# Does it hurt your hands to wash them?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-hurt-your-hands-to-wash-them/788116>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 4, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-hurt-your-hands-to-wash-them/788116 "2017-06-04T16:18:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-hurt-your-hands-to-wash-them/788116/21 "2017-08-04T18:06:30Z")

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Psoriasis. Yes, it does hurt sometimes.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-hurt-your-hands-to-wash-them/788116/22 "2017-08-04T19:07:32Z")

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Yes, it hurts. I wash in h2so4, rinse with rubbing alcohol and dry them on razor blades. It’s the only way to feel alive.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-hurt-your-hands-to-wash-them/788116/23 "2017-08-05T14:14:12Z")

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My right hand, no. My disabled left with the two bad fingers and bad wrist, sometimes.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-hurt-your-hands-to-wash-them/788116/24 "2017-08-05T19:04:51Z")

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My mom has arthritis and recently her hands are very sensitive to touch. Even running water is painful.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-hurt-your-hands-to-wash-them/788116/25 "2017-08-06T07:14:48Z")

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> [@JcWoman](#):
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> How can water be spiky?

I assume the OP is talking about the water pressure?

And no, it doesn’t, unless my hands are really dry.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-hurt-your-hands-to-wash-them/788116/26 "2017-08-07T12:10:09Z")

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Over the weekend I pruned the rugosa rose shrubs and blackberry bushes and did a lot of hand weeding, and my hands and wrists are now crisscrossed with superficial lacerations.

So for now, handwashing does smart a bit.

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