What is the threat of household chemicals?
Contact allergic dermatitis - this is when there are pimples on the skin of the hands, cracks, red spots. Many professional cleaners and housewives are familiar with these symptoms. The reason for them may be the allergic reaction that occurs after contact with household chemicals: hand cream, nail polish, soap.
Bubbles can appear on the skin, at the dissection of which the liquid is released. Outwardly, these vesicles resemble eczema, the reason for this dermatitis is in the detergent powder.
Around the nail is a delicate sensitive skin strip cuticle - burr, it often swells and inflames, especially those who wash dishes and wash them by hand, without the use of protective equipment.
Nails are exfoliated, this is the problem of those who use a non-quality dishwashing detergent, household soap, who adds detergent into the water.
There are cracks at the fingertips - the reason for washing powder, soap and other "chemistry", which dries the skin, it first flakes, and then begins to crack.
How can I protect my hands at home?
1. If you experience any skin irritation, you should try to minimize it, all contacts with poor-quality soap, detergents, washing powders.
2. Wear rubber gloves when cleaning tiles, washing dishes or washing.
3. If you after contact with household chemicals inflamed cuticle, try to lubricate it with a discolored solution of iodine, which can have a healing and bactericidal effect.
4. To prevent the appearance of cracks at the fingertips and get rid of them, you need during the day to rub into the pads of your fingers a little hygienic lipstick or fatty hand cream.
5. After every dishwashing or washing, you should wash your hands with soap and wipe them well.
6. Apply to the skin in the morning moisturizing hand cream. After any contact with water, always lubricate your hands with cream.
7. If the skin is cracked and dry, apply a thick layer of nourishing cream and put on cotton gloves. In the morning hands will become tender and soft.
8. If you do not like working with rubber gloves, use a cream glove. It forms a stable film on the surface of the skin, which softens, nourishes and protects the skin from chemical influences. Apply this cream before washing or washing dishes.
9. If you have severe irritation, do not use this remedy and always consult a specialist.
10. To protect your hands, the ideal option is to use a quality dishwasher and washing machine. You completely exclude contact with dishwashing detergents and washing powders. According to studies, dishes that are washed in a dishwasher are several times cleaner than when washed with hands. For example, frying pans, pans, plates, the machine washes at a temperature of +70 degrees. If you wash by hand at this temperature, then you just burn your hands. Crystal, a thin glass dishwasher is carefully washed, having a heat exchanger available.
And then you will have time to look after the skin of your hands, you will forget about all the "powder problems".