What to do if your feet are especially dry and peeling

Feet especially dry and peeling considerations may be related to environmental factors and other factors; they may also be related to disease-based factors such as athlete’s foot, chronic eczema, etc. Different etiologies are treated differently, and can be treated through the use of humidifiers, topical moisturizing treatments, topical medications, and oral medications. 1. Environmental factors: Dry weather can reduce the moisture in the air, which can lead to especially dry and peeling feet. A humidifier can be used to ensure the humidity in the air. Moisturizing cream can be applied to the feet, and after applying it, the affected area can be wrapped with plastic wrap to help improve the symptoms. 2. Tinea pedis: it is a skin disease caused by fungal infections such as Trichophyton rubrum and Tinea capitis. After infection, patients will have peeling, blisters and dry skin between the toes and on the palms of the feet, which can be accompanied by itching and other discomforts. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use miconazole, bifonazole, naftifine, amorolfine and other drugs, if the effect of local treatment is not good, can be combined with oral terbinafine, itraconazole and other drugs. 3. Chronic eczema: caused by internal factors (such as chronic infection, endocrine and metabolic changes, etc.) and external factors (such as allergies, etc.), the patient’s feet and other parts of the erythema, papules, dryness, peeling, roughness with itching. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use Dinaid cream, tretinoin cream, halometasone cream, etc., to relieve the symptoms, and in severe cases, oral antihistamine drugs such as loratadine. In addition, there are many other reasons that can cause feet especially dry and peeling, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, to clarify the cause of the disease, and then receive treatment as soon as possible.