I have a similar problem, but usually I get a very dark blood blister under the "regular" dry blister. I have associated this with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I notice that my fingers are getting progressively numb, starting with the index finger and on to the others, and starting at the tip. Then the blisters start. Mine are continual. One heals, and then the next under it has already started. I am also a diabetic. I notice that acupuncture helps some, but treatments must be often and consistent. Oh, and I forgot to mention that the tips of all my fingers are sore. Also, my nails are very weak. I wonder of others have this symptom? The moon on the worst finger is large and now takes up half of the nail.
I have the exact same problem, my hands sweat constantly and they peel twice a year.
You described to a tee what I have been experiencing since I was 16 y/o. I am now 37. Mine started after I was working as a dishwasher after school. However after mine started peeling, it didn't stop until my whole hand (palm/fingers) peeled. The pictures of your skin that looks wrinkly, mine look like that now. The skin never really grew back thick like it once was. Season changes are what really brought on the skin changes; i.e. small blisters, peeling etc.......Over the years I realized that lotions, soaps, hair products bothered my hands. I don't put on lotion. I use milder soaps to wash with and the biggest offender was hair gel. As funny as it may sound, I wear vinyl gloves each day when I style my hair. This has helped my hands tremendously. What have you discovered that helps since you've posted this?
I have been experiencing this since I was 16 y/o. I am now 37. Mine started after I was working as a dishwasher after school. However after mine started peeling, it didn't stop until my whole hand (palm/fingers) peeled. My skin is not as thick as it once was, it looks wrinkly and I barely have any finger prints. The Season changes are what really bring on the skin changes; i.e. small blisters, peeling etc.......Over the years I realized that lotions, soaps, hair products bothered my hands. I don't put on lotion. I use milder soaps to wash with and the biggest offender was hair gel. As funny as it may sound, I wear vinyl gloves each day when I style my hair. This has helped my hands tremendously. What have you discovered that helps since you've posted this?
I have that skin condition too, my finger prints are also affected especially on my left hand. I had it for about ten years, but never knew what it was, it would just come and go. Found out I have rheumatoid arthritis several years ago, and it seems to be associated with that disease too. Wow, love the internet. Its nice to know Im not alone, wish I knew what works to make it go away faster, and to stop the itching. Do you also have little red pin dots that come on your legs, and bleed if you shave them? I had that happen once, it really scared me, but it went away so I dont know what it was.
I have red pin dots on my arms. What I do have on my legs are little hemorrhages. I will feel a sharp prick, as if I were being stung by a bee. Then It will itch. If I scratch it, it gets infected and takes many months to heal. If I don't , I simply have a red dot, that remains. I have these on my legs, back, and arms. I read up on them and they seem to be part of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Another thing about RA, is that sometimes the affected part, such as a finger, will get very dark. Also, the nails on my affected fingers have changed in consistency. They went from being thin and soft to thick and brittle, and they curve up and then down - sort of rounded, as opposed to being flat. My fingers have changed shape, too. Just one little thing after another. None of them too bad. I wish you luck.
My son also has some kind of exzema which the docters said. He has it right now at the bottom of his nails every fingers is red and sore and is itchy. He said it gets more itchy when he irritates it. It started when he had to where working gloves at work. Now he can't seem to get ride of it. I will get him to try vitamin D to see if that will help. Thanks for the info.
I had exzema 28 years ago. Mine was caused by the dish soap that I was using. It was Palmolive. I never new it was that until my niece came and stead with us for a year and then when she went back home she started washing dishes with Palmolive and her hand had the same thing. The symptoms was red under the fingernails and water blisters in the skin. So she called me and told me that is was the dish soap so I quite using it and went to sensitive skin dish soap and it left me.
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Thank you, I think you have answered my question. I also have these little hemorrhages on my arms , leg and back.
Luck to you, too.
