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[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Hand soap. Dish soap works better and you can use it on dishes in addition to your hands.

I was always told it would fuck up your hands. Does it?

[โ€“] Soot@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

In my personal experience, it absolutely does. Only time I've ever had seriously painful dry skin on my hands was when I was out of hand soap for a week. But I do wash my hands frequently.

[โ€“] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It makes mine dry as fuck, but you can always moisturize with lotion after

I'd rather buy handsoap for a few cents than moisturize my hands every time.

[โ€“] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Not in my experience. I guess it might depend on the brand or affect individuals differently, but I've been using grocery store off-brand dish soap for this for like 10 years and never had a problem.