Hello all, I’ve always liked working with wood, and I am now intending to get started with finer woodworking, building some furniture. 

One challenge I have is that I have psoriasis including hand psoriasis. I have one rule about this though and that is, if it is in any way possible, the psoriasis does and should not influence what I do.  

If I do work with my bare hands they further dry out, crack, bleed, itch, blister, scale, …. When I do manual work I therefore put cream on my hands, put on surgical gloves and then wear tougher gloves above this. This keeps it manageable.

Now I realise that for finer woodworking and working with rotating machines it’s probably not a good idea safety and tactile wise to wear heavy gloves… My intention is therefore when required safety wise to only wear the surgical gloves. 

Any thoughts, advice on what I can do to make woodworking as a hobby possible for me? Anybody else has experience with woodworking with hand psoriasis or eczema and wants to share tips?

Thanks in advance.