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I have that skin condition too, my finger prints are also affected especially on my left hand. I had it for about ten years, but never knew what it was, it would just come and go. Found out I have rheumatoid arthritis several years ago, and it seems to be associated with that disease too. Wow, love the internet. Its nice to know Im not alone, wish I knew what works to make it go away faster, and to stop the itching. Do you also have little red pin dots that come on your legs, and bleed if you shave them? I had that happen once, it really scared me, but it went away so I dont know what it was.
I have red pin dots on my arms. What I do have on my legs are little hemorrhages. I will feel a sharp prick, as if I were being stung by a bee. Then It will itch. If I scratch it, it gets infected and takes many months to heal. If I don't , I simply have a red dot, that remains. I have these on my legs, back, and arms. I read up on them and they seem to be part of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Another thing about RA, is that sometimes the affected part, such as a finger, will get very dark. Also, the nails on my affected fingers have changed in consistency. They went from being thin and soft to thick and brittle, and they curve up and then down - sort of rounded, as opposed to being flat. My fingers have changed shape, too. Just one little thing after another. None of them too bad. I wish you luck.
Thank you, I think you have answered my question. I also have these little hemorrhages on my arms , leg and back.
Luck to you, too.
Symptom of scarlet fever also
I have gotten this two or three times and I finally tracked it down to the hand cream. Some time after forgetting about the last time, I start using a regular hand moisturizer...nice ones, not cheap ones. I wil start small and then over a week or so begin to really lavish the cream on at night before bed. It feels good and hands feel soft. Then suddenly after getting my hands wet while ding dishes or cleaning, I see some cracks on the fingertips of my thumbs and sometimes index fingers. It worsens within one day til it looks like acid ate away at the skin. I am convinced it must be some ingredient in moisturizers, but it only happens to me if I use it lavishly and nightly. It is a struggle to get rid of the peely weird skin. Soaking in vinegar was something I tried in case it was fungus. I feel sad I can never use creams again. It happened to my feet too last winter...same story with foot cream. I went overboard.
I am also suffering with this condition and after reading your post, your symptoms sound very similar to mine except the cracking is happening more frequently.
All of this began when I had recurring UTI's for over a year before they diagnosed my kidney stone. After the surgery, I immediately went into septic shock and was in ICU for awhile. Although the infection was cured eventually, my fingers have never been the same on both hands. It is sort of like when you get out of the bath when you have soaked too long and the fingers are like prunes but my fingers stay like that all the time and I have tried every cream, antifungal, steroid, etc.
The only relief I have found is soaking my fingers in any kind of heavy lubricant such as Gold Bond cream or even Vitamin E cream has helped. The fix only lasts for a few hours though or until I wash my hands. I have to wear bandaids all the time while I am working because I write a lot or use the computer and need my fingers to work correctly.
***One hopeful note is that I tried the salt scrub a few days ago and although it burned going into my open cuts, it also helped to smoothe away some of the roughness of my hands.
All of this began when I had recurring UTI's for over a year before they diagnosed my kidney stone. After the surgery, I immediately went into septic shock and was in ICU for awhile. Although the infection was cured eventually, my fingers have never been the same on both hands. It is sort of like when you get out of the bath when you have soaked too long and the fingers are like prunes but my fingers stay like that all the time and I have tried every cream, antifungal, steroid, etc.
The only relief I have found is soaking my fingers in any kind of heavy lubricant such as Gold Bond cream or even Vitamin E cream has helped. The fix only lasts for a few hours though or until I wash my hands. I have to wear bandaids all the time while I am working because I write a lot or use the computer and need my fingers to work correctly.
***One hopeful note is that I tried the salt scrub a few days ago and although it burned going into my open cuts, it also helped to smoothe away some of the roughness of my hands.
I have several ideas for you sufferers based on my or my family’s experiences. Please read on:
1. For the peeling or white blistering fingers or hands: This may be a condition known as FOCAL PALMAR PEELING or EXFOLIATIVE KERATOLYSIS (Keratolysis Exvoliativa). Or, also ACRAL PEELING SKIN SYNDROME. Read up on these conditions as there is a lot of info on the internet that may interest you. Several members of my family have had this condition at various times. Usually it comes unexpectedly and goes away on its own.
