Having your hands constantly wet from the bath, roasted from the driers, chaffed from the scissors, friction burned from the clippers, and the general scratch and bite marks from the dogs, means youre never going to get that job as a hand model. Hand cream is a good friend to all dog groomers, although when your hands are going through so much abuse in a day, creams dont always have much of an effect. You can often tell a persons occupation from the condition of their hands, so if you see someone who looks like they use sulphuric acid for hand wash, theyre either an arctic fisherman or a dog groomer.