My daughter developed some weird skin condition for no particular reason, but first her knuckles, and then her whole hands turned red, super dry chapped and sore and no lotion or hand cream would soothe it, so when this mask came along we were quite excited to try it out.The gloves are easy to put on and feel squishy and cool only at the start, so no unpleasant. You do need to use something other than the stickers provided, as they don’t hold anything, constantly popping open.Anyway, let’s put it this way – we did not wash the hands, but my daughter massaged the treatment lotion in instead, as it did provide some relief, although it was not visually noticeable and her hands looked just as sore as before the treatment, but felt soft and smooth.The following morning however, the chapped feeling returned...so not really any lasting effect as such. Having said this, it is recommended that you should use it twice a week, but then it would make it an incredibly expensive solution to chapped cracked skin, to be honest, so…. 3 stars from us.