When my hands get that way I use lots of bagbalm put on my heavy rubber golves and scrub pots and pans in the hotest water I can stand if your not into hand washing your pots and pans just hold your gloved hands in very hot water, the heat helps your hands absorb the balm. At nite I will also coat my hands with balm andput on cotton glovesbefore going to bed by morning my hands feel a lot bettier