skin peeling off my fingertips

this is a very simple condition!
just drink pure orange juice or any citrus fruit
or some vitamin C supplement

your just not getting much vitamin c try the above problem will be gone in 2-3 days!

OH my god I feel everyone's pain.  I have had a skin rash, peeling, blisters, burning on both hands and it started over a year ago while I was pregnant.  I thought it was from my wedding ring which was a cubic zircona (sorry if spelling wrong) coded in silver but I stopped wearing it while I was pregnant.  And I have never had any reactions to jewerly before.  Long story short it started on my ring finger and spread to the sides of my fingers - peeling, blistering with pus, burning, itching and know it is around my nails, fingers, palms and is spreading to all over.  I was worried it was contagious and my general doctor said it's not to others just to me, oh great you can imagine my reaction that's helpful.  I have tried shea butter, neosporin, anti itch creams, anti fungal creams, some k word cream, some t word creame doctors prescribed nothing has worked.  Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart have made so much money off me trying to heal the pains.  Most ointments or items are nummers but if you keep it wet or warm it makes it worse.  And they say no warm showers, okay now who really takes cold showers.  So this is never going away.  I am going to see a dermatologist tommorrow so I am hoping for something that will help cure this.  If I get any good advice I will pass it on.  I'm doing all the research so when I go in they know what is going on.  2 months ago I went to a urgent care clinic and he was like you'll be fine it's just a fungi infection no problem here's a cream it will heal it.  Well it didn't, in fact it got worse, and started spreading.  I have a husband and kids this isn't something that makes you feel sexy or safe for your kids. Everyone have faith that we will all get better, I'm going to try my damnest.  Meanwhile I am taking Benadryl for the itch, and antifungal for antiitch, aquaphor for the moisture to prevent the cracking, and constant hand rubbing to stop the itch and pain, GEEZ!!

I have had the same problem with my hands, it all started after I got streap throat.  It started on ,my thumb as a dry patch then slowly started to spread onto both of my hands (fingers and some of my palm).  The skin would die and peel off leaving raw flesh underneath, sometimes blisters would appear on the palm of my hands.  At its worse I could not do much with my hands.  I tried every type of cream, from hand cream to steriod cream, nothing worked. Until I found the right doctor, he specializes in psorisis, and he said it was a immune problem, basically my body was thinking something was there and attacking the skin to kill it.  He put me on a immunosupresent called cylosporine, and my hands got better.  Now to be honest I am not to keen with being on something that lowers my immune system, but my hands were getting so bad it was affecting my work (Aircraft Mechanic) and my day to day life.  Maybe this will help some people maybe not, but it is the only thing I have tried that has worked for me.  Also I kept my hands away form all chemicals and was tracking everything so see if there was a trigger, none of it helped.  I went off the drug in April and after about a month my hands started to get bad again.  So I am back on it and they have cleared up pretty good.  If you have any questions please ask away and I will do my best.  I know what it is like, and it can be very stressfull which probably doesn't help the condition.

So Funny story.. a long long time ago I had fungus in my toe nail... my feet had been peeling a ton all over the heels and side come to find out that the big patches of peeling skin on the bottom of my feet were also a fungus... So after 3 months of an antifungal antibiotic (took 3 months because of the toe nail) I was fungus free!!  So recently after a month or so in this new relationship with a girl i come to get some itch'n on my pecker! thinking it will probably go away i ignored it and after a few days the tip starts changing color in certain spots and it was still itching like crazy.. Naturally like every male i start freaking out and googling it... come to find out after comparing pictures on google pics, it is Balantis caused by a Candida albicans fungus.  A few days later after I was trying to fight it off with lotrimon AF (which mostly worked) my fingers started peeling like you guys are describing... Started with my thumb and slowly got to all of my fingers... So!  I am going to agree with the dude that says it is a fungus... I am currently trying Tineacide antifungal cream (the package showing toenails getting fixed)  This stuff is super strong from my previous experiences with foot fungus and jock itch..  I am going to try it out... Hopefully I dont have to go on that antifungal from the DR... (you can't drink alcohol while on it as it is hard on your liver!)

mine did aswell but i picked up vitamin A and D chewable tablets from the local pharmacy for £1 and i had 2 and the next day my fingertips stop peeling and this problem was occuring since i was a kid.... try the tablets, they should work. i think the problem occurs because a lack of a vitamins(i think vitamin A)

You could have a fungus like I had on both my thumbs,I got a steroid cream prescribed by my doctor and I combine it with Lothumin cream.
It is now curing the problem.

I have recently developed this problem. My pointer finger on left hand started first. Then to my middle finger and thumb, but just on the left hand. I have an allergic reaction to metals also. I didn't used to. I used to wear an earring, watch, rings, and belts with buckles. Now I can't wear any of those things without breaking out in a severe rash and itch. Can't wear a belt with any type of buckle, or even carry change or keys in my pockets. Just to help with the suggestion, it has nothing to do with the fingers peeling, cracking, and bleeding. I have the metal problem for over 15 years and my fingers started about 5 months ago. Unfortunatey, I have no cause either. I'm just trying to deal with it.

