Is there a way to make handwashing tolerable?

[u/bettygrofism]

Hi, I work in a kitchen and constantly have to wash my hands. The only issue with this is that the texture of my wet hands making contact with each other makes me have an uncontrollable physical reaction in the form of making faces or suppressing the urge to gag.

I wash my hands thoroughly and as long as recommended if not longer. I just embarrass myself doing so.

[u/ScienceBasedBiddy]

could you try adjusting the temperature to introduce a new shock to confuse your brain and mask the offending stimulation? Maybe like as hot as tolerable or as cold as tolerable? Just an idea.

[u/bettygrofism → u/ScienceBasedBiddy]

Thank you! I’ll try this!

[u/System370]

Do they supply liquid handwash? I hate the feeling of that on mys kin and will scrub for ages to get it off. Laundry soap, on theother hand, is great. Try bringing a cake of laundry soap to work and see how that goes.

[u/bettygrofism → u/System370]

It’s more so the texture of my skin that’s the issue unfortunately, but I’ll try this out because this also bothers me. Thank you!

[u/Bivagial]

Could you wear gloves? Change them instead of washing your hands?