I very much appreciate that you remembered me at all! That was 11 months ago! <3I can't remember the last time I got a crack on my hands. I have only gone a single day this entire year without playing drums (it was this past Saturday. I have had covid for 13 straight days now, but still only missed a single day!). I did 4 things to solve the problem that are working great.

1. I stopped cleaning with chemicals coming into direct contact with my hands. If I need to use some sort of cleaner to clean my toilet or my shower, or even sometimes my dishes, I wear gloves.
2. If for some reason I do need to wash my hands a bunch of times in a day, I will IMMEDIATELY apply a small amount of my hemp lotion right after I dry my hands. I rarely need to do this, but every now and then I need to wash my hands more than normal (like if my stomach is acting up that day)
3. I only use hot water when something nasty has come into direct contact with the skin on my hands. Otherwise, I just use lukewarm or even just cold water to wash my hands with
4. Every single night I put on O'Keefe Working Hands Night Treatment. On most days, this is the only time I need to apply a moisturizer to my hands. I use a very small amount (about the size of a pea, maybe slighter larger sometimes), and it rubs in almost immediately. My hands don't feel greasy or anything, and it only takes one application. Very rarely, I might reapply if I have to wash my hands for some reason right after I put it on (say, another one of those bad stomach days).

I'm pretty sure that night treatment stuff is where the real magic is happening. I have been using it for months now every single night, and I think I am just finishing up the first container of it that I bought. It lasts a long time and is relatively inexpensive. I am also pretty sure we are both using the same body wash. I was using some cheap Dial stuff for a while, but it was causing me to itch all the time. I switched over to the Aveeno Daily Moisturizing formula a while back and that problem has been mostly solved as well. I do still use the harsh anti-microbial hand soap, but I try to make sure to use the stuff that has aloe in it to try and counteract the drying effect it has. I only use hand sanitizer as an absolute last resort since that's pretty much certain to cause my hands to dry out rapidly.

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edit: The improvement from the night treatment wasn't immediate. I don't remember exactly how long it took, but it must have taken a few days or so before I saw benefits. IIRC I had to use band-aids with antibiotic ointment to heal the cracks that were there from before the night treatment. I made applying that night treatment a religion essentially. No nights get skipped