Do cotton gloves help dry skin?

If you put regular cotton gloves on your hands after applying lotion, the gloves will help hold the moisture on your skin, allowing it to absorb better and keep your hands feeling soft and smooth. Once you've picked the gloves that are right for you, using and cleaning moisturizing gloves is easy.


(1) Apply any good, creamy moisturizer (Cetaphil, Ceravie, Vaseline, etc.) to your hands after drying them, each time you wash them during the day and before going to bed, plus apply some antibiotic ointment to the cracks (split skin) of your knuckles

(2) put on a pair of clean cotton gloves ( wear them at night also)

(2a) if you are going outside to do stuff, put on protective outer gloves (leather, fur-lined, or heavy-duty work gloves) over the cotton gloves

(2b) If you stay mostly inside, put on protective latex gloves (like Playtex gloves) over the cotton gloves whenever you do housework that involves water, to keep your hands dry.

Doing those things should help.