15 Best Hand Creams for Men 2022

By Emily Lemon On Feb 25, 2022

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Rough, calloused hands are a badge of honor at the gym: they mean you’ve been putting in the time and lifting big. But everywhere else, they’re not so great. Think about how often you shake someone’s hand out in the real world—do you really want them to feel like they’re running their mitts over sandpaper?

It’s more than common decency. Hydrated, smooth hands are healthier and don’t show signs of aging as quickly (just like the skin on your face). Plus, they just feel better. When skin gets dry, it cracks more easily—and cracked skin is uncomfortable and, in some cases, painful. It’s an especially big problem in the winter, when cold temperatures, along with low humidity outside and the dry heat from radiators inside, conspire to suck moisture from your body at a rapid pace. It happens all over your body, but particularly on your hands, since they tend to be exposed to the elements more than your other parts.

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Regular use of a hand cream can change all that. A good cream can take very dry hands back to smooth and hydrated in the blink of an eye and can make aging hands look less like those of the Crypt Keeper. It can even protect your skin from losing more moisture as the day goes on. Use any of these 15 healing hand creams to keep your paws healthy and protected year-round. If not for you, at least do it for that poor soul who has to touch your calluses next time you shake hands.

Best Hand Creams for Men:

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Best Hand Cream For Construction Workers

Working Hands Hand Cream

This old-school hand cream is top-rated on Amazon for a reason: it’s powerful, works quickly, and is unscented for guys who want major relief without smelling like they just put on cologne. It’s ideal to keep in your pocket or work bag and should be used frequently, but especially after you wash your hands (that’s when your moisturize absorption powers are at their strongest).

Best Lotion For Frequently Washed Hands

Hydro Boost Hand Gel Cream

Raise your hand if you’re not a big fan of heavy, greasy lotions. This gel cream is lightweight and fast-absorbing, so it won’t leave your hands feeling sticky or slippery. It’s powered by hyaluronic acid, same as your face moisturizer, to help skin cells retain more moisture.

Africa’s Secret Multi-Use Balm

Balms like this are perfect for especially cracked or dry hands or as a protective layer in cold weather—they form a barrier over skin to keep moisture inside. This natural balm uses moisturizing shea butter and coconut oil, as well as beeswax and a variety of other oils to a balm that is both healing and protective.

Best Hand and Foot Cream

Daily Moisture Hydrating Body and Hand Lotion

If you’re wondering why you need a specific product just for your hands, this classic lotion can be used all over your body. The non-greasy formula moisturizes skin with the help of Vitamin B5 and we love that it comes in a big bottle so you can slather it on as needed.

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Best Men’s Anti-Aging Hand Cream

Clinical Care Hand Cream Dark Spot Rescue

Like classic Vaseline, this lotion contains petroleum jelly to help soothe and protect a compromised skin barrier. But it also has a healthy dose of niacinamide, a form of Vitamin B3, which helps to fade dark spots, which are frequently the first signs of aging to show up on hands.

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Best Hand Cream For Wrinkles and Dryness

Cold Plasma Plus+ Hand Therapy

This hand cream has more in common with your facial moisturizer than the heavy lotions you’re used to using. It’s lightweight, sinks in quickly (like, within seconds) with no greasy residue, and is packed with hydrating and skin-protecting ingredients like shea butter. It also contains amino acids, which help to reduce signs of wrinkles by helping skin retain moisture.

Best Drugstore Hand Cream

Advanced Repair Hand Cream

Dermatologist-favorite brand Eucerin’s hand cream is ideal for really dry, cracked hands. It contains shea butter to moisturize, ceramides to help build the all-important protecting lipid layer, and even has exfoliating properties to help get rid of dead skin cells.

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Best Hand Cream With SPF

Forever Young Hand Cream with Sea Buckthorn Broad Spectrum SPF 40

Sun exposure is one of the biggest culprits behind aging—both on your face and on your hands. Not only does this rich cream have SPF40 protection against the sun’s damaging rays, but it also contains sea buckthorn which is said to help reduce the appearance of dark spots. There are also meadowfoam and argan oils in the mix to help moisturize and pump up skin with hydration.

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Dry Hand Repair Cream

Like the rest of the Oars & Alps line, this hand cream uses naturally derived ingredients like coconut and sunflower oils to moisturize thirsty skin and help repair damage that can come from dryness. The star of the show in this cream is shea butter, known for its ability to moisturize deep down into skin. And it’s all in a travel-friendly tube.

Skin Food

If clean, natural products are your thing, you can’t go wrong with the classic Weleda Skin Food. The intensely moisturizing cream is free of mineral oils, synthetic preservatives, and fragrances and can be used all over your body—even your face if you’re so inclined.

Industrial Strength Hand Healer

You’re probably not surprised to find Jack Black’s cream on this list. Their products are popular because they work and this hand cream is no exception. It’s ultra moisturizing, thanks to macadamia nut oil and vitamins A and E.

Best Men’s Heavy Duty Hand Cream

Creme

This little tub of concentrated cream is ideal to use on the go. Pack it in your duffel bag or backpack whenever you travel and use it anywhere on your body you need a little extra moisture, but especially your hands. A little goes a long way with this straightforward cream.

Best Unscented Hand Cream

Hand Cream

If you’re anything like us, the scent of a lotion can make or break it. Luckily, this richly moisturizing cream is unscented, so you don’t have to worry about smelling like flowers (or worse, chemicals) after putting it on. Packed with ultra-moisturizing baobab oil and other natural ingredients like watermelon seed oil and pumpkin oil, your hands and nose will love it.

Ultimate Strength Hand Salve

There’s a lot to love about this classic heavy-duty salve. It’s super thick and packed with moisturizing oils like avocado and sesame seed. There’s also eucalyptus oil in there, known for its purifying properties, that also lends a fresh smell. But it does more than just hydrate your hands—it also protects them by forming a barrier to help prevent hydration from seeping out.

Best Sanitizing Hand Lotion

Hand Sanitizer Moisturizer

One of the reasons you need lotion in the first place? Your hands are dry from all that sanitizer you’re using. This ingenious sanitizer-lotion hybrid is perfect for when you need to sanitize but also need to moisturize your dry mitts. It kills 99.99% of germs but leaves your hands soft instead of tight and cracked.

Read More: Best Hand Sanitizers

Garrett Munce
Garrett Munce writes about men’s style and grooming.

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