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I rubbed a sizable amount of hand sanitizer on my neck. am i in danger?

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No worries: A lot of people use hand sanitizer very often nowadays. It seems to help prevent transmitting infectious germs. Neck skin is more sensitive than hand skin, so although occasionally using hand sanitizer (alcohol gel) on the neck is fine, using it too often may start a neck rash.

Dr Ferguson agreed

Answered 2/12/2020

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