Dry skin on hands
Discussion
During winter I, like I am sure many people do, suffer with dry skin on my hands, usually around my knuckles.
I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.
Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.
Cheers!
I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.
Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.
Cheers!
TheAngryDog said:
During winter I, like I am sure many people do, suffer with dry skin on my hands, usually around my knuckles.
I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.
Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.
Cheers!
I used to get mild eczema around the nuckles and fingers which would get rather sore.I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.
Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.
Cheers!
I started applying Vaseline intensive care cream, the eczema cleared up within two weeks and never returned.
The thing with applying cream is, you have to keep on applying it all day. So when ever I feel my fingers drying up I apply some cream. I must do it at least 10 - 15 times.
It has served me well.
I suffered with this for a while, due to working with vehicles all day and despite wearing gloves quite often getting oily/greasy/dirty hands etc.
I've used liberal doses of I think it's called "Swedish Formula" hand cream and it's gone away. I used to suffer really badly with bleeding knuckles in particular.
One other tactic I used (they're aimed at women but it worked really well) is to get some moisturising gloves. They are literally plastic gloves like you would get at the garage to cover your hands when filling up with fuel, but they're laced with moisturiser and what not. I slept in a pair of them, with some of my other halfs hairbands around my wrists to prevent them falling off in the night and it worked wonders.
I've used liberal doses of I think it's called "Swedish Formula" hand cream and it's gone away. I used to suffer really badly with bleeding knuckles in particular.
One other tactic I used (they're aimed at women but it worked really well) is to get some moisturising gloves. They are literally plastic gloves like you would get at the garage to cover your hands when filling up with fuel, but they're laced with moisturiser and what not. I slept in a pair of them, with some of my other halfs hairbands around my wrists to prevent them falling off in the night and it worked wonders.
TheAngryDog said:
During winter I, like I am sure many people do, suffer with dry skin on my hands, usually around my knuckles.
I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.
Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.
Cheers!
I got it for a few years. Can be a bit painful at times. I changed soap I washed my hands with, no longer have the issue. I use hand cream to try and put moisture back in especially after washing my hands, but this year it doesn't seem to be working. As I result I keep getting little cuts (chaps) on my fingers and knuckles.
Does anyone else suffer this? Any recommendations to avoid? The dryness I can put up with but the cuts are pretty sore.
Cheers!
I went to the GP a few years ago for this and was prescribed a fairly strong steroid cream which was great - however, they won't give strong steroids indefintely as they thin the skin.
Notmal moisturising creams don't do much really.
But whenever it gets bad and I get the little cuts you describe I use this:
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sain...
Sainsburys own brand bites and sting cream it's called - 1 hydrocortisone - will fix the cuts in 24-48 hours every time. I don't use it often but it always works.
Notmal moisturising creams don't do much really.
But whenever it gets bad and I get the little cuts you describe I use this:
http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sain...
Sainsburys own brand bites and sting cream it's called - 1 hydrocortisone - will fix the cuts in 24-48 hours every time. I don't use it often but it always works.
V8mate said:
I suffer from this a little and have a theory... I reckon I drink less in the winter (drink, as in water) and I think being dehydrated makes the issue worse. Just a wild theory though.
It's certainly made worse by detergents, including general stuff like washing-up liquid!
I don't think it's that wild a theory (although I put the seasonality down to Vitamin D helping in the summer) - I was about to say that I spent a good 10 years or so trying different creams, avoiding detergents, even cutting things out of my diet to no avail and then realised (mainly through a girlfriend insisting on a pint of squash or similar with dinner) that I didn't drink enough - can't be 100% sure that the two are linked, but my hands have been MUCH better ever since! It's certainly made worse by detergents, including general stuff like washing-up liquid!
Ultuous said:
V8mate said:
I suffer from this a little and have a theory... I reckon I drink less in the winter (drink, as in water) and I think being dehydrated makes the issue worse. Just a wild theory though.
It's certainly made worse by detergents, including general stuff like washing-up liquid!
I don't think it's that wild a theory (although I put the seasonality down to Vitamin D helping in the summer) - I was about to say that I spent a good 10 years or so trying different creams, avoiding detergents, even cutting things out of my diet to no avail and then realised (mainly through a girlfriend insisting on a pint of squash or similar with dinner) that I didn't drink enough - can't be 100% sure that the two are linked, but my hands have been MUCH better ever since! It's certainly made worse by detergents, including general stuff like washing-up liquid!
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