The easy chapping of hand and foot skin is first related to the anatomical and physiological characteristics of hand and foot skin. The biggest difference between the palms and soles of hands, feet and feet (we usually call them palms and soles) and the skin of other parts of the human body is that there are no hair follicles and sebaceous glands, and there is no moisturizing and protection of sebum. In the dry and cold autumn and winter seasons, the sweat gland secretion of the skin is also reduced, making the skin of hands and feet dry and fragile. The stratum corneum is a tough skin protective layer composed of keratinocytes that have lost their biological activity. Because of walking friction and labor sharpening, the stratum corneum is the thickest in the whole body skin and has a good protective effect on the human body. However, too thick keratin makes the skin elastic, and the hands and feet are the most flexible parts of the human body. Due to pulling and wrinkling, the skin is prone to chapping. If your hands are often exposed to fat-soluble, water-absorbent or alkaline substances, or you work outdoors for a long time, or your hands and feet are accompanied by eczema, tinea manus and pedis and other skin diseases, chapped hands and feet will be more serious.
For chapped hands and feet, prevention and treatment should be combined, and prevention is more important than treatment. From the time when the autumn wind blows cold and the climate turns cold, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of hands and feet skin. Try not to come into direct contact with fat-soluble, water-absorbent or alkaline substances, and do not wash hands and feet with overheated water. Experiments show that the skin without lipid membrane protection evaporates 75 times faster than the skin with lipid membrane protection! Therefore, every time you wash your hands and feet or before going out for activities, you should apply a cream containing oil in time to cover your hands and feet with a lipid film. Pay attention to keep your hands and feet warm in winter, and keep the sweat glands of your hands and feet properly secrete sweat to moisturize your skin. If you have skin diseases on your hands and feet, you should treat them in time. After skin diseases thicken and harden the skin of hands and feet, it is much more difficult to treat them. As long as we start as early as possible, take appropriate measures and persist in prevention, chapped hands and feet can be effectively prevented.
Once the hand and foot are chapped, it can be cured as long as reasonable treatment measures are taken actively. As mentioned earlier, the main causes of chapped hands and feet are dry skin and thick cuticle. If the chapped skin is mild, apply oily ointment after soaking in warm water every day. The protection of lipid membrane will reduce the water loss of hands and feet skin and eliminate chapped skin. If the skin is dry, the stratum corneum is thick, and the chapped skin is serious, it needs active and reasonable drug treatment: first, you can stick it on the chapped part with Guali ointment or plaster. Due to the sealing effect of the ointment, the local skin moisture evaporation is reduced to almost zero, which can quickly increase the skin moisture content, soften the skin and relieve chapped skin. Step 2: topically use 10~ 15% urea ointment and 5~ 10% salicylic acid ointment. The former can increase the hydration (moisturizing) of the skin and soften the stratum corneum, while the latter can loosen and peel off the thick stratum corneum, thus alleviating the two major causes of chapped hands and feet. In actual treatment, the first step and the second step can be alternately performed at the same time, such as plastering during the day and plastering at night. The third step is to soak hands and feet with warm water every day and apply oily ointment to consolidate the curative effect and prevent recurrence. What needs special attention is that if your hands and feet are accompanied by other skin diseases, you must actively treat them at the same time. For example, chapped hands and feet only appear in one hand or one foot, accompanied by mild itching, which may be tinea of hands and feet (tinea of hands and feet, beriberi). Ointment for treating beriberi can be added in the second step of treatment. If the hand or foot symmetrically presents a thick and rough skin lesion centered on the palm and the center of the foot, and often spreads to the back of the hand and the back of the foot, accompanied by papules and blisters, accompanied by obvious itching, it may be eczema. It should be combined with oral antiallergic drugs or traditional Chinese medicine to remove dampness and relieve itching, and topical corticosteroid ointment will have better effect.
