Hand Sanitiser

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Can you use neat isopropyl alcohol as hand sanitisier?

Or will that mess with your hands? It dries them out or something, right?

Is that why recipes, such as the one below, include a bunch of other stuff? To stop your hands drying out?

>https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-make-hand-sanitizer/

CNN says neat alcohol is "harsh" on the hands which is why hand sanitisers include emollients:

>https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/03/health/coronavirus-diy-hand-sanitizer-trnd/index.html