Hand cream

[jack]

I got some generic moisturiser from Tesco and in the short term it helped a lot. If it doesn't solve the problem I'll see if I can get something more heavyweight.

Looking at my hands I'm a little shocked at how cracked they'd got. I'd mentally consigned this to the category of "little things to sort out when I have time, after all, other people have real problems, surely I shouldn't complain about some cracked skin". But it did look a bit like I beat up a brick wall in a boxing match :)

I still only have a partial understanding of what constitutes "moisturiser"/"aqueous"/"emollient" and which brands are fall under one general umbrella term, and which brands represent something qualitatively different.

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[gerald_duck]

Wikipedia suggests there's no difference between a moisturiser and an emollient, but Addenbrooke's dermatology seems to use the latter to mean moisturisers that are also actively soothing.

Aqueous cream is just moisturiser. Moisturising creams and such tend to be moisturiser plus expensive-looking colour, plus expensive-smelling perfume, plus expensive texture, plus allergens. (-8

[jack]

Thank you, that's pretty helpful.