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grainger · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Wonju, Korea

I've been here three months and have been sick five times. Colds, cough, sore throat that kind of thing. It's biological warfare with these kids.

I taught high-school in Canada and I think the only thing that saved me from this fate there was the big bottle of hand sanitizer I kept on my desk. Can someone tell me if they've ever seen it anywhere. I've looked but haven't had any luck.

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

i have been buying the new dettol brand soap at 7-11.

in some better pharmacies you can buy hand sanitizer, but i've just been using dettol. it has some massive doctor-strength sanitizer. you just have to run to the bathroom.

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

I looked at several stores for hand sanitizer when I got here. My Korean friends have never seen it here. Some clerks knew what it was, but said it didn't exist in Korea.

If you can buy it at a pharmacy, what do you call it in Korean?

xtchr · Joined: 23 Nov 2004

They sell it at those Misscha cosmetic stores.

casey's moon · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: Daejeon

I found this at Walmart, but I bet you can find it in E-Mart, Homeplus, etc....

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Can you just use isopropyl? It's cheap and available at Olive Young.

seoulsucker · Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

Watson's carries it, and I've seen it at several pharmacies in Seoul.

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

Missha carries it.

Dunkin Donuts carries it. They even have it with aloe in it.

These Koreans that say it doesn't exist in Korea, jsut want to give you an answer so they don't look dumb. They probably have no clue what you are talking about.

cdninkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

They sell "Purell" in the Vitamin Shop of the International Clinic in Itaewon.

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

two roads · Joined: 04 Jan 2006

I bought some hand sanitizer at Emart.

SeoulnPepe · Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Location: Seoul

Quite a number of Pharmacists carry it. I bought some for 2500W at the pharmacy near my house.

It comes under various labels: Plu or Hand Clean Gel (핸드크린켈).
I think that's how you spell the last one in Korean.

Anyway, if your pharmacist doesn't have it, ask a friend who speaks Korean to go with you, so you can have the pharmacist order it.

Don't buy the purell stuff at COEX. You'll pay through the nose to clean your hands. The Korean stuff does the same job, and it's cheap.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

This is called a bar of soap where I live. It costs about W500. Available at most grocery stores.

grainger · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Wonju, Korea

Thanks for all the leads. I think I'll have to look in Seoul the next time I'm up there. I tried the e-mart here without any luck.

Thanks