Exposure to water and household chemicals, weather factors, and the specifics of certain professions negatively affect the skin of the hands. It develops cracks and minor damage. Without proper treatment, cracks in the fingers can develop into wounds and ulcers.
The skin of the hands is constantly exposed to the negative influence of various conditions throughout life:
- dry out from the heat;
- get wet when washing dishes, hand washing;
- become rough from winds and frosts;
- are deprived of natural moisture from contact with chemicals.
Without proper hand care, peeling and cracking are guaranteed. Skin disorders can be caused by the following diseases:
- allergy;
- eczema;
- dermatitis;
- fungal infections;
- avitaminosis;
- anemia;
- endocrine disorders.
These and other disturbances in the functioning of the body lead to dryness and cracking of the fingers. 
Recipes for healing hands
Despite the fact that the cracks on the fingers are small, treatment should be carried out immediately after detection. Dust, dirt, and tap water penetrate damaged skin, bringing in many bacteria. Inflammation that turns into an abscess is just around the corner if action is not taken in time. Cracks on the hands can be easily treated at home.
Hot salt baths
The easiest and fastest way: per liter of water take a flat tablespoon of kitchen or sea salt and the same amount of soda. Hot brine penetrates deep wounds, disinfects and heals. Immerse the finger or the entire hand for 10-15 minutes, adding hot water. At the end of the procedure, the skin is blotted. For better drying, the wound can be smeared with brilliant green.
Enveloping baths
The decoction for them may be different:
- A tablespoon of potato starch is diluted in 0.5 liters of warm water (it will curl into lumps in hot water).
- Brew 50 g of oatmeal in 0.5 liters of boiling water.
- Three tablespoons of flaxseeds are poured into 0.5 liters of boiling water and left in a thermos for 30-40 minutes.
The procedure time is 15 minutes. Then the hands are lubricated with a suitable fatty cream.
Honey compresses
Add a teaspoon of salicylic acid, 100 g of refined vegetable oil to 100 g of honey, heated in a steam bath. Apply the warm mixture to all cracks and put on plastic gloves. Leave the compress on for 20 minutes. At the end of the session, wipe the brushes with a napkin. Gently rub your hands with a lemon wedge until the juice coats your skin. Wait 1-2 minutes, get wet.
Another folk honey remedy: melting goose fat is added to softened honey. Add flour and knead a lump of dough. Form a thin cake with your fingers and apply it to the sore spot. You can stick a piece of polyethylene or paper on top. Apply a fixing bandage and a warm scarf.
This application cures abscessing cracks, wounds, and boils. But honey can cause allergies, so you should first make sure there is no negative reaction.
Ointments for cracked hands
Natural ointments prepared according to folk recipes are effective against cracks:
Lotions
If the skin on your fingers cracks and bleeds from the cold, lubrication with an aqueous solution of tableted mummy will help. The pain goes away quickly, the wounds shrink within 2 days. 
Another good remedy is oak decoction. Brew oak bark (2 tablespoons) in 200-250 ml of water in a steam bath. It will take 20 minutes. Leave for 30 minutes. Dip gauze swabs into the broth and squeeze lightly. Secure with plastic wrap, medical tape or bandage. Leave until morning. Apply lotions until the wounds are healed.
How to protect your hands during and after treatment
There are several simple ways to protect your hand skin from damage:
- During treatment, do housework only with cotton gloves on the bottom and rubber on top.
- Wash your hands with purified water, as chlorine from tap water dries out your skin. Rinse with medicinal herbal decoctions, infusions of plantain, chamomile, nettle, and yarrow.
- Avoid cheap dishwashing detergents. It is better to use baking soda. Clean greasy surfaces with paper first.
- In frosty weather you should wear gloves.
- Constantly saturate the body with vitamins and microelements that have a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin.
Often internal disorders are projected onto the skin. If old cracks do not heal and new ones appear, you need to consult a doctor. Tests will help determine the root cause of the violation of the integrity of the dermis. In this case, cracks in the fingers will go away after appropriate treatment.
Update: October 2018
Cracks on the hands are linear tears in the skin of the fingers, interdigital spaces, palms, dorsum of the hand and wrist. They have different depths and, as a rule, are located along the lines of elastic fibers of the skin (along Langer's lines).
