The main purpose of rubber gloves is to protect the skin from stimulants such as detergents. It prevents housewarming rashes and red rashes by preventing the moisture from being taken away. On the other hand, wearing rubber gloves can cause rough hands. I looked into the causes and measures. I will also introduce how to choose rubber gloves when they cause rough hands due to rubber gloves.
Causes rough hands with rubber gloves.
Many people would think that they wear rubber gloves to protect their hands and cause rough hands. But surprisingly, there are many problems with these rubber gloves. There are several possible causes.
Rough hands due to latex allergy.
Especially, latex allergy is a common cause of hand roughness in rubber gloves using natural rubber. The raw material of natural rubber is rubber trees. The sap obtained from a rubber tree is called latex.
Latex contains a lot of protein and this protein remains in rubber gloves even after production as an allergen. If you are allergic to latex, you will have an allergic reaction and your hands will get rough.
Rough hands with powdered gloves.
There are rubber gloves with powder to make it easier to detach and detach rubber gloves. This powder is made of cornstarch, or corn. There are cases of allergic reactions to corn.
Also, if the skin keratin is damaged by the powder, the condition of losing the barrier function of the skin continues and it overreacts to a small amount of irritation, causing roughness.
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