What are the symptoms of nonspecific dermatitis?

The hands become reddened, dried, cracked, and they may even bleed in severe incidences. After washing hands 25 to 30 times a day, they can become dry. This occurs when moisture is not replaced with a water-based type of emollient, when the hands are not dried properly, and/or when soap residue is left. When the hand wash agent is not properly rinsed from an existing site of irritation, the wounded area holds the soap more tenaciously. Thus, an important component of hand washing requires that any area of dermatitis be rinsed even better than the rest of the hand.