Most often, the interdigital spaces and the skin on the outer or inner side of the fingers crack in those places where they are most often bent, since the skin here is thinnest and experiences maximum tension during habitual movements of the hand. However, despite the fact that the skin of the palm has an additional layer of cells and is quite strong, quite deep cracks can also occur on it.
Cracking of the hands is usually quite painful and causes significant discomfort, limiting manual work, hindering fine motor skills of the hand and interfering with everyday life. If the problem is chronic, then it forces one to give up some professions (cook, surgeon, massage therapist, hairdresser). Cracked fingers increase the risk of bacterial infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue and can even lead to blood poisoning.
Causes of cracks in hands
Exposure to household chemicals
With daily use of antibacterial soap, cleaning agents and detergents at home (without gloves), the skin becomes dry from frequent washing with aggressive detergents or antiseptics:
- Hand wash with powders or even baby soap
- Washing dishes with Farya and other products with a high concentration of surfactants
- Sanitation processing nodes with aggressive agents (for example, Domestos - an extremely aggressive agent with a high concentration of chlorine, leading to poisoning, see).
lead to the fact that the elasticity of the skin decreases, and it easily bursts in places of greatest tension.
Improper or insufficient hand care
Chilling of the hands in cold air, wind, and frequent contact with cold water, ice or antifreeze contributes to the formation of cracks. Very often the flexor surface of the fingers, for example the thumb, is affected. Cracks can be multiple or single, more or less deep (see).
Contact dermatitis
- Hand candidiasis is a skin infection caused by fungi of the genus Candida. The space between the fingers is most often affected (a typical place is the crease between the 3rd and 4th fingers). This pathology more often overtakes women who run households, or is the result of occupational hazards during manual labor. As the disease develops, redness, diaper rash, cracks with a white coating, and thickened skin appear between the fingers, which is very itchy.
- Dermatophytosis of the hands often affects only one hand. Caused by trichophytosis and epidermophytosis fungi. Often combined with lesions of the feet or inguinal folds. It can last from several weeks to several years. Patients are concerned about:
- itchy skin and painful skin cracks
- various rashes on the hands:
- blisters, nodules (dyshytrotic variant, see)
- peeling and keratinization of the palmar folds, cracks and ring-shaped and red lesions on the palms, back and lateral surfaces of the fingers (squamous-hyperkeratotic variant).
Lack of vitamins
Hypovitaminosis A, C, P cause dry skin and flaking with slight cracking. More often, the skin cracks due to vitamin deficiency, that is, severe vitamin deficiency:
- RR (pellagra) against the background of starvation, when the skin not only dries out, cracks, but also peels and peels off in glove-shaped layers;
- B1 (dry form of beriberi), when thinned atrophic skin cracks easily.
Atopic dermatitis
Hand masks after healing of cracks
- Honey and olive (sea buckthorn oil) - you will need 1 teaspoon of oil and 3 teaspoons of honey, mix, apply to your hands at night, put on cotton gloves.
- Oatmeal, yolk, honey- 1 teaspoon of flakes, mix the yolk, then add a little warm honey (warm), also apply to hands at night.
- Banana, honey, sea buckthorn oil- Mix 1 teaspoon of oil with honey, mash a banana, make a paste. Apply the mixture to your hands for 40 minutes, then rinse.
- Potatoes, milk- grate raw potatoes, add a little milk, apply the mixture, put on gloves, rinse after 1-2 hours.
Local antiseptics
They are used to reduce the risk of infection of cracks. However, we must remember that this is a short-term forced measure. These are solutions of Chlorhexidine, hydrogen peroxide. Alcohol dyes brilliant green or Fukortsin are also used.
Tissue metabolic stimulants should only be prescribed by a doctor
- made from calf blood, improves the metabolism of sugars in cells, stimulates oxidation in tissues due to adequate oxygen supply.
- Methyluracil in the form of ointments and tablets combines anabolic and anti-inflammatory properties.
- Radevit is an ointment based on a complex of vitamins (A, D, E).