2. For the cracking and bleeding fingers or hands: My brother was very mechanical and always had his hands in oil or grease for his work or when he serviced his own machines and cars. He had to use detergents or solvents to clean his hands afterwards. In time, he developed sore, cracking and bleeding finger tips and hands that would not get better. His visits to doctors and dermatologists were of no help as the eczema, or psoriasis they claimed he had did not get better with the steroid creams or antibiotics they prescribed. He also had a low thyroid condition for which he takes medication. Many years of suffering later, he switched med plans and went to a new dermatologist who took a biopsy. It ruled out psoriasis and eczema. The doc said it could be a chronic dry skin condition that is initially caused by some trigger, but never gets better because of repeated exposure to the trigger (chemical, solvents, detergents, etc.). She gave him a sample of a hand cream with a high level of Urea. This immediately caused a reduction in pain, redness, cracking etc. Multiple daily applications later, and it was healed up! Now, whenever a flare-up occurs, he applies this cream and it stops it. Some of these higher level Urea creams can be ordered online and others need a prescription.
3. I developed itchy fingertips with some cracking and bleeding that lasted months. I developed it when the gloves I was wearing while doing some brickwork accidently got some mortar water inside the gloves when they fell in the bucket. I continued wearing them and noticed that soon after, the skin under several fingernails became very sore, cracked and was terribly itchy. Several of my nails lifted back off my nail bed about half way. After several months, this condition did not get better. I found a solution that I will share with you. It took a few days of doing this to take care of it. It requires 3 things you can get at your local drugstore. They are: apple cider vinegar (any brand), Epsom salts, and “blue goo Cracked Heel Foot Softener” ointment. The “blue goo” ingredients are Emu oil, Lecithin, Soybean oil, Papaya Enzyme and Beeswax.
Here is what I did for my finger tips:
1. Warm a cup of filtered water in the microwave to pretty hot, then add Epsom salts. Stir. Set aside.
2. Pour a small amount of apple cider vinegar in a small Dixie cup or similar.
3. When the Epson salt water has cooled slightly, place your fingers into the cup to soak for at least a minute or two. It should be pretty hot, but not so hot as to burn yourself.
4. Then, dip your fingers into the apple cider vinegar water. It will sting a bit at first, but keep them in there for several minutes.
5. Repeat steps 3 & 4.
6. When your fingers are pretty waterlogged and not hurting anymore, apply the “blue goo” ointment to the affected area. Put a disposable latex glove on and continue doing your normal stuff. Keep the gloves on for several hours if possible.
7. Continue using the blue goo over the next few days, whenever you can and wear a disposable latex glove to keep the hands clean and out of water. Plus, the “blue goo” stuff is greasy and will leave fingerprints everywhere.
My hands got measurably better after that. I hope this helps some of you. Let me know!
noone is getting the link here, thyroid is the key. either not being treated or not treated correctly. also some are not diagnosed because hypothyroid type 2 is not well known and not recognized by mainstream medicine. iodine (iosol, water soluable) deficiency needs addressed, you can also take selenium, zinc, minerals in general, tyrosine and raw thyroid. it will take a few weeks for skin to heal.
Hey man, I have this too. My fingers look just exactly like that with the white after-blister flakies as well. I have also noticed that my hands are particularly sweaty especially at the finger tips. When my fingers get really raw and thin and wrinkly like that I can see the small beads of sweat coming through the pores if I am looking in the right light. The skin is so thin that it stings a little when the sweat evaporates or just touches the raw skin. I believe that maybe it is due to a nervous condition. It happens when I am really stressed out. -Like before I left for the army and now since I am going through a divorce and extremely angry most of the time. I do play guitar a little but have not done so regularly for quite some time. I am certain that there is no correlation there.