I don't do the frequent hand washing thing unless I'm working at the gym and who can blame me there? But my friend took the sanitizing gel away from me yesterday and he told me it was for my own good! LOL! So I guess I abuse gel sanitizer!

O the confiscation of the hand sanitizer sounds so familar. I had to do a log to see how much I do it today and as of 6:51pm I have washed my hands 88 times. Is this excessive?

I wash my hands every couple minutes once I've already taken a shower or two. Otherwise I feel really dirty and uncomfortable.

Really? People confiscate your gel sanitizer? See, he only thought he'd gotten it. I have one of those mini bottles in my purse... LOL!

I just get it taken away when I am at an OCD program at a hospital. I guess it makes sense =).

Ok,

The thing about washing hands, if you wash too much can cause openings which actually in the long run is worse because you can get the infection in more so less often (88 reallly excessive)... Do the Happy B-Day song about 2 1/2 times before eating and after using public places (half way through and after finished) and this is good... I know its hard.

Also, get between the fingers...

Kris

Sanitizer alright once in a while, but make sure when squeezing a little out that the cap is not touching your hands... just have a kleenex to close the top and don't worry about losing a little excess sanitizer.

It can make hands feel sticky but really does help between things if just feeling not too good and don't have a sink near by. Not too often though. I have a small bottle.

Kris

PS: Forgot to add Sanitizer has Alcohol so don't want to do too much as can cause dryness and same thing I mentioned with hand washing in my first comment on this thread.

Luv,
Kris

I havent counted how many times I wash my hands in a day but its non stop. I work with kids so I wash my hands after I touch anything the kids have touched(which is everything in the room). No matter how many times I wash them they still feel dirty and like they are contaminated. Do you feel the same way? I hate it because my hands get so gross and dry from the constant scrubbing

I couldn't say for certain. Probably 50 times. That doesn't count sanitizer gel and wipes. My therapist said "way too much!"

but my therapist sits there with a cold and I don't :)

I've never counted. But it's before I eat anything, before I take out my lenses, after I've touched any rubbish, after I've been outside, after I've gone near the freezer...

momofsteven,

LOL!!! I loved that though, what you said, "but my therapist sits there with a cold and I don't :)"... LOL, thats just too funny.

Luv,
Kris

some days it is so many! i have not counted in ages! i have easily been in the 75 plus range regularly! ouch! my hands hurt so badly at those times...they feel like someone has taken knives to them! so, i sleep with really good lotion and thin cotton gloves...mostly i only sleep with these in the winter! hand sanitizer is a problem too! when my hands get cut open from all of the hand-washing as much as they hurt it makes me wash more because i am afraid of germs getting into the cuts!

My official count for that day was 107 times.