Nail and skin care

[Mandy110609]

So you all know what it's like... Constantly washing and sanitizing your hands. They become dry and rough and cracked. I'm just wondering what you guys do to keep your skin and nails healthy?

[Penholder]

Burt's bees hand salve, bag balm or silicone glove.

[thehumbleRN]

I use different lotions, right now I'm using Nivea and I love it. What I do on nights after I work, before I go to bed is I put cortisone cream then use Mary Kay's satin hands emollient hand cream and put socks on my hands. I do this about 4 nights per week and it works wonders!!!

[Mandy110609]

Thanks so much with all the answers :) I love bath and body works anything so ill try there look ma my new hands :)

[Nolli]

I've tried a zillion different lotions, and Aveeno's the only thing that works for me. It's not instant if my hands are already cracked, but with maintenance, it works really well. It feels like a dream when my hands do get dry and cracked. I get the one with the green cap (the oatmeal one I think?).

Yes, the oatmeal one aka 24 hr moisturizer. If your skin is cracked try the blue cap one. I tend to get dry cracked skin on the elbows and it works wonders, but my favorite is still the green one. Nothing else seems to do it for me either.

[bruiised]

Aveeno lotion: stress relief.. smells amazing and works wonderfully :)

[Gabby-RN]

We are not allowed to use lotion from home where I work, the hospital provides fragrant free lotion made by the same company as the sanitizer. According to infection control, we cant use our own lotion because it could interact with the hand sanitizer and break down the gloves. I dont know if that is true but the hospital lotion does work well plus the hand soap and sanitizer have emollients in it to prevent dry hands. I find using warm water instead of hot helps prevent dry hands the most though.