Newborn hand peeling is generally a normal physiological phenomenon, but there may be pathological factors leading to disease, such as hand eczema, herpes sweat, ringworm, etc., such is not normal, you need to seek medical attention in a timely manner. 1. physiological factors: newborn hand peeling is a common phenomenon of the baby’s metabolism, due to the baby in the mother’s stomach is living in amniotic fluid, after the birth of the amniotic fluid environment, the baby’s skin will be contracted, so that the peeling of the skin is a normal physiological phenomenon. 2. Pathological factors: (1) hand eczema: may be related to the baby’s own constitution, if the baby’s skin is more sensitive, and contact with detergents, plush toys, etc., it is easy to hand eczema, can spread to the back of the hands and wrists, the boundary is not clear or small flaky lesions, can be accompanied by peeling skin. (2) sweating herpes: if the baby hand sweat more, or hand sweat discharge is not smooth, will form small blisters on the skin, blisters dry, the cuticle will be separated from the shedding, thus appearing hand peeling phenomenon. (3) ringworm: for the palm of the skin ringworm bacterial infection, there will be a localized palm of the hand with a clear border of erythema flaking, after the skin dries and ruptures, there will be peeling phenomenon. Newborns appear hand peeling phenomenon may also have other reasons, if more serious or accompanied by red, itchy and other symptoms, should take the baby to the hospital in a timely manner, in order to clarify the cause of the disease, and timely treatment.