I believe at first a got my itchy hands by washing dishes in budget dishwash...anyway... my hands are currently still itchy now for the past 11 days and i haven't washed dishes for ages..my husband washes the dishes... so why its still itching i don't know... but i tell you what, I am trying a natural remedy and I am going through a complete body clean out of a natural medicine called Kawakawa....I will let you all know how I get on....I am an extreme advocate about being monosodium glutamate free as well as transfat free....so if my natural remedy works I will let all you itchy hand people know... but I think it has alot to do with what we eat what we drink, what chemicals we touch like soaps. These itchy hands of mine are obviously reacting to every chemical compound I get in touch with... thats why I am using a kawakawa plant and natural foods organic... so keep an eye out for my feedback in the future. 8) 8) 8)