Means for the treatment of fungal infections of the hands
If the cause of cracks in the fingers is a fungal disease, then it should be remembered that for severe fungal infections, local treatment is not enough and local medications in the form of solutions, ointments or creams must be supplemented with systemic medications (see).
- Antiseptics (Chlorhexidine, Domiphen Bromide, iodine-containing drugs) have an antifungal effect by binding to fungal proteins.
- Clotrimazole (ointment), Candide, Candide B creams disrupt the normal functioning of the fungal cell wall, which leads to their destruction.
- Bifonazole either inhibits the growth of fungi or kills them by changing the permeability of the cell wall.
- Fenticonazole (Lomexin cream) is a synthetic imidazole derivative.
- Miconazole (cream) is most often used for candidiasis.
- Ketoconazole (Nizoral cream) interferes with the formation of lipids included in the fungal cell wall.
- Natamycin (Pimafucin cream, Pimafucort ointment) is an antifungal antibiotic.
Treatment of allergic and atopic skin diseases of the hands
- Antihistamines: all itchy dermatoses require the use of antihistamines in tablets and drops (see list). Today, the most rational option is to take drugs from the last two generations of antihistamines, which slightly depress the central nervous system and do not have an inhibitory effect. Astemizole, Vcrivastin, Loratadine, Terfenadine, Cetirizine, Levokbastine are used.
- Local antipruritics: Psilobalm gel, Fenistil, La-kri creams, Gistan.
- Hormonal agents: For local therapy, ointments and creams containing glucocorticoids with an anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effect are most often used. These are very strong drugs that can only be used as prescribed by a doctor, only in short courses, in severe cases, with gradual withdrawal of the drug. The effect of their use is very fast, but with frequent or prolonged use, relapses and addiction to the drug are possible, in which case nothing will help, it is better to avoid the use of hormonal drugs (see other skin diseases).
Fluorinated glucocorticosteroids are: lexamethasone, betamethasone, flumethasone, fluticasone, triamcinolone, clobetasol. They are stronger and have more pronounced side effects.
Non-fluorinated: hydrocortisone butyrate and acetate, mometasone furpate, methylprednisolone aceponate.
Ointments vary in strength of effect:
- Weak (Prednisolone and Hydrocortisone), but at the same time they have a higher risk of developing a systemic effect on the body, so they are contraindicated for use in children.
- Medium activity: Lorinden, Locacorten, Laticort, Lokoid, Esperson, Fluorocort, Triacort, Afloderm.
- Strong: Elokom, Advantan, Sinaflan, Flucinar, Sinalar, Celestoderm, Beloderm, Cutivate.
- As strong as possible Dermovate is considered to be based on clobetasol.
Treatment of psoriasis
For the treatment of psoriasis, it is better to use non-hormonal creams and ointments; the use of local glucocorticoids is best avoided. If you use corticoids, it is better in combinations (betamethasone or mometasone with salicylic acid, betamethasone with chloramphenicol). In addition, the following types of medicines are used locally (see).
- Dithranol inhibits the proliferation of epithelial cells and inhibits the formation of plaques.
- Salicylic acid prevents excessive keratinization of the skin.
- Products based on amiya large help restore epithelium and prevent keratinization of the skin. Ammifurin contains furocoumarins, which reduce tissue keratinization and prevent skin cracking. These substances increase the skin's sensitivity to light and are effective in combination with PUVA therapy (irradiation of skin with psoriasis lesions with a special lamp). The drug is available in tablets and taken in courses.
- Tar preparations stimulate skin renewal, Colloidin, Berestin, Alfozil Lotion, Antipsorin, Forest liquid, Anthramin ointment, Anthrasulfone ointment.
- Ointments based on grease- Kartalin, Magnipsor, Cytopsor, Akrustal, Antipsor.
- improve tissue nutrition and healing.
Diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism
For dishormonal diseases (hypothyroidism, diabetes), treatment of the underlying disease and careful care of the skin of the hands are indicated.
Thus, with proper hand care and timely treatment of skin or metabolic disorders, you can safely avoid all the unpleasant and painful moments that are associated with cracks in the hands.
- this is serious. Unpleasant and ugly, they appear to add to our inconvenience. We we cannot work normally with our hands, wash ourselves, even touching our skin can be unpleasant- and all because of them, cracks!
