The beauty of the hands is undoubtedly important for every woman. The skin on the hands and fingers is sensitive enough and is subject to a variety of external unfavorable factors. In addition, her condition depends on internal factors, health of the human body as a whole.
The formation of cracks on the skin of the hands is a frequent and very unpleasant phenomenon. In addition, they create an unattractive appearance of women's handles, these cracks interfere with daily work, they give painful sensations. And cracks on the fingers favor the development of bacterial infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue and can even cause blood poisoning. Let's consider, with what reasons it is possible to connect occurrence of cracks on a skin of fingers of hands, and what treatment for their liquidation is required.
Causes of cracks in the fingers
We call the most common factors, which may lead to cracking of hands:
- Insufficient hand care, professional and domestic harmful factors. The condition of the skin of the hands can be significantly impaired by regular exposure to concentrated detergents and detergents, washing powders, hard chlorinated water, etc. Excessive dryness, loss of skin elasticity and, as a result, the formation of cracks contribute to work on the plot without protective gloves, prolonged exposure to sun or frost. Also, the skin of the hands and fingers coarsens and crackles in the absence of daily care with moisturizing and nourishing creams.
- Fungal infection. The cause of cracks on the fingers near the nails, on the pads, between the fingers, which requires urgent treatment, can be a skin fungus . In this case, the problem is more often observed on one hand, accompanied by pruritus, scaling, slimming and cornification of the skin, the appearance of redness. In some cases, the infection of the skin of the fingers is accompanied by infection with the fungus of the nail plates, feet, skin of the inguinal region.
- Hypovitaminosis. A deficiency in the body of vitamins such as A, C, P, PP, B1, may be manifested by dryness and thinning of the skin, including on the fingers, with the formation of cracks, areas of peeling.
- Psoriasis. With the localization of psoriasis on the hands , the appearance of foci of reddish densified skin between the fingers, on the palms and the back of the hands. In this case, the affected areas are flaky and can crack, bleed.
- Diabetes. This disease, in which there is a violation of the blood supply to the skin, so the skin, including on the fingers, is significantly deteriorating. Perhaps the emergence of long-term non-healing cracks, and with the aggravation of the problem - the formation of ulcers, abscesses.
- Hormonal failures in the body. Various violations of the balance of hormones are also capable of provoking the appearance of cracks in the fingers, and often there is excessive dryness of the skin.
Treatment of cracks in the fingers
In determining the methods of treating cracks in the fingers, it is of great importance that they are caused by their appearance. If this is due to external factors, it is sufficient to eliminate provoking causes and use local remedies to heal cracks and regenerate the skin. For example, for treatment in such cases, you can apply:
- Boro Plus cream;
- balm Rescuer;
- ointment Pantoderm;
- ichthyol ointment;
- Miramistin ointment;
- gel Pantestin et al.
To treat deep cracks in the fingers, it is recommended to apply medical glue BF-6 - wound healing and antiseptic, which promotes rapid healing due to the formation of an insulating film on the surface.
If the appearance of cracks is associated with internal causes, diseases, complex treatment with the use of local and systemic drugs is necessary.