Help for Dry Hands

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Ever since roughly two months into the H1N1 outbreak, washing my hands every time I reach my destination has been paramount. How many public doors do you go through before you get to where you're going? and back, in some cases. What money, if any was handled? Germs are everywhere but have you been out, in public before suddenly it hits you? Then the next three weeks is nursing a cold or worse, recovering from the flu. Whose to say that contracting H1N1 can't work that way? I know I sure wouldn't want it! Yet all this washing and my hands are sometimes like sandpaper. I sleep wearing cotton gloves over my freshly moisturized hands. That works wonders but I still have to wash my hands, again. Sometime and it's not always convenient to moisturize. Lately, I have found that I only need a bit of soap. Enough to cover all fingers, the palm of my hands (not the backside of my hands)and rubbing around the thumbs and every finger. How much does the back of your hand touch common surfaces? Spare the back of your hands, keep soap off. Uses less soap & way less water to rinse but rinse well. Soap film left on freshly washed hands can also lead to irritation, dryness and eventual cracking of the skin. Think of the outside of your car doorhandle .. Not a bad idea to scrub down the steering wheel from time to time too. What is your tip, if any for dry chapped hands? Do your hands get dry from any other reason, other than too frequent of hand washing? I find gardening makes my hands very dry and brittle. I moisturize and then slip on a pair of latex gloves before putting on my gardening gloves. I find this helps a great deal to keep the moisture in my hands so to avoid the roough dry skin after being in the garden.