Cracked skin increases the risk of infection. Sometimes blood poisoning can even occur. So you definitely need to get rid of seemingly minor problems.
In this article we will look at, how to heal wounds on your hands. You will learn about ointments and creams for cracks, and also get acquainted with several folk recipes that will help you easily get rid of the problem.
IMPORTANT! If you have dry skin on your hands, then you need to select the treatment for yourself, individually, and not focus on what has helped others.
Ointment for cracked hands a great multitude was created. Buying one at a pharmacy is not difficult. Let's see what modern pharmaceuticals offer us.
Ointments
- Balsamed. Contains vital vitamins, moisturizing components and softening vegetable oils. Helps moisturize dry skin and prevent keratinization. Small wounds will heal faster and the skin will become more elastic. Not recommended for use by young children. There are no side effects.
- Lamisil. Works against fungal skin infections.
- Levomekol. A drug that is in every first aid kit. Destroys pathogenic microflora. Accelerates tissue restoration.
- Bepanten. Proven anti-crack agent. The main active ingredient is Provitamin B5. Promotes natural healing of the skin, stimulating the regeneration process.
- Boro plus. The product has bactericidal and antifungal properties, as well as high efficiency.
- Fingerfix. If you lack vitamins or your skin is chapped by severe frost, then this remedy will help. It forms a film over the wound, and healing occurs underneath it. The skin recovers very quickly.
Review of creams against cracked hands
Cream for healing cracks on hands is also a good solution. Like ointments, there are a great variety of them and they can also be bought at a pharmacy at a reasonable price. We have collected in this article the most proven and high-quality of them:
- Radevit. Relieves irritation, suitable for treating skin diseases. It will heal cracks and remove the feeling of tightness. Contains vitamins A, E, D and does not contain addictive substances. Suitable for sensitive skin. More used by dermatologists than cosmetologists.
- Doctor. Aloe juice has been used to treat wounds since ancient times. Cream Healer promotes the healing of cracks and maintains healthy hands.
- Zorka. Heals cracks and abrasions, activates metabolic processes. Do not look at the fact that this is a veterinary drug. It is successfully used as a cream to heal cracked hands. With Zorka, the skin becomes elastic and elastic, and new cracks do not appear.
- Sea wolf. Contains sea mineral extract. Saves dry and cracked skin. Moisturizes the skin. Doesn't sting when it gets into wounds. In good standing with buyers. Has a low price.
Traditional recipes for treating hand skin
REMEMBER: There is no need to use hormonal-based products. The inflammation will pass quickly, but the wounds will take a long time to heal. Hormones often slow down the healing process!
Cedar oil or napkins (preferably linen) soaked in oil will help get rid of cracks forever. Masks made from the most common cucumbers, which deeply moisturize, and baths with high-quality oatmeal also work very well.
To treat your hands, you can take a bath for 10-15 minutes in the evening. Place your hands in it and relax. For the bath you can use the following recipes:
- Linen bath. Boil 3 tbsp. l. flax seed in 0.5 liters of water;
- Bath with starch. In a liter of warm boiled water, dilute 2 tbsp. l. starch;
- Oatmeal bath. Boil 100 g of chopped oats in 1 liter of water.
Decoctions with a mucous consistency will wonderfully relieve irritation, and skin elasticity will noticeably increase. After the bath, dry your hands with a clean napkin and apply a rich nourishing cream.
IMPORTANT! After many procedures, cream should be applied to your hands. It should be fat. Then you will restore the protective film on the skin.A good remedy for cracked hands, in addition to baths, are compresses. Like these ones:
- Mix ½ cup honey, teaspoon salicylic acid, 1/2 cup olive or sunflower oil into a homogeneous mass, heat slightly and spread on your hands. Wrap your hands in plastic and wrap a towel on top. After 20 minutes, wipe off the mixture with a cloth soaked in lemon juice.
- Mix the yolk and juice of one lemon into a glass of sour cream. Apply the mixture to a gauze cloth, wrap your brushes in it, wrap it in cling film or plastic and wrap it in a towel for 15-20 minutes. Finally, wash your hands with water and apply cream.