Every year in late spring and early autumn, some people have deep blisters the size of millet on the side edges of their fingers and toes, accompanied by severe itching. After a few days, the blisters dried up and peeled off, revealing the tender red skin below, and soon the tender red skin cracked, which is herpes zoster. Different from chapped hands and feet, it usually happens when the seasons alternate and the temperature changes greatly, but not in winter. Moreover, herpes zoster is caused by herpes zoster, which causes the cuticle of the skin to fall off, and the local skin has no protective layer of the cuticle, and the rapid loss of water causes the skin to become dry, fragile and chapped; On the contrary, chapped hands and feet are caused by excessive thickening of stratum corneum, and the treatment methods are different, so the two cannot be confused. As long as the oily cream is applied in time to protect the skin, the symptoms will disappear when the local stratum corneum of the skin naturally recovers.
There is another folk prescription, you can try it:
Prepare three or two pumpkins, put them in a glass plate, bite them in the microwave oven, cool them slightly, add a tablespoon of olive oil and mash them into mud. Spread pumpkin puree evenly on your feet. However, movie star ReneeZellweger (because she starred in BJ's Diary) wrapped her feet in pumpkin mud with a towel. Because I'm too lazy to wash towels, I suggest you wrap them in microwave plastic bags. After the heat dissipates almost (about 15 minutes), wash your feet with hot water, and then your feet will absorb vitamins A and C of pumpkin, and I think frequent hot compress is very important for women!
There are a bunch of protection methods, you can choose:
How to prevent dry hands and feet in autumn and winter
When autumn and winter arrive, some people are prone to chapped heels and feet. The skin around chapped feet is dry, rough, thickened and hardened, and even the chapped feet will bleed when they are deep, which is very inconvenient. A few years ago, when my heel was severely cracked, I was often distressed and at a loss. Later, I remembered that the "Band-Aid" hemostatic plaster cloth has the function of stopping bleeding and protecting the wound, so I tried it. I washed my feet with warm water and dried them, and then put a "band-aid" hemostatic cream on the crack. After several days, it really worked, the cracks and pain gradually disappeared, and then returned to normal. When this chapter happens again, continue to rule by law. In recent years, Bai Jue has treated chapped feet with this method, and the effect is very good. Might as well try. Zhang haoxi
Every autumn and winter, due to the cold and dryness, my hands and feet are cracked and painful, mostly in the heel of the sole and the nail edges on both sides of my thumb. My treatment is to close the crack in the middle of the night, and it will be fine the next day. The effect is effective. Mitaiyue
In autumn and winter, many middle-aged and elderly people have chapped hands and feet, which is very uncomfortable. I have used many methods to treat it, and the results are not satisfactory. This winter, according to the moisturizing principle of "facial cleanser", I tried to scrub my hands and feet and got unexpected results. The method is to rub your feet with facial cleanser and gently rub them with your hands before wearing socks every morning. When a little dry, put on shoes and socks and wash your feet with warm water before going to bed at night. It works every day, Liu Kongxia.
▽ A magazine introduction: For more than 20 years, 53-year-old Sheffick Bass of Ohio, USA, used sweat from his forehead to treat those who wanted him to heal thick cocoons on his hands and feet every summer. More than 20 people have healed thick cocoons with sweat from their foreheads. The author has cracked his heel every winter in recent years, and the pain is unbearable. Use only adhesive tape to temporarily prevent cracks. Last summer, I decided to have a try. I wiped my heel twenty or thirty times with sweat from my forehead, which greatly reduced the degree of cracking last winter. This summer, I wiped the sweat on my forehead thirty or forty times, and there is no crack so far. It seems to have been basically cured. Geng Quanen
Since autumn, my hands have often cracked, so it doesn't matter how much hand oil I put on. Then I tried it with toothpaste. Unexpectedly, I only rubbed it once, and the crack stopped hurting. I might as well try. Zhang Yue
▽ The cold and dry climate in autumn and winter is one of the reasons for chapped hands and feet, and the relative decrease in intake of fresh vegetables and fruits in winter is also an important reason. I have a method to recommend to friends with split hands and feet-drink a glass of juice every day. My dad used to have chapped hands and feet, peeling and bleeding, which was very painful. Later, he drank a glass of juice every day. After a while, he found that his chapped hands and feet were obviously improved and no longer peeled off. Now he drinks a glass of juice every day, and there is no problem of dry hands and feet anymore. Qualcomm
▽ Cut the used 8 cm clean plastic bag (such as milk bag) obliquely and take half a belt bottom (a triangular bag). After washing your feet at night or the next morning, put a plastic bag on your heel and put on socks. At the end of the day, your heel will be completely wet and dry, and you can wipe it every 2 ~ 3 days (depending on the degree of dryness), and the effect is excellent. Xiao genling,
■ Mustard cures the foot mouth.
