just kidding, use the cream

Shaun and his chameleon hands.

If you're going to try and throw vague shade in my direction then at least have the decency to use my festive name

..it's because you ate all of the chocolates in your advent calendar, it's a curse...by Christmas day, your fingers will have dropped off and you won't be able to open any gifts...don't doubt the power of Father Christmas or God, they will strike you down bit be bit and starting with your fingers and heading toward your toes...

..is cameltoe a thing, maybe it could be that..?..

...but really, just what others have suggested..(obviously except MB, we don't listen to him..)..things like Aqueous Cream, E45, Vaseline..any barrier cream really or coconut oil..there is one by Lush that I used to use, Helping Hands I think it was but these things can be expensive and cheaper stuff works just as well...and gloves are good, cotton ones while you're sleeping and if you do things like wash up, I don't know if you have a dishwasher but if you're doing it the manual way, then wear rubber gloves etc...and gloves for work you need as well...in and out of the cold and varying temperatures isn't good and in and out of water and washing up etc isn't good either....

..or yeah, it could be a curse, I think it's a curse....

Might be chilblains

Look up dyshidrosis?

Coconut oil.

It's not a 'glamour' product, but I remember someone once reccomending a cream that farmers use on cows udders to stop them cracking. I can't remember the name, but any chemist will probably know what it is. It worked too.