There are also folk recipes for ointments for healing cracks on hands.
- This ointment will not only heal wounds, but also remove pus. Mix equal parts honey, butter, vodka and flour. Grind the mixture thoroughly, spread it evenly on gauze and apply to the sore spot for a long 4 hours.
- Stir one raw yolk, a tablespoon of vegetable oil and a teaspoon of vinegar 9%. Apply and rub in gently. If the wounds on your hands are bleeding, first disinfect the oil: pour it into a glass bottle, put it in warm water, bring to a boil and leave it on low heat for 20 minutes.
- Works great pink ointment. Grind a small amount of petals in a blender. Add a tablespoon of goose fat. Place in the refrigerator for 4 days and use as directed.
- Ointment for cracks on the fingers near the nails. She not only heals, but also relieves pain. Pour an impressive portion of celandine (dry or fresh; you will need a handful) with a glass of vegetable oil, wait until it boils and turn it off immediately. Once the pan has cooled, carefully stir in the natural wax (you'll need a matchbox-sized slab), return to the heat and leave until the wax has dissolved into your mixture. Remove from heat, pour into a clean jar and place in the refrigerator.
Miracle ointment for cracked hands
Has amazing rejuvenating effect. The skin of the hands becomes soft, elastic, cracks heal in literally 3-4 days.
Before using the ointment, dissolve 2 tablespoons of salt in a liter of warm water. You need to hold your hands in the resulting solution for 10 minutes. Then, without washing it off, pat your hands dry with a towel and lubricate them with ointment.
To prepare the ointment you need:
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Mix everything thoroughly. If the honey has already thickened, you need to melt it in a water bath.
Wash off the mask from your hands after 20 minutes.
Useful video
This short video shows how to prepare an effective ointment at home:
If your hands are only slightly cracked, they can be treated with ointments from the pharmacy or folk remedies. Pay attention to your lifestyle. If you often work with household chemicals with your bare hands, then your skin is unlikely to be happy about it. Your hands can become chapped in the cold, so wear gloves or mittens. Also The cause of dryness may be a lack of vitamins. Pay attention to your diet.
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We women often expose our hands to negative influences. When we come home from work, we cook, wash dishes, and do wet cleaning. At the same time, we constantly have to come into contact with harmful chemicals, as well as cold and hot water.
Naturally, all this does not have the best effect on the condition of our hands. The skin becomes dry and rough, and then painful cracks form on its surface, which cause us a lot of inconvenience.
And before we start telling you how and with what to treat this disease, it is necessary to talk about why the skin on your hands cracks in the first place and how the occurrence of this disease can be prevented.
There are many reasons why it can form. The most common of them is exposure to cold on the hands.
When the skin of the hands gets very cold, the vessels that are located in the upper layers of the epithelium begin to narrow, then the blood flow to the hands deteriorates, as a result of which the surface of the skin becomes coarser and rough.
In this case, the situation is greatly aggravated by the effect of moisture on the hands. The skin begins to crack and wounds form on their surface, which can periodically bleed. Any movements of the fingers cause severe pain, and household chores turn into real torture.
When it appears, your hands should be immediately treated with a rich cream or pharmaceutical glycerin, which helps moisturize and relieve irritation. At the same time, when performing any manipulations with water and household chemicals, you must wear rubber gloves, putting cotton gloves under them, so that the skin of your hands does not rot.
At the same time, before performing any type of work around the house, a protective agent must be applied to chapped areas of the skin. Elderly women should pay special attention to their hands. After all, over the years, not only the skin, but also the body as a whole ages. The sweat glands stop working as before, which leads to frequent formation of cracks in the hands.
We don't even suspect that cracks in the skin can appear as a result of not washing our hands properly. Under no circumstances should you use cold water. For these purposes, warm water of 39-42 degrees should be used. Hot water also causes damage to the skin, so it should not be used.
In addition, when washing your hands, it is advisable to use liquid soap that has a neutral acidity level. If you have a soft shower gel, you can also use that. These products are gentle on the skin without causing irritation.
It is important that these products contain extracts of medicinal plants. After all, they have a moisturizing and soothing effect on the skin, thereby preventing the appearance of dryness and cracks on its surface.
