>Even today, convincing health care providers to take hand-washing seriously is a challenge. Hundreds of thousands of hospital patients get infections each year, infections that can be deadly and hard to treat. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hand hygiene is one of the most important ways to prevent these infections.
When I wash my hands several times a day they become raw. Moisturizer helps a bit.
I wash my hands at least twenty times a day, probably, and they don't become raw. I don't use moisturizer either. It could be you have to build up a tolerance. Some people who don't brush their teeth often will similarly have discomfort and bleeding when they do brush (like right before a dentist's appointment).
Relative humidity has a huge impact on how dry your hands get. Winter in the mid-West my hands would crack even with moisturizer. Winter in SF? Never had an issue.
Really really. I tend to get dry skin, and I switched to Dawn some years back for doing dishes because it was better on my skin, while still doing the cleaning job.
When I wash my hands several times a day they become raw. Moisturizer helps a bit.
Can't the process be made a bit better?