handwashing safety //
the other day I heard someone (not hear) say "you can't wash your hands too much!"
which, while it's true that you're *unlikely* to wash your hands too much, you are far more likely to be washing your hands to little
there is such a thing as washing your hands too much, especially with dry soaps — if your hands are at the point where they're so dry they're cracking, or you're otherwise opening up your protective layer of skin, that's bad and makes it much easier for germs to get into your body. Moisturizers are your friend!
(that said, if your hands are cracking it's probably more to do with the humidity than handwashing)
also I guess at some point you're wasting soap but idk how to figure that
re: handwashing safety //
@pastelbat yea, that was the initial context I heard this in, way back when. wasn't sure if "compulsive behavior" needed its own CW, so left it out