If you already have cracks on your hands, then you need to use soap that contains glycerin and various oils. And to protect your skin from germs, after washing your hands, you need to rinse them with a solution made from plain water, lemon juice or vinegar.
It’s a paradox, but excessive exposure to moisture on the skin leads to dryness. Therefore, after washing, hands should be thoroughly dried with a terry towel. However, do not rub them too hard, as this will lead to irritation. You just need to blot your skin with a towel until it is completely dry.
It is very important to keep them warm after washing your hands. After all, if after a water procedure the skin is exposed to cold, it will immediately crack.
Periodically, you should rinse your hands in a mixture of milk and water (the ingredients are taken in a 1:1 ratio). If you don’t have regular milk on hand, you can use the dry version. To do this, stir 1 tbsp in 1 glass of warm water. milk powder, and then follow the above instructions.
You need to keep your hands in this solution for about a quarter of an hour. And then apply a nourishing moisturizer to the skin. Instead, you can use pharmaceutical glycerin.
It's worth noting that the more often you wet your hands, the drier your skin will become. At the same time, do not forget that the constant presence of moisture on the skin can lead to the development of fungal diseases.
If you experience increased sweating of your palms, even if the skin on top of your hands is dry, then you need to get rid of this problem. To do this, you can prepare a special decoction that will block the work of the sweat glands.
To prepare it, take 10 g of sage or strawberry leaves and brew them in one glass of boiling water. Let the broth sit for about half an hour, then strain and take half a glass of it on an empty stomach 2 times a day.
If you don’t know about this, then be sure to go to the hospital and take a blood test to determine hemoglobin in your blood. As a rule, it is its low level that leads to the appearance of cracks in the skin, since it does not receive enough oxygen and almost all metabolic processes in it are disrupted.
Whether you have iron deficiency anemia or not, the following symptoms will help determine:
- frequent headaches;
- pale skin;
- weakness;
- fast fatiguability;
- increased heart rate;
- shortness of breath;
- brittle hair and nails.
In addition, there is a constant desire to eat chalk or clay, the skin on the hands and feet becomes dry and often cracks, and the lower extremities are always cold.
If you have at least one symptom, you should seek help from a specialist and determine the cause of the development of this disease. Today there are many drugs that help increase hemoglobin levels in the blood. However, taking them alone is not enough. It is necessary to constantly maintain a special diet that includes foods rich in iron.
And these include: liver, meat, kidneys, buckwheat, parsley, rolled oats, legumes. In order for iron to be well absorbed by the body, it is necessary to provide it with a sufficient amount of vitamin C. But you should avoid foods high in calcium or reduce their consumption to a minimum. After all, this element helps to “wash out” iron from the body.
The foods that contain the most calcium are milk, rice, eggs, cheeses and potatoes. You should also avoid consuming large amounts of tea and coffee, as tannin and caffeine negatively affect the absorption of iron by the body.
Quite often, the cause of iron deficiency anemia is associated with a deficiency of vitamin B9, that is, folic acid. It promotes good absorption of iron in the body. The occurrence of this problem is often associated with excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, poor diet, long-term use of anticonvulsants, and breastfeeding. When a person is deficient in folic acid, they become irritable, have severe headaches, and have a decreased appetite.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can also lead to cracked skin on your hands. After all, a lack of this element can also cause the development of iron deficiency anemia. In this case, a person experiences a lack of coordination of movements and a constant feeling of tingling of the skin.
But the appearance of cracks on the hands and lips may indicate a deficiency of vitamin B2 in the body. You can replenish its reserves only if you regularly consume foods such as milk, eggs, beef, legumes, cheese, cereals and vegetables.
When cracks appear on the hands, it is important to provide the body with vitamin F. After all, its main component is unsaturated fatty acids Omega-3 and Omega-6, which are so necessary for our skin to be healthy.
If you carefully read the composition of various hand and face skin care creams, you will see that they also contain this vitamin. It is important not only the effect of this element on the skin externally, but also internally. And this can only be achieved by consuming vegetable oils, fish oil, mackerel and nuts.
