Hand Sanitizer? Is it all good like they say?

There’s a reason folks have trusted soap and water for generations — because it works. Soap doesn’t just “kill germs,” it gets rid of them. When you lather up, soap breaks down the grease, dirt, and grime on your hands and pulls the nastiness loose so it can be washed straight down the drain. That’s real cleaning. Hand sanitizer might be handy when you’re out and about, but it’s no replacement for a good hand washing. If you want hands that are truly clean — not just “kinda sanitized” — you go with soap like people always have.

And let’s be honest: sanitizer is rough on your skin. Most of it is alcohol-based, and alcohol doesn’t care what it strips away — it’ll dry out your hands just as fast as it dries out germs. That’s why so many people who use sanitizer all day end up with hands that feel like sandpaper: cracked, flaky, irritated, sometimes even bleeding in the winter. Once your skin gets torn up like that, it’s not protecting you like it should. A good bar of soap, especially one made with skin-loving ingredients, cleans your hands without leaving you feeling like you just dipped them in paint thinner.

Then there’s the part people don’t think about much — all those chemicals sitting on your skin over and over again. With sanitizer, you’re rubbing that stuff in and letting it evaporate right there on your hands. Alcohol, synthetic fragrance, and other additives… that’s a lot of exposure day after day, especially for kids or folks with sensitive skin. Soap is simple and honest: you wash, you rinse, and it’s gone. No chemical film, no constant drying, no repeated exposure. Bottom line: soap is the safer, smarter, time-tested way — and when it comes to your skin, old-school usually means “right.”

Stay Suddsy My Friends.