Hands

[poliphilo]

The skin of my hands is roughening up from all the washing we're required to do to defeat the virus. The roughness is most marked over the knuckles of my right hand. It's as if I'd been going round socking people on the jaw.

I look at the backs of my hands. The skin is loose and wrinkled, dry and thin; there's even some spotting. They look like desert landscapes shot from a plane or drone a couple of miles up.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Hand cream!

[poliphilo]

That's what Ailz said too.

[cmcmck]

She's right too- it really does help.

[conuly]

And I'm going to say it - LOTION OMG.

[basefinder]

For me that has been the biggest blessing of staying home for the past 10 days -- less need to wash and sanitize my hands. My fingertips are much smoother and less cracked than they were two weeks ago when I spent my days in a high-traffic building.

[poliphilo]

I expect I'm washing more than I need to, seeing as how I'm locked up with two people who go out even less than I do.