Why does the skin on my hands crack due to a lack of vitamins? Everything is very simple. After all, these substances are involved in almost all processes occurring in our body, including in the layers of the epidermis.
Many factors can contribute to their poor absorption. But the most common of them are frequent stress and dysbiosis. In such conditions, it is important to take all measures to treat them. In the first case, it is necessary to take sedatives, and in the second, a drug that helps normalize the functioning and intestinal flora. In both the first and second cases, consultation with a specialist is required.
Various moisturizing baths, which can be easily done at home, are very helpful in combating cracks on the hands. There are many recipes for their preparation. You can choose any one you like.
- Take a few potatoes, peel them and cook until tender. Then remove the potatoes and let the water cool slightly. Once it becomes warm, put your hands in the water for 15-20 minutes. Then treat your hands with a rich, nourishing cream.
- Pour a liter of water into a small saucepan, heat it and, stirring constantly, add 100 g of starch diluted in cold water. Then soak your hands in the resulting solution for half an hour, then pat them dry with a soft towel to remove excess moisture and treat the skin with a moisturizer.
- Take an enamel container, pour a liter of warm water into it and add 2-3 tbsp. any vegetable oil. Then dip your brushes in the oil solution for 15 minutes, and then lubricate them with nourishing cream.
- Dilute 0.5 tsp in one liter of warm water. ammonia and 2 tsp. glycerin. Immerse your hands in the resulting solution for a quarter of an hour, and then apply a rich cream to the skin. This bath is especially useful for rough and cracked skin.
These procedures must be carried out once every 1-2 days. It is advisable to do this at night, and after applying the cream, put cotton gloves on your hands. If you regularly perform such baths, you will be able to evaluate the first results within a week. The skin will become soft, and cracks will no longer form on its surface.
Various vegetable oils, which penetrate deep into the epidermis and have a regenerating and moisturizing effect on it, are very helpful in the fight against cracks on the hands.
For example, cold-pressed olive oil has an excellent restorative effect.
It can be used as a stand-alone product or in combination with other ingredients, making it a unique hand mask. Olive oil has a good regenerating effect in combination with kombucha.
These two components are mixed in equal proportions and applied to the skin of the hands for 10-12 hours. Therefore, it is better to use them at night, wearing cotton gloves on your hands to prevent soiling of your bed linen. In the morning, gloves should be removed and the skin of your hands should be lubricated with any nourishing agent. However, you should not wash your hands under water after the procedure.
Calendula oil has also proven itself to be excellent. It has several effects on the skin of the hands at once - softening, antiseptic and healing. It can even be used to treat the skin of young children, which confirms its hypoallergenicity.
The oil should be used several times a day. They just need to treat the skin of their hands, waiting for the oil to be completely absorbed. After which you can begin your daily duties.
You can also use rosehip oil and sandalwood oil to treat cracks on your hands. They have a beneficial effect on the skin of the hands, making it soft and silky. These oils have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects. They should be used in the same way as calendula oil.
And if you are over 40 years old, then you need to use patchouli oil. It not only relieves irritation and promotes rapid healing of wounds, but also has a rejuvenating effect. Therefore, it is great for caring for aging skin.
Folk remedies for the treatment of cracked hands
To get rid of cracks on your hands, you can resort to traditional medicine. To do this, you need to prepare various decoctions and infusions, and then treat the damaged areas with them.
So, you can prepare the following decoction. Take 1 tbsp. calendula flowers and pour half a glass of boiling water over them. Let the broth brew for a while, then strain and soak cotton pads in the resulting herbal infusion, and then apply them to the damaged areas.
In addition, this decoction can be frozen in an ice tray. When it freezes, begin to lubricate the damaged skin on your hands with an ice cube. If the skin on your face is also flaky and shows all signs of dryness, then it can also be used to wipe your face.
If the skin on your hands is very rough and begins to crack, then coffee grounds will come to your aid. Lubricate the cracks with it and leave until completely dry. You can also use mixtures made from fresh apples and butter (the ingredients are taken in a 1:1 ratio).
There are also many more traditional medicine methods that help fight cracks in the hands. If their use does not bring a positive result, you have no choice but to resort to the help of modern medications.