I've had this problem for about 3 years on an off and I've discovered a very simple answer is a drink more water.

I think wearing gloves and constant usage of fingertips do numb the skin then later for me it peels only on one hand. The one I use. I think it also has to do with wet fingers like when I sweat in my gloves. I'm starting to think its my gloves and job!!

Actually, I don't drink water...I can't stand it. Unless I'm highly overheated and the water's ice cold. Yet, I can drink it out of a running fountain. Maybe I should suck it up and drink some down. Definately couldn't hurt to try...

I feel so bad for everyone going through this.  This is my 5th year!  I have the cracking and peeling on every finger, Cracking now between fingers (so painful to do anything) tiny blisters on palms and arms.  Hives/red rash on my neck, chest, legs and top of feet.  So depressing and debilitating.  I have no health ins. right now but have been to so many Dr.'s in the past five years!  GP's, Dermotologist's, Holistic Practitioners, Allergists, Chiropracor and two Nutritionists. I Have been on Prednisone (clears it up but awful medication to be on), fungal creams, steroid creams, on and on like so many of you.  I believe mine may have started when I found some Poison Ivy growing in my berry bushes and I was ingesting the berries.  When this first happened my hands were covered in blisters and swollen to almost double in size.  I am an avid gardener but had to have people come help me thin out my plants this year because I am so sick and  I am so scared to touch anything that might make it worse.  

I'm wondering if any of you trying the Black Current seed oil have noticed a difference and if you ingest it or use it topically?  Everyone said they would let us know but I have been reading every post this morning and have not found anyone reporting on the outcome.  I have no job right now and money is so tight, so trying to not spend if it does not seem to be working.  

Just a warning to all that are using bandaids...you may have an allergy to Latex so make sure they are latex free!

I get a liitle relief from short warm Ebsom Salt baths.  Also, putting oatmeal in a net type deal (to keep it contained) wetting it and rubbing it gently on itchy/burning affected areas.  Aveeno Oatmeal bath is great if you can afford it, otherwise regular oatmeal works great! 

I am going to try getting off of dairy but really think it could be hormonal.  Anyone with more info on Iodine, please let me know.

Good luck to everyone!  Maybe together we will find a cure since the Dr.'s seem to be of no long term help. ")

 

 

Just wanted to add tha I just checked my shampoo and it has SLS, also my Dawn dish soap.  Makes me wonder.

Hello, I started suffering with peeling fingers a few years ago, it seems to come about once a year and although can feel tender looks far worse than it feels.
I went to the doctor last year who said he'd just been to a conference about this very condition 'Great' I said 'What is it then?' 'No-body knows' was the answer much to my dismay! He gave me a steroid cream which he said should help it to get better but not prevent it. I'm not keen on using steroids but did use the cream and when the condition returned this year dug out the tube again. The thing is I can't see that it makes any difference at all.
Last Sunday I passed a market stall selling Aloe products and asked the lady if she could recommend anything, she suggested an Aloe cream with Propolis in - this is the stuff bees lines their hives with and contains a natural antiseptic. I used it that afternoon and evening and was amazed in the morning, ok it hasn't prevented the peeling but I do feel once started, it has to run it's course. What it has done has soothed my fingers, softened the rough edges and made them look so much better. I would recommend this cream to anyone with this problem, I intend to use it as a hand cream and see if it may prevent the peeling returning next year - fingers crossed!

my fiancee has this same problem she cant wear a lot of jeans because of the metals used for the buttons so she gotta buy certain ones she's allergic to nickel and some other metal i cant remember but mostly likely you were just born with it and the metal is causing you to have a allergic reaction you cant stop it from happening just stay away from nickle is my best advice

Hi Again  So it has been 4 days since I posted and I have stayed away from anything containing SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) and my hands actulally look normal.  All my hives and blisters are gone!  Fingertips are almost healed!  I wonder if the Dr.'s know about this SLS...I think they must and it is ticking me off.  If they let everyone know, how much money would they lose???  They want to call it Exzema, Contact Dermatidis, A Virus, A Bacterial infection, Fungus...HMMM???  Seriously, can't stop staring at my hands...They look like mine again!  Seriously, check labels...even Cetaphil (Dermatologist recommended) has SLS in it.  SLS is in everything that foams, including toothpast.  I am so excited to be healing but at the same time I feel poisoned...How could the FDA allow such a toxic substance to be in so many products???  PLEASE GOOGLE SODIUM LAUREL SULFATE.    One more thought that those of you thinking you are allergic to metal, you are touching jean buttons after being in the washing machine...laudry detergent has SLS.  So many things that we are touching with our thumbs and index finger is contaminated with this stuff.  Anyway, hope this helps the rest of you!:-)