I know this isn't blacksmithing but I have dry and rough hands after forging for a long time any hand creams of solutions to fix this?

Mother swore buy Udder Balm, but I prefer Hoof Alive. Either are thick and sticky but just a dab will do. They may be originally for animal use, but you can read the label with out Google translate. 
I get best results with freshly washed and dried hands. 

I really like o'keefes. Doesn't burn at all even in cracks and cuts like some others.

The best I have used is Medline Remedy Skin Repair Cream. Has 1.5% Dimethicone or their Skin Protectant with 5.0% Dimethicone.

IIRC Yellin kept a jar of Vaseline in his desk and applied it regularly.

Corn hustlers lotion. I’ve never used it but know people that swear by it.

try mineral oil. It’s good for everything else. 

Corn Huskers never worked very well for me, something in it that made my skin crack and mineral oil didn't last very long. Vaseline is what my dermatologist uses and recommends but to me it is awfully greasy. I just remembered one that my Oncologist gave me when I was in the hospital, under going chemo and my hands were cracking to the point of bleeding. It worked wonders in healing them up. It's Geritrex Hydrocerin I still have about a half jar that I should use.

My hands used to crack and bleed too often, especially when in the shop. I like St. Ives collagen & Elastin but haven't seen it on shelves for a long time. Cetaphil works well. But almost all my hand cracking stopped when I started taking a daily zinc supplement, scratches and cuts heal much more quickly too.

When I do get injuries I use Neosporin original ointment like hand lotion and darned if the stuff isn't an excellent hand lotion. 

In general petroleum jelly and lanolin are the keys. Pure lanolin ointment will make your hands so soft you can pinch bits off. (not really but they'll get REALLY no callus soft)

Frosty The Lucky.

What Frosty said, something  with lanolin in it.

Also Bag Balm and Norwegian Formula Hand Creme.

Lanolin, Glycerin, coconut Oil, Safflower Oil, Almond Oil, Avocado Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, Lecithin, Vitamin E, Aloe Vera Oil, Anti-sequester Surfactants, Wetting Agents…

How about lard. Pork fat rules you know.

And if your lips get chapped, you ain’t eating enough coon and possum.

On 6/12/2022 at 11:27 PM, AngryOnion said:

I really like o'keefes. Doesn't burn at all even in cracks and cuts like some others.

I second this. I keep a jar of O’keefes Working Hands on my bedside table and a travel sized tube in my truck. My hands dry out something awful in the winter and O’keefes works like a treat. The paraffin in it seems to help it stick around longer than lotion without making your hands feel greasy like Vaseline does. 

I am not sure about anything they recommend par boiling befor you cook it

  I use the udder balm but I used to spend a lot of time in the shop, I used a greasey rag and it helped.  

17 hours ago, Charles R. Stevens said:

Lecithin

  As long as it comes not from soybeans.

I really don't have this problem unless its winter and we are doing a masonry related job....... But I just grab whatever moisturizer whomever bought in the house. 

It does help a lot and i should do it more often.   That O'Keefs is pretty good aswell.

20 hours ago, arftist said:

Bag Balm

Bag Balm works fantastic as well. I just never liked the way it made my hands feel until it wore off or worked in. 

Definitely Bag Balm. The trick is to use less than you think you'll need, so you don't have to wipe off any excess.

Also, if you ever do use up the whole container, you can keep flux in the tin.

We had a friend that was a farmer and sheep shearer.  He'd go into sheep shearing season with hands you could use to rasp hammer handles down with. At the end of sheep shearing season they were like a newborn's skin and he had to wear gloves to work the farm until his callouses built back up.

Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Hand Cream is the best I’ve found to work. 

Pine tar really does work better than all of those for sore and dry hands.

I've been a fan of Bag Balm since my farrier daze

I started taking a zinc supplement and my always cracked sore hands only develop callous since. I've almost completely stopped using hand lotions.

Frosty The Lucky.

Altho it hasn't been mentioned, when you do get those pesky cuts, the aloe plant rules!

Works very good for burns as well. We have a large bottle of 100% Aloe Vera Gel, use it all the time.

On 8/23/2022 at 9:22 AM, brianbrazealblacksmith said:

Pine tar really does work better than all of those for sore and dry hands.

Welcome back, Brian!!!