But you shouldn’t use them without first consulting a doctor. After all, some ointments and gels contain strong components that can lead to the development of an allergic reaction. Therefore, they should be used only if you well tolerate all the components contained in the medicinal product.
Video on how to treat cracked hands
Due to weather, working conditions and other factors, hands are affected. A common problem is the formation of cracks. They negatively affect the appearance and cause a lot of discomfort.
Pain due to injury interferes with a number of activities. In addition, healing wounds quickly crack and bleed.
You can get rid of this scourge using traditional medicine, which is no less effective and safer due to the use of natural ingredients.
In no case should you let everything take its course; through damage, an infection can enter the body. Traditional medicine is quite effective as a way to treat cracks in the hands.
In this case, the use of ointments, masks, creams, baths and other means is assumed. Besides, Nutrition also plays an important role, which promotes rapid healing of wounds.
Preparing ointments at home is not difficult. Most of the ingredients are on hand.
IMPORTANT! Natural ointments are best prepared in small quantities and, if possible, use freshly prepared ointments as often as possible. Do not forget that some components quickly lose their properties.
Creams and masks
Hand health depends on proper care. Do not overuse purchased products, use large amounts of soap, or work without gloves with household chemicals.
Masks and creams prepared at home can help you get rid of the consequences of aggressive exposure to negative factors on your hands.
What compresses and baths are most effective for treating hands?
Cracks in the hands are caused by many factors. One of them is excessive dryness of the hands.
First of all, to keep your skin healthy, it needs to be softened, moisturized and protected. For treatment, it is recommended to use special baths and compresses.
- Oil bath. To prevent cracking of your hands or reverse an already developing process, you need to use oil baths. To do this, you will need a special container into which you can dip your hands, pour warm water and add sunflower or olive oil. You need to take such baths for no more than 20 minutes. Afterwards, you need to blot your hands with a towel, without overdoing it, and treat them with cream.
- Oatmeal bath. The oatmeal bath has become very popular. The cereal has a healing effect. To do this you will need a decoction of their flakes. As a result, the skin of the hands is significantly softened. To be effective, the procedure should be carried out for at least 20, but not more than 30 minutes.
- Chamomile-raspberry compress for hands will require the use of two glasses of water, half a glass of pre-crushed and dried flowers and approximately 200 grams of raspberries. Chamomile is brewed with one glass of boiling water and left for half an hour. Raspberries are also brewed and left for the same time. Once the specified period has expired, you need to strain both decoctions and mix. In this case, you need to remove the pulp. For a compress, gauze is suitable, which is pre-moistened in the prepared product and applied to the affected areas for 10 minutes. During this time, the compress is changed at least 4 times.
- Burdock is used in the treatment of cracks. The plant in combination with other ingredients is applied as a compress. To make a compress you will need one leaf, 2 glasses of water and half a glass of raspberries. Both burdock and raspberries are brewed in different containers for half an hour. After mixing the strained infusions, a moistened piece of gauze or a cotton pad is applied to the affected areas. The compress should be kept for no more than 20 minutes.
Nutrition for healing cracks in hands
Experts say: “Often, the culprit for cracks in the hands and fingers is a lack of vitamins. Therefore, the problem can be solved by saturating the body with the missing elements.”
Proper and healthy nutrition helps get rid of cracks and prevent their occurrence.
Its essence is to fill the body with necessary substances. Therefore, the diet during the treatment period consists of foods rich in minerals and vitamins. Vitamins A, E and B products or complexes should be consumed.
In addition, the body requires large amounts of Omega 3 fats, found in fatty fish, fish oil and other seafood.
ATTENTION! It is worth remembering that you should not abuse the use of vitamin complexes. It is better to consume foods that are a storehouse of all necessary substances.
You should never forget about your hands. They require care and respect. Regardless of the conditions in which you work, safety measures must always be taken.
Cracks are the result of skin diseases or neglect of hygiene and lack of proper care. Cracks should be dealt with as early as possible, and it is better to prevent their occurrence, which folk remedies will help with.
Otherwise, due to damage, it will become impossible to perform some usual actions due to the discomfort experienced. For preventive purposes, the products can be used 1 or 2 times a week, this will keep your hands in perfect order.