Coronavirus Hand Washing Tips: Use These Moisturizers To Prevent Dry Hands
Frequently washing your hands using soap and water for 20 seconds is one of the best ways to slow and halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. However, all this constant handwashing can lead to dry, cracked hands, and that is a bad thing especially if you love to take care of your skin.
"Washing your hands removes (your) skin’s natural oils and breaks down its moisture barrier," dermatologist Amy Wechsler told The Cut. "If you give those oils right back in the form of a moisturizer, you can prevent the breakdown from happening."
Having both virus-causing germs on your hands and dry skin is a big double whammy. The good news is that you can prevent both from ruining your day by using the following hand moisturizers (right after you wash your hands):
O'Keefe's Working Hands Hand Cream heals, relieves and repairs extremely dry, cracked hands. As America's No. 1 hand cream, this diabetic-friendly moisturizer creates a protective layer on the skin's surface that instantly boosts moisture levels while preventing further moisture loss, and is best applied after handwashing, after bathing and before going to bed.
The -417 Hand Moisturizer makes your dry working hands silky smooth once again. Infused with shea butter and beeswax, this rejuvenating anti-aging hand cream makes skin soft and supple and diminishes any fine lines present in your hands, all while protecting them from damages caused by weather and pollution.
J.R. Watkins Hand Cream is more than just a hand moisturizer. Made using shea butter, cocoa butter and avocado oil with 7 scents to choose from, it leaves your hands soft, smooth and healthily moisturized, and has a pleasant scent that uplifts your spirits with every application.
Burt's Bees Ultimate Care Hand Cream provides all-day moisturization to even the driest hands. Made from baobab, watermelon seed and pumpkin oils as well as green tea extract, it does not only moisturize your hands, but also exfoliates them gently with a natural Fruit Acid Complex.
The Yes To Coconut Moisturizing Hand And Cuticle Cream protects not only your hands, but also your cuticles. Formulated with virgin coconut oil -- itself rich in vitamins A, C and E -- and shea butter, this non-greasy hand cream helps to smooth and restore dry, cracked and chapped skin.
The Ahava Dead Sea Mineral Hand Cream utilizes the power of Dead Sea minerals to smooth and moisturize your hands. Hypoallergenic, vegan and paraben-free, this light and hydrating fan-favorite hand cream is rich in 21 essential and skin-friendly minerals, including magnesium, potassium and calcium.
The Jack Black Industrial Strength Hand Healer keeps your hands silky, smooth and dry for enhanced comfort. This non-greasy hand cream is packed with vitamin A that strengthens the skin's outer layer, vitamin E that fights harmful free radicals, macadamia nut oil that softens and hydrates skin and glycerin that maintains moisture balance.
Palmer's Coconut Oil Hand Cream provides your hands with all-day moisture, enveloping them in a glove-like protective barrier that not only locks in moisture, but also softens skin texture. It contains coconut oil for soft and moisturized hands, Tahitian Monoi oil for rehydrating dry, cracked hands and cuticles and sweet almond oil to help smooth rough skin.
By adding a protective layer of moisture to restore smooth, healthy-looking skin, the Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Hand Cream nourishes and repairs dry hands. Its formula contains positive ions that keep moisture attached on your skin so you will feel it working even after you wash your hands.
