Yes, it's really bad to wash your hands with dish soap, especially if you have eczema on hands, says Jeffrey Fromowitz, MD, FAAD, a dermatologist in Boca Raton, FL. "Be careful with harsh soaps, especially cleaning products," he warns. Instead, choose bar soap such as Dove for hand washing, adds Steven Q. Wang, MD, director of dermatologic surgery and dermatology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Basking Ridge, NJ. "These soaps are more gentle than liquid soap and they are not as harsh in stripping away the natural lipids." And while you are at it, skip the antibacterial products. Take some more tips from the pros and avoid these five things dermatologists never use on their hands.
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