Winter hand cream What kind of hand cream is best for winter use

Once winter comes, the hands that usually seem thick will become dry and disaster areas that need more intensive moisturizing than the facial skin. As the most direct and effective way of maintenance, applying hand cream can make the hand skin return to delicate and tender state in a short time. So how do you choose and use a hand cream that is suitable for deeply moisturizing and nourishing your hand skin in winter?

Q: Why is the skin on hands more prone to dryness and roughness than the skin on face?

A: Compared with facial skin, there are not enough sebaceous glands on the hand skin, so it lacks the innate self-moisturizing ability. In addition, the hand skin is often required to perform various tasks or frequently come into contact with cleansers containing alkaline ingredients, such as soap, dishwashing detergent, laundry detergent, etc. The external stimulation to the hand skin is bound to be much greater than that of the face. Naturally, the problem of dryness and roughness will become more obvious.

Q: What kind of hand cream is more suitable for use in winter?

A: A hand cream suitable for use in winter must meet at least two conditions. First, it must be highly moisturizing to help replenish oils on the skin. Second, it must have good permeability and not cause obvious greasy feeling.

A highly moisturizing hand cream may not use expensive and luxurious skin care ingredients as the main ingredients, and the formula may not be complicated, but it must contain a large amount of necessary oils, such as olive oil, jojoba oil, mineral oil or vaseline. These ingredients are the key to ensuring the moisturizing degree of the hand cream, and can effectively improve the sebum film and prevent the loss of moisturizing ingredients and skin moisture. In addition, in addition to containing oils, hand creams also contain some water-soluble ingredients and keratin softening ingredients, such as hydrolyzed protein, propylene glycol (glycerin) and urea. Such a formula can greatly enhance the permeability of the product, allowing the moisturizing ingredients to be absorbed by the skin faster without leaving a sticky feeling on the surface. Because the skin on your hands is very susceptible to dryness, it is definitely not enough to care for it only in the morning and evening like you do for your facial skin. The frequency of applying hand cream is not fixed. You should apply it after each hand washing or when your hand skin feels dry. In addition, before doing housework, you may wish to apply some highly moisturizing hand cream on the back of your hands so that the product can form a protective film on the skin, thereby minimizing the irritation of the detergent to the skin.

Q: What other uses does hand cream have?

A: In addition to caring for the skin on your hands, since hand creams suitable for winter are highly moisturizing, they can also be used to care for your elbows, knees, and heels, which are prone to roughness and dryness. In addition, when dyeing your hair, you may want to apply some hand cream on exposed areas of skin such as the hairline and ears to prevent your skin from coming into contact with the hair dye and being stained by the color or being irritated by chemical ingredients.