I got these gloves because I work outside with dogs and my hands were getting extremely dry from constantly fluctuating between wet and dry conditions. Since using the gloves my skin is doing much better and these gloves work great! I do get a snag in a glove every now and then because of my work conditions, but that is the risk of knitwear, and I don't think I could find anything that works better. They are even helpful in protecting from dog bites. The biggest issue is that the fingers are a bit short for me, but a medium would have been too big so I've just had to deal with that overall.