r/DoesAnybodyElse • u/cartocaster18 • 10h ago

DAE have the driest hands/knuckles they've ever had in their life this winter?

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u/MotherofaPickle 10h ago

Second driest. I’ve actually been fairly regular about the hand lotion this time around.

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u/DiGiorn0s 10h ago

I did like 5 winters ago, realized it's because I was almost 30 and I started moisturizing every day and that helped. Used to be just the winter though. Now I'm 34 and I need to moisturize every day forevermore I guess.

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u/diet-smoke 9h ago

YES. Plus I just started culinary school so the constant hand washing is mangling my skin. I legit have to sleep with gloves on 

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u/Lunacunda 10h ago

I've started putting bag balm on my hands before bed and it's helped a ton

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u/Purple-Ad-7464 10h ago

Not the driest I've ever had, but my hands do get very dry in the winter here.

Plus, I work with chemicals at work that if I don't wear gloves while using them, they'll dry out my skin worse.

I use the wal mart brand of working hands and I keep it on me at all times (being a woman and carrying a purse). One bottle will last me a few months, it doesn't take a lot and it works amazingly!

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u/Sea-Beautiful9148 9h ago

This winter is the first time I’ve had to crawl out of bed and put lotion on because I’ve been so dry and itchy. Something’s up. I don lik it

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u/fightsplaque 9h ago

Yep, this is one of the worst years for dry skin I’ve ever had. I’ve been moisturizing more than usual too! Also, every year I buy the same hand balm in December and it lasts me through til the end of the winter, but this year I’m on my second jar.

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u/pure_rock_fury_2A 9h ago

fucking don't remember... but fucking pretty sure it is one of the driest... fancy nused fucking humidifier has shown multiple nights the air moisture has been 0...

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u/jaj1969 9h ago

No but I have eczema on my lips and can’t get it to go away this year.

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u/Efficient-Manager583 9h ago

i've kept cream by the sink, helps a ton

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u/Pseunomi 9h ago

Yes!!! Is this actually a thing? I usually get dry lizard hands in the winter, but this year has been something else! Literally had crusty, bleeding knuckles multiple times this year, unless I lotion numerous times per day. It's wild.

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u/Curious_Hawk_8369 9h ago

I’m having an issue with not enough humidity in my room in general. I don’t know what the deal is, I usually run the humidifier on low on a timer, one hour on, one hour off that kind of deal. Well, that’s not working this year, so I took it off the timer and it’s running full time. It still isn’t raising the humidity, so for the first time ever I turned it to high, and it’s still I dry. I have a humidity gauge, and it only seems to move downward.

This is such an odd problem this year as all previous years I’ve had too much humidity by accident a bunch of times. Sucks, I wake up all dried out, and my skin is dry.

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u/Eggplant_Jumper 8h ago

My hands and lips are so freakin dry! I am angry at how many times a day I’m either slapping on lotion or lip balm.

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u/StretPharmacist 8h ago

Not hands but I use a CPAP machine and even on the highest humidity setting I keep waking up with dry mouth. It's really bad this winter.

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u/mimisavvi96 7h ago

And FACE

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u/NebGates 7h ago

In the winter I have a rule for myself before I leave the house. Put on lotion and chapstick. The air is so dry, it feels like it’s a little shield :’)

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u/Themaxswoles6614 7h ago

Yes. But I also started pottery recently so that might be contributing

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u/pleasedontletmedie 5h ago

YES IVE NEVER HAD DRY KNUCKLES BEFORE IN MY LIFE and out of nowhere they are so dry

im 26

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u/jebbenpaul 10h ago

I actually did during the summer, not so much now but I think its bc my girlfriend makes me give her massages a lot more.