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Julia
It is not his hands exactly, it is any contact with his body. Lily’s sacrifice and her love saved Harry. Voldemort can not comprehend love, and so it destroys him to touch Harry because Lily’s love for her son runs through Harry’s veins and body.
ems
Harry burnt Quirrell's face when he touched it. That worked because when Lily was killed, she had tried to protect Harry and therefore gave him the most powerful weapon against Voldemort; Love. Love is the one thing that Voldemort is unable to handle and therefore when Quirrell was touched by Harry he burnt him with love.
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