Frequent use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers protects against germs, but it also strips essential lipids, proteins, and ...

If you are washing your hands — and you should be — and slathering on hand sanitizer to fight the spread of the coronavirus, chances are your skin is super dry and cracked just like mine. While ...

Washing your hands is one of the crucial ways we can all help limit the spread of Covid-19. Regularly and thoroughly washing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or using an alcohol ...

Handwashing is more crucial than ever these days. We’re all lathering up a bit more mindfully (and for a full 20 seconds). That’s a good thing. But if you have hand eczema, also known as atopic ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Hand washing, sanitizing and cleaning. It's become a routine for most of us as we try to protect ourselves and our families from coronavirus. But in some cases, the increased ...

NOVATO, Calif. - Hand-washing and sanitizing against the coronavirus are taking a toll on our hands. Dermatologists are seeing some severe dermatitis, due to the skin's natural oils being leeched away ...

Don’t waste any more money on watery lotions. These dermatologist-approved hand cream formulas are proven to heal cracked ...

Celestine Wong is a consultant dermatologist at Monash Health. Rosemary Nixon is a honorary clinical associate professor at the University of Melbourne. This story originally featured on The ...

She told me to start washing my hands with Avene XeraCalm A.D. Cleansing Oil. That’s a bit of a misnomer: It’s not really an oil, but rather a silky, soap-free gel that washes off in water without any ...

How many times have you sung “Happy Birthday” while washing your hands? Or slathered your mitts in antibacterial hand sanitizer? Chances are the answer is a lot. And you probably have the dry, cracked ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: Frequent hand-washing and cleaning during the COVID-19 pandemic has made my hands so dry that my skin in cracking. With recommendations for everyone to now wear a face mask while in ...

Now more than ever, we understand the importance of frequently washing our hands. And in washing often (and for longer intervals each time), we also better understand the importance of having a high ...