What causes chapped hands in summer?

We all know that hands are more likely to crack in winter, but some people also get cracked hands in summer. People sweat more in summer and are more likely to become dehydrated. Cracked hands in summer are caused by dehydration and lack of vitamins in the body. To prevent and control them well, you should drink more water and eat more vegetables and fruits to improve the situation. Wash your hands every day, apply hand cream and massage for a while, and the condition will gradually improve.

Causes: Human factors: Frequent washing and cooking can cause skin dehydration and lead to dryness and cracking. Weather factors: In cold weather, blood circulation is poor and skin elasticity is reduced, which can easily cause cracked hands. Prolonged exposure to sunlight can also cause cracked hands.

Physiological aging causes slow metabolism in the elderly, more dead cells, fewer new cells, poor skin elasticity, and prone to hand cracks. Metabolic disorders: Some women experience metabolic disorders after giving birth, resulting in cleft hands. Nutritional factors : Lack of vitamin A and vitamin E can cause cracked hands. You can drink more boiled water, fruit juice drinks, milk, soy milk and other liquids to nourish yin and moisten dryness. Replaces lost moisture. Eczema Eczema can cause cracked hands.

The symptoms of fungal infection keratosis and thickening of tinea manuum (tinea manuum) are also cracked hands. The occurrence of chapped hands and feet is related to the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the local skin and a variety of external factors, and is also related to the overall condition to a certain extent. The anatomical and physiological characteristics of hands and feet are that the stratum corneum on the palms and heels is extremely thick, with up to more than 100 layers, the keratinocytes are arranged irregularly, and there are no hair follicles and sebaceous glands in these areas, which limits the retention of local skin moisture and the moistening of the skin by sebum. When affected by various external factors, skin cracking is prone to occur.

Vitamin E can cure dry and cracked hands and feet. My hands and feet start to crack in the fall every year. I used Chinese and Western medicines to cure them for a while, but they got cracked again when I came into contact with water (for washing clothes or vegetables). Later, I tried applying vitamin E pills to the affected area, and it worked very well. The method is: poke a hole in the vitamin E pill with a needle, squeeze the oil and apply it to the affected area (one pill can be used multiple times), apply it after washing your hands every time, and apply it frequently after healing to prevent the recurrence.

Rubbing with honey can cure chapped hands. After breakfast every day, wash and dry your hands, apply honey on the palms, backs of your hands and in between your nails, and rub with a small towel for 5 to 10 minutes to warm your hands. Wash your hands before going to bed at night, and then rub your hands with honey using the above method. The cracks between my fingernails on both hands were as painful as if they were cut by a knife, and they were cured using this method.

Jujube paste can cure cracked hands and feet. My wife had cracked hands and feet in winter. Soaking them in hot water, applying adhesive plasters, and using soft heel covers were not effective. Chen Pingwan from Funei Street, Xicheng District, introduced her own remedy, which worked in just five days. The method is to remove the skin and core of several dates, wash them with warm water, add water and cook them into a paste, and apply it to the cracks like facial oil. Mild cases usually heal in 2 to 3 times.

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