Severely dry and cracked fingertips

keep ur hands moisturized, dont let the air reach your hands.

drink plenty of water and juices specially in summers. do a weekly paraffin wax treatment for moisturizing.

 

 

Hi. Did you ever find a remedy?Thanks, S

Hi. Did tou ever find a remedy? -S 

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Its because you have indigestion on some kind of tummy issue. try drinking ginger water daily half cup for few days like 15 days and see the difference. i personally faced it . and it still comes when i have indigestion and i take ginger water, or ajwain water it clears up.

Since no one has REALLY answered what is going on here or how to treat it, I wanted to help anyone who is still looking for a cure. What you have in the picture (non-itchy, dry, peeling, cracked skin on the fingers) is most likely a form of ringworm (tinea manuum), which is not a worm at all. It is a fungal infection deep in the skin that damages the newly formed layers, drying them out and cracking them as they come to the surface. You can get ringworm from petting an infected animal, from digging in soil outside, or just keeping your hands too wet all the time, probably because of your job, etc. Moisturizing with lotion won't solve the problem and might even make it worse. Herbal remedies and pills won't help. Cortizone or Benadryl creams won't help. I tried a LOT of treatments over several months until I found one that worked. I cleared the ringworm infection on my 3 fingers completely in a few weeks with Clotrimazole cream, sold as Lotrimin or a generic, and Neosporin triple antibiotic ointment, or a generic. If you want to resolve this, carefully follow these steps for at least 3 weeks: 1) protect your skin from harmful chemicals which dry it out. This means wearing nitrile or latex gloves when washing dishes or house cleaning with degreasers or sanitizers. Stop using hand sanitizer (until you're cured) and even stop using lotion, which I think "feeds" the fungal infection. 2) Wash your hands as little as possible (until you're cured). Use a hand soap without sanitizers or moisturizers. 3) To help keep your fingers moisturized, use a neutral non-organic based moisturizer like petroleum jelly or mineral oil. Better still, use petroleum-based triple antibiotic ointment (Neosporin) as a moisturizer. These won't provide moisture like a lotion does, they will "lock in" the moisture that's already in your skin. Do this immediately after washing your hands or showering to lock in the moisture. 4) Apply the Clotrimazole and triple antibiotic ointment frequently. The directions for the Clotrimazole will say "apply twice a day," but you want to keep this on your skin as much as possible. 5) Keep the Clotrimazole and Neosporin on your skin as long as possible. I did this by using three fingers cut off a nitrile glove. I applied both the cream and ointment to my three affected fingers, then put the nitrile glove fingertips over them. I only used the fingers and not the whole glove because wearing a nitrile glove on my hand all day would cause it to sweat and get too moist inside. The ointment and cream would help stick the nitrile fingers to my skin so they didn't easily fall off during the day. It LOOKS silly to have three blue or black fingers covered in nitrile all day, but it cured my ringworm infection. You could use a latex "finger cot" for this, but the petroleum jelly will cause the latex to break down and rip after a couple days. I also wore these nitrile fingertips overnight while I slept. Before going to bed, I would apply the Clotrimazole cream and ointment, put on the 3 nitrile fingers, then put a light cotton glove over my whole hand to keep the finger coverings on as I slept. Following this routine, I started to see positive results in 4-5 days and was cured in about three weeks. The underlying redness cleared up after a week, and as the damaged layers of skin came to the surface, I gently peeled them off to reveal healthier skin. After about 3 weeks, my fingers were completely cured and stayed that way after stopping the treatment. Good luck!