Whenever the season changes, many people’s hands become peeling. Often there are no special conscious symptoms, at first the skin of the hand will appear pinheads of white spots, and then become vacuolated, constantly shedding thin paper-like scales, soon involving the entire palm of the hand, usually 2-3 months to return to normal.
Because of this, many people ignore the treatment, not knowing that each time there is peeling, a larger area, and to the deep expansion, eventually revealing the fresh flesh color, easy to cause infection.
1, the most “harmless” explanation – the normal metabolism of the skin
With the body metabolism, there is always new skin waiting to take over the aging hand skin class. In this case, the area of skin loss is not large, not painful and does not itch, belongs to the normal skin metabolism. Although ugly point, but do not have to worry too much.
It is important to note that the hand contact too cold or too hot items must be well protected, usually apply more hand cream!
2, the most common “blame” explanation – the lack of vitamin A, B, C
If the lack of vitamin A (the role of the surface layer of skin protection) and B, it will cause skin inflammation, dry skin, peeling or itching and other phenomena.
However, with our current standard of living, it has become rare to see these deficiencies, and vitamin C deficiency rarely manifests itself as peeling hands. If you are very picky, paranoid, do not like to eat fruits and vegetables, etc., over time it is possible to lead to the imbalance of various nutrients and elements required by the body, may also appear hand peeling phenomenon. Pay attention to correct bad habits can be.
3, the best “avoid” explanation – exposure to irritating chemicals
If the recent exposure to too many harsh chemicals (alkaline kitchen detergent, laundry detergent, hand soap, soap, etc.), the outermost layer of skin protection is destroyed, it will slowly dry out until the layer of protection “collective sacrifice”.
In order to avoid hand skin by “secondary damage”, the skin off during the best to do less housework oh, washing clothes or brush dishes can wear a glove, each time you should rub hand cream after washing your hands.
4, the most “hopeless” explanation – climate caused by (dry peeling)
Think carefully, is not the weather more dry when the hands are prone to peeling? Because the weather is dry, the body’s moisture loss is more, prone to dry skin, peeling phenomenon, namely dry peeling. The symptoms are generally mild, only the light peeling of the fingers or toes, no pain, no itch, and no “partner” (no combination of other red rash).
Generally do not need special treatment, pay more attention to the intake of water, while increasing skin moisturizing.
5, the most “itchy” explanation – sweat herpes
The people who have sweaty hands often have blisters on their hands, and the blisters dry up after the skin falls off, that is, sweat blister peeling, is a kind of skin eczema, in addition to sweating, external stimulation, contact allergies, infection, smoking and other related, often manifested as a burning sensation + itching, hands together with the growth of rice grain size “blisters”.
The main way to deal with this kind of peeling skin caused by sweat blisters is to remove possible triggering factors. Wash your hands with lukewarm water, try not to use soap, dry your hands and use moisturizer immediately afterwards.
6. The most “indescribable” explanation – ringworm
If you start with your fingers and gradually lose the skin on one hand, then slowly infect both hands, have significant itching, and see red spots on the palm of your hand, you should consider ringworm. Ringworm is caused by fungal infections, and like foot fungus, it is highly contagious and can spread to other parts of your body and even to people around you!
So it’s best to go to the hospital in time to get treatment for ringworm, make sure to follow your doctor’s instructions for medication, and in your daily life, washbasins, towels, and other everyday items should be used only by yourself to avoid infecting others.