How to make the rough skin on your hands smooth in winter?

The weather is relatively dry in winter, which can cause the skin to become dehydrated, which can easily lead to dry and rough skin, and even cause symptoms of cracking. At this time, you can soak your hands in vinegar solution, which can promote the softening of cuticles. You can also use some hand creams. In addition, you must avoid contact with cold water. You can also use certain essential oils for care.

1. Soak your hands in vinegar.

Dissolve vinegar in warm water and soak your hands in it for a few minutes. The water should not be too hot. Use about 1/3 of a bottle of vinegar at a time. Massage your hands during the soaking process to promote the softening of the cuticle. After soaking your hands, apply a hot towel to open your hand pores.

2. Use hand mask.

The hand mask contains a variety of natural plant essences, which can provide the most direct and deepest hydration to the skin of the hands, melt old and hard cuticles, and restore the skin of the hands to smoothness and moisture. This process is the same as using a facial mask. Since the pores are open after soaking your hands, the essence in the hand mask will directly penetrate into the pores, with significant effects.

3. Use hand cream

Be sure to use hand cream after doing the hand mask. Try to choose one with a stronger oil content and apply it every time after washing your hands.

4. Avoid contact with cold water and detergents.

Cold water can cause certain damage to the skin of the hands, and it can also reduce blood circulation in the hands, leading to poor peripheral circulation in the blood vessels and easily causing dry hands. If you must use cold water or detergent, remember to wear plastic gloves.

5. Essential oils.

If you have time, you can use essential oils to massage your hands, such as lavender essential oil, calendula essential oil, and rose essential oil, which all have good effects.

Tips for daily hand care

1. Choose mild cleaning products

In daily life, we inevitably come into contact with various cleaning products, such as facial cleansers, perfumed soaps, soaps, laundry detergents, etc. Cleansing products with too strong alkalinity will completely wash away the grease on the surface of the skin, making the skin of the hands dry and rougher. Therefore, when choosing cleaning products, you should avoid those that are too alkaline, and choose products containing vitamins E and B that are more gentle and moisturizing.

2. Do not wash your hands with hot water

Although washing hands with high-temperature water feels comfortable for a while, it will only make your rough skin drier afterwards, because high-temperature water can easily cause a large amount of moisture loss in the skin, destroy the oil secretion balance of the skin on your hands, and make the skin dry and rough. So if you don’t want your hands to be rougher and drier, it is better to wash your hands with warm or cold water.

3. Exfoliate once a week