Hand Care Instructions

• Protect your hands when doing any kind of wet work (dishes, laundry, washing floors, washing cars, etc). Also protect your hands when peeling potatoes and handling tomatoes.
• Use two layers of gloves. The inner layer should be thin cotton gloves (dermal gloves). The outer layer should be vinyl gloves. Do not use latex gloves (Playtex gloves or latex medical examining gloves). . "  Replace the outer vinyl gloves when they tear or become wet on the inside. Change the inner vinyl glove every two hours during prolonged use. You may wash the the cotton gloves.
• Apply a fragrance free ointment (Aquaphor, Cetaphil, Eucerin or Vaseline) to your hands every time you wash your hands. Fill a dispenser with your favorite ointment and place it by every sink in your house, on your desk, in the bathroom at work and in your car. If you don't see the ointment you won't use it and it won't do you any good.
• Apply the prescription medication to your hands twice a day. It is helpful to cover your hands with thin cotton gloves (dermal gloves) for twenty minutes after applying the medication.
• At night time, soak your hands in warm water for ten to fifteen minutes. Shake off excess water, but do not dry your hands. Take a huge portion of white petrolatum (Vaseline) and apply a thick coat to your hands. Cover your hands with thin cotton gloves (dennal gloves). Wear the gloves all night long. Take the gloves off in the mornIng.
• Wear leather or heavy duty-duty fabric gloves when doing dry work or gardening.
• When outdoors in cold or windy weather, wear unlined leather gloves to protect your hands from drying and chapping.