r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fratzenfresse • 19h ago

Waffle house isnt made of waffles my hands do this every winter

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It doesn’t hurt but it’s annoying as hell

YES I MOISTURIZE

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u/Infamous_Question430 17h ago edited 8h ago

My hack: buy a box of cheap, single use plastic gloves, and when you watch TV or even for sleep, put any moisturizer or even oil on your hand, pull on the gloves, and just let your skin "marinate" for at least 30 mins, but the longer, the better. Repeat every few days or as needed. The gloves stop your skin from soaking up the cream too quickly, and will super-boost your hidration. You can even add actual outdoor gloves on top, the warmth also helps the hidration. Also works with coarse and dry feet, except I use foil or plastic bags to wrap them up, and put socks on.

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u/Broseph_Stalinnn 16h ago

Youre like curly from of mice and men

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u/Phoenixloop2868 15h ago

I feel both happy and a little bothered that this was my first thought as well. Gotta keep it soft for the wife. That being said my hands do the same thing as OP's. Maybe I should try it.

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u/booflogic 15h ago

Everyone's always in awe of how supple that hand is

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u/Mr2ManyQuestions 15h ago

This gave me chronic eczema that persists to this day. :)

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u/qorbexl 15h ago

Lol God damn

I don't see how latex gloves "prevent your skin from soaking it up so fast" - seems like it makes a soak-it-up-fast chamber

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u/snapplesauce1 14h ago

Lotions will evaporate or dry out exposed to air so the membrane of a glove will prevent/prolong that from happening allowing your hand to soak up more of the product for longer. Same reason you put the lid back on the jar instead of just leaving it exposed to the air. So, yeah, not at all what they said but the right idea.

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u/qorbexl 6h ago

So not slower, but faster

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u/Infamous_Question430 8h ago

its physics, same reason as you put covers on anything to prevent it drying out, like food and such.

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u/qorbexl 6h ago

Right. So it would enhance absorption, not limit it 

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u/Infamous_Question430 6h ago

I didnt say limit anywhere. Just that it is slowed down. You might as well try it, and see what I mean.

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u/tubagoat 15h ago

You already had eczema. This may have made it worse, but it didn't give you eczema.

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u/SomethingComesHere 14h ago

Yeah no i would do 100% cotton gloves, not latex.. just gonna give yourself a skin infection or maybe even a latex sensitivity

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u/Federal-Ambassador47 15h ago

Funny because I clicked on the picture and I’m like hey I have that right now due to using new gloves which had the powder thing in it. And it caused my hand to get like op hands. I have eczema too.

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u/carlitospig 14h ago

I also have a latex allergy, but it only hits sometimes? It’s weird. Gloves I’m fine, some bandaids I am not. I wish it would make up its mind.

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u/FeelingPlayfulNow 12h ago

You might be allergic to the adhesive rather than (or in addition to) the latex. I have a family member whose skin reacts to a lot of adhesives on bandaids and medical tape.

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u/carlitospig 12h ago

Thanks, I’ll dig a little deeper.

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u/MaddyKet 12h ago

I just use lotion several times a day especially after hand washing. That should solve regular dryness issues.

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u/carlitospig 10h ago

They’re more like mild hives, not dryness.

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u/Successful-Ad9011 15h ago

😂😂😂😂”marinate”

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u/cheap_as_chips 16h ago

I used to do this for my feet with plastic bags. It really is a great LPT

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u/autisticpuppy904 16h ago

I've tried this and it made me sweat. Someone told me to try cotton gloves. Will that work?

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u/AppliedPsionics9k 15h ago

💯 cotton > latex. you can find cotton gloves in the beauty department of stores specifically for this.

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u/flipyFLAPYflatulence 15h ago

Yeah cotton gloves worked a lot better for me. And you can wash them. When my hands get bad, I wear the gloves overnight while I sleep.

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u/ApertureLabradories 15h ago

I do something similar for chapped lips, I use my regular face cream on my lips, let it sit for a minute, reapply if needed, then I slather a massive layer of vaseline on top. I sleep like this and it works so much better than any lip balm I've used. Then I use vaseline in the morning before I leave to protect my lips from further chapping or splitting.

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u/One-Patience-1129 15h ago

You mean nitrile gloves, not latex. Latex is awful for your skin and many people have horrible allergies to it. That's why you're getting so many odd comments back about this like the one "this gave me eczema to this day." It took me a minute to figure that out, because I do your trick and have for a long time because I have eczema, but it's because you said latex gloves. I'm not sure if you specifically meant latex, but nitrile is what you may want to switch it to or edit your comment to say works far better for some 😊

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u/aerdvarkk 14h ago

They should make latex socks.

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u/InternationalRip2857 14h ago

I think so too

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u/Mr_ksngrid 13h ago

I knew what the replies were gonna the moment i saw the word latex.

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u/AbjectList8 12h ago

Gross. Just use lotion daily.

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u/Infamous_Question430 8h ago

if you wash hands often and you have dryness prone skin, it does nothing in freezing temperatures