As a child, I was made to wash my hands religiously. By the time I was 50, I had psoriasis on my hands so bad that now if I try to do any normal activity with my hands, the skin shreds as if I'd put them in battery acid. I can't take any of the medicines, so in my 50's I essentially became partially disabled, solely because I can't use my hands as a normal person would. I don't have it anywhere else on my body; just my hands, which as a child I had to wash several times a day.

I never had fewer colds; I've actually had more of them over my lifetime, and for longer, than most people do. No amount of washing before eating, after working/being in the gym/handling things other people had handled ever made any difference.

But I have burnt, painful, useless hands. Take from this what you will.

okay boomer

Compilation, In their 50's makes them a GenX'er.

@intact what does that have to do with anything? psoriasis is hereditary.

Bread don't have an immune system.

@intact You've probably already tried, and may not see this, but just in case, try Gold Bond cream. My hands dry out to the point I can bend a finger and watch it crack and bleed. I put the cream on my hands at night and some cotton gloves on. Feels fine the next day, and if they dry out during the day, I just put some on the back of my hands and they're fine. Don't know if that would help you, though, but thought I'd offer.