Having really dry skin does not help with grip.
Less slip with dry skin though. Put moisturizer on and try to open a tight jar and you’ll need to squeeze harder to prevent your hand from slipping
Wait, so is this tweet about someone putting moisturizer on right before they try to open a jar? Because that’s just silly.
Otherwise, it shouldn’t be a big difference. If anything it might help with grip vs super dry hands.
Really, I don’t know why dudes don’t like putting lotion on after a shower, feels great.
Anyone who’s inspired, go ahead and get some neutral smelling lotion, then after you take a shower, rub that all over your body. You can do the face too if you don’t have face specific lotion.
After I added this to my routine, my skin has felt and looked great.
Maybe it’s the autism but the last time I used lotion I made myself bleed scrubbing so hard trying to get it off.
I physically cannot handle shit on my skin. Soap, lotion, oil. Especially if it’s sticky or tacky.
I mean I don’t know you, so maybe it wouldn’t matter, but the good stuff is built different. Like putting anything from a korean skincare store on your face is a completely different experience from the family-sized Walmart hand cream (their unscented one is not even all that bad tbh. But still a completely different experience)
And that’s fair. I’ve only ever used the generic stuff you could buy at dollar general. I just don’t have high hopes because if it leaves even the tiniest bit of residue it’s like I want to crawl out of my skin.
Totally recommend going to a fancy store and trying just a small sampler of the good stuff. Pick a spot that’s easy to scrub without damage, and just see if it feels the same.
If it’s a bad time, then you haven’t spent more than the cost of the commute, and aren’t damaging your skin to scrub it off.
Transgender lady here. I have experience on both sides of this.
Testosterone does a lot of interesting things to your body, including making your skin more rough. This includes your fingertips.
Several years after taking HRT, I had problems holding onto things. This wasn’t a matter of grip strength. My fingerprints had lost the pronounced ridging that they used to have. The result was butterfingers; losing grip on anything that wasn’t roughly textured itself. Anything smooth would just fall right out of my hands. And jar lids became suddenly difficult to open.
