With all the extra hand washing and use of harsh alcohol based sanitisers, you most certainly will be starting to get dry irritated skin on your hands - I know I am!

Washing your hands regularly is important in preventing and reducing spread of the corona virus. But all this repeated hand washing won’t be good for the skin barrier on your hands.

Protecting the skin barrier is important as when it becomes damaged it becomes permeable, which will cause more irritation and increase the risk of other infections through the dry cracked skin.

The best way to prevent or solve this problem is to use a hand lotion after washing like FSC’s Vitamin E cream. Moisturising after each hand wash and before you go to sleep.

A little bit more about Vitamin E and the other benefits of using it on your skin

• Vitamin E strengthens the capillary walls which improves moisture and elasticity in the skin. An excellent natural anti-ageing nutrient too. Vitamin E is absorbed by the epidermis layer of the skin and can speed up cell regeneration which even can help reduce the appearance of scars.
• Vitamin E protects your skin from sun damage, and can boost the skins natural defences against free radicals and ultraviolet rays. When sunburn does occur - vitamin E is an excellent treatment - it reduces redness, swelling and sensitivity.
• It can soothe the skin after shaving by acting as an anti inflammatory.
• Vitamin E cream when applied to stretch marks can help reduce scarring by

FSC’s Vitamin E cream contains calendula - for an added boost. Calendula helps promote the natural healing of skin irritations including, cuts, scrapes, chafing, dry skin and minor burns.