My feet have cracked every winter, spring and autumn for many years. My dry heel is the most serious, bloody, and sometimes my toes are cracked. Apply glycerin, cool oil, etc. It didn't work, and the effect of sticking crack cream was not great. Later, I accidentally applied mustard, and it was basically better in two days. The method is: wash feet with warm water of about 40C, soak for about 10 minute, and then dry; Mix mustard with warm water into paste, not too thin, and apply it to the affected area by hand; Put on socks to keep clean; Wash your feet with warm water the next day, and then wipe them clean. Just one or three times.
■ Vinegar has cured my hands and feet for many years.
A few years ago, every time before winter, my hands and feet were cracked and the pain was unbearable. I went to the hospital many times and it didn't work. One year when I went back to my hometown, my mother said, buy a catty of vinegar, cook it in an iron pan, pour the vinegar into the pot after cooking for five minutes, and soak my hands and feet in the vinegar after warming 10 minute, two or three times a day, and seven days is a course of treatment. Sure enough, after two courses of treatment, my disease was completely cured, and 10 has not cracked for many years. Zhu Huiying
■ Foot powder has a good effect on foot crack.
I am an old man in his sixties. In the past, every winter, my feet became very hard and cracked a lot. Although it was taped, it healed and cracked, which was very painful. Last winter, I washed my feet with foot washing powder four times, and all the old skin on my feet fell off. Now after a winter, there are no thick and hard skin and cracks on my feet, and beriberi is fine, Wang Zongxiu.
■ Noodles can cure chapped feet.
It was windy a few days ago, and my heel cracked several deep lines, which hurt so much that I couldn't sleep. I heard a friend say that rubbing flour lumps on the heel can cure chapped skin, so I tried it that night. After rubbing the dough on the heel, I put the dough on the thin layer of the heel, wrapped it in plastic film and put on socks. Sure enough, it hurts at the end of the night, but it doesn't hurt during the day. Xue shifen
■ Treatment of cracked feet
My heel is cracked and the pain is unbearable. My sister asked me to soak my feet in hot water, then cut off the hard and dry skin of the heel layer by layer with an alcohol-sterilized blade until the soft part was exposed, wrapped vaseline gauze around the heel and fixed it with a bandage. Change the gauze twice every three days, and it will be completely cured in a week. I used to be a nurse in 30 1 hospital, and I also used this method to relieve the pain of patients with cracked feet. Zhangjiang
■ Leftover tea can cure hand and foot cleft.
Every winter, my heel is affected by cracks. I used to wipe the affected area with anti-crack cream, but it never solved the problem of rough and cracked skin. This winter, by chance, I washed my hands with some hot water for about ten minutes before going to bed. After a week of persistence, my hands and feet became smooth and the cracks gradually healed. Then I asked my wife to try it. Ten days later, the effect is really obvious. 100854 Beijing 142 Box 403 Retirement Office Tang Sufang
■ Vitamin E can cure dry hands and feet.
My hands and feet start to crack every autumn. Chinese and western ointment cured me for a while, but I made mistakes when I touched water (washing clothes and vegetables). Later, I tried to apply vitamin E pills to the affected area, and the effect was very good. The method is: put the vitamin E pill into the eye with a needle, squeeze the oil on the affected part and apply it (one pill can be used many times), wipe it by hand after each wash, and wipe it all the time after recovery, and don't do it again. Beijing Fuxing Road No.40 Comprehensive Office 100855 Wang Yucheng
■ Kneading with honey can cure chapped hands.
Wash your hands and dry them after breakfast every day. Apply honey to the fingernails of your palms and rub them with a small towel for 5- 10 minutes to keep your hands warm. Wash your hands before going to bed at night, and then rub your hands with honey according to the above method. My fingernail is cracked like a knife and has been cured in this way. No.6 Chunguang Street, tiedong district, Anshan, Liaoning 1 1400 1 Yang Xiuzhen
■ Jujube paste can cure hand and foot cracks.
The lover's hands and feet are cracked in winter, and the effect of soaking in hot water, sticking plaster and soft heel sleeve is not ideal. Chen of Funei Street in Xicheng District introduced his own folk prescription, which has just been used for 5 days. The method is to remove the skin and core of several dates, wash them with warm water, add water and boil them into a paste, and apply them to the cracks like flour oil. Generally, it will be cured after 2 13 times. Zhao Lishan
■ Apple skin with cracked heels
Every winter, my heel cracks and a series of wounds appear, which is unbearable. Recently, I rubbed the sick heel with the leftover peel of an apple, and the cracked heel healed smoothly after only rubbing it three times. Zhang yuguo
■ Xiang Dang cures chapped skin.
Choose a ripe banana with black skin, bake it with fire, apply it to the affected area and knead it for a while, which can promote the rapid healing of chapped skin. Wang Zhilian
■ Banana peel is used to treat chapped hands and feet.
Suffering from chapped soles for many years, sticking with adhesive tape and rubbing with lard have not achieved satisfactory results. After listening to someone else's introduction, I switched to the method of rubbing the banana peel. I insist on rubbing it once or twice a day for 3-5 days, which really works. Shen zhengshui
■ Orange peel cures chapped hands and feet.
Apply fresh orange peel juice to the split of hands and feet, so that the hard skin at the split will gradually soften and the split will heal. In addition, dried orange peel can be soaked in water to wash hands and feet, and the same effect can be achieved. But use it frequently, preferably once every two weeks. Baode
■ Washing feet with vegetable water can cure chapped feet.
Boil cabbage leaves and fruit peels, air dry to a proper temperature, and then wash your feet for about 30 minutes each time, 1 time a day for about 1 month to make your feet smooth and painless. I have used it many times over the years, and the effect is very good. Fengfeng
■ Milk cures cracked feet.
My feet and heels are dry and thick all the year round, with many cracks and bleeding. I happened to think that milk is rich in nutrition, and rubbing the skin has a moisturizing and health care effect, so I scrubbed my heel with fresh milk, which was really effective. The heel skin is soft and smooth, the foot pad is soft, and the cracks heal. Xie zhifang
■ Rice vinegar soaked garlic cloves to treat hand and foot cleft.
I'm from the south. After living in the north, every spring, summer, autumn and winter, my hands and feet are cracked and the wind is worse. I have used all kinds of anti-crack cream, and the effect is not obvious. Since last year, I have insisted on wiping my hands and feet with garlic cloves soaked in vinegar, and my hands and feet have gradually stopped cracking and my skin has become smooth. Lei tingchun
■ "Shuanggan Liquid" is used to treat chapped skin.
Two ounces of licorice, half a bottle of glycerin and half a bottle of alcohol (intravenous drip with an empty medicine bottle). Put licorice in an empty bottle, and then pour alcohol into the licorice bottle. Cover licorice with alcohol. A week later, filter the liquid with gauze, and then pour the same amount of glycerol into the same bottle to mix. For chapped feet, soak them in warm water for 20 minutes every night. After drying, wipe chapped feet with cotton dipped in diethylene glycol solution and wipe them again after getting up in the morning. It will be cured in three to four days. Yang Xiuzhen
■ Medicinal soap cures cracked toenails.
My right big toe has cracked for more than ten years. A friend introduced that washing feet with medicated soap can cure the cracking of toenails, so I bought two pieces of Xihu medicated bath soap (