The Skin on my fingers are peeling off, however their is no pain involved.

I've been battling a similar issue for a few years now. Outer most layer of skin on hands and fingers will bubble up, and peel every 30 days or so.... Tried all kinds of things to stop it, from changes in diet, to hand creams, and lotions. Nothing worked.... I suspect that it might be a type of fungus. During my latest outbreak. I have been washing my hands with straight Clorox bleach once a day, so far the results look promising, it stopped the blistering, and the peeling dead in its tracks, and the skin on my hands where the peeling occurs is slowly returning to a normal appearance. I figure if it is some sort of fungus, a strong base or acid solution should kill the spores, halting the reproductive cycle. If I get a resurgence next month I'm going to try an acidic solution like vinegar.

Great post... and I agree with you
Nothing seems to work.
Doc says it could be stress related. Are you stressed at work?? And it is just annoying that it keeps coming back right? You are hapoy when it is healed and then 30 days later, it comes back...

Does it affect all the fingers?? I find that my thumbs and index are the worst. The two middle fingers never peel.... knock on wood

Funnily enough my fingers started this when we got our horse, I thought it was the hay when he was inside over winter, but nope all summer too, had this for over 3 yrs now no creams work at all from steroid to normal eczema drama etc. I read on another forum for peeling skin that blackcurrant seed oil has proven to be effective, I wondered if just might help? Won't hurt it that's for use, not sure where to buy but looking into it. It's a supplement rather than application.

You can get the black currant seed oil at any supplement store.
How often does the cycle come back?
As in, it does heal and how long before the next cycle
Comes?

Hand & foot soriases. You should also see small circular holes in the nails on occasion.

This is an auto immune issue. It is called Hand & Foot Soriases. You should also occasionally see small circular holes in the nails. Tell your Dr it is Hand & Foot Soriases. Watch for the circles in the nail. They don't always show, but when they do, that is the defining moment.

You are right... it is an auto immune issue
The question is... how do we get rid of it?? Lol or how to make the immune system better??

Hello everyone, well I'm 60 yrs young and although , yes I've had a bit of dry skin on the top outside edge of my hands recently, probably due to age and treated it quite happily with ' Zerobase' as prescribed, I have never had what has recently happened. If anyone can explain it pleases do!

On Saturday after washing my hands, no matter how much I tried to dry them they just felt wet! I asked my husband to check to make sure I wasn't imagining things and he agreed. Later that night I felt dizzy and was drained of colour, which wasn't unusual for me by the way, so went to bed.
O Sunday morning the palms of my hands felt rough. On closer inspection they were so dry they were peeling. No redness, itching or blisters although there were areas that looked as though they had blistered and popped.
I looked like something out of a SYFI movie. This peeling also covered my fingers, pal side only.
However the top of my hands were lovely and smooth. By Monday it had almost all gone except fort small amounts on my fingers so nothing left to show my GP.
Any clues please help.

I have the problem every time I go to Thailand. Usually after about2-3 weeks. Just peeling. No itch or inflammation.

I too had the problem of blistering and peeling skin for several years. I am now clear of the problem but it took a while to work it out. Like many who posted here, the problem started without any apparent reason.
You should read Dr Sasa Milosevic's answer at the top of this web page.

I believe this problem is NOT
1. Systemic (internal) - ie it's not a vitamin deficiency nor a mineral deficiency or caused by gut microbes
2. An allergy nor an insect bite
3. An autoimmune disease. That's not the sort of thing you diagnose with a one line post.
If you had an autoimmune disease it would likely be a rash and sore.
4. Caused by Stress
5. Hormonal
6. Eczema

The following do NOT help
1. Superfoods, vitamins, fishoils, etc
2. Creams, gels, aren't that helpful EXCEPT Neutrogena Norwegian Hand formula.
Cortisone-based help with a number of skin ailments by shocking them to respond, but they don't work here.

I think you'll find it is called keratolysis exfoliativa.

For many people this problem comes on quickly and is hard to get rid of. Part of that reason is the way your skin is structured.
There are several layers to your skin, and the outermost are dead, and form a barrier to the living tissue underneath. Moreover, your skin cells take about 30 days to cycle, which many have noticed. However, in that time you are probably already damaging the new skin, so it too dies and cycles.

I suggest it is a type of Contact Dermatitis and that it is DETERGENTS and Hand Cleaners that are causing many of these problems. Synthetic detergents and antiseptic hand cleaners are too strong for many people and strip the oils and cell structure apart, resulting in these painless blisters forming. It's very likely (and this is what happened to me) that you have started using a new office bathroom hand cleaner (and not even know it!), or perhaps washing your hands more, or changed a dishwashing liquid, or started washing the car more. Think about what you've been doing lately.

So what you need to do is reduce the amount of handwashing you do, particularly with soaps, detergents or hand cleaners. Often rinsing your hands is enough (except when going to the toilet of course). Keep your hands as dry as possible. Give up doing the dishes for a couple of months. Try the Neutrogena Norwegian Hand formula to help seal your skin. It won't fix the problem but it will help. You'll probably need to go through two cycles (2 months) and you will see an improvement. It may take 6 months to really get over it.
If after all this you need to go back to dishwashing, try Earth brand, it is quite mild.

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that sounds like scleraderma

I have exactly the samething.first redness and I thought maybe i,d burnt a finger and now its got to 3digits.the kin looks ugly so i have been taking it off.some are looking as though there going bad but what?

A bit gross i know but i used to bricklayer and obviously your hands get a hiding.a lot of us used to pee on ours hands and gross maybe but it really works.must be the urea