Care For Dry And Aging Hands

How does aging affect my hands?

Aging affects your hands, mostly because you need to moisturize and always apply lotions to your hands. Because they are drying out, you need to treat your hands like you do your face. Women are washing their face every day, they're applying day cream, night cream - you need to treat your hands the same way. We're all forgetting about that part of our body, but it's an area that gets overexposure and shows our age more than anything else.

What type of moisturizers should I use on my hands?

Hemp lotion is the best type of moisterizer to use on your hands. It's not too perfumey. You need to find something that's thicker in substance versus really thin, so that when you put it on, it's like water. You might want to look at the back of the ingredients and see what they offer in that cream that's going to add, whether it is vitamin C or vitamin E, for example. You could do home remedies, make up, do an avocado wrap on your hand, or add olive oil to your hand cream. That will give you the extra moisture that you need.

Why do my hands crack in the winter?

Your hands crack in the Winter because it's dry and cold. You need to apply even more hand creams, or you can buy heated gloves. Paraffin will help prevent cracking, and mixing oils in with your lotions will also definitely help with cracking issues.