If hand sanitizer kills germs, how does it not kill our skin cells?

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Doesn’t it work because the alcohol breaks down the lipid cell membrane?

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The outer layer of our skin is already many layers of dead skin cells. You definitely wouldn’t want to apply hand sanitizer to skin that didn’t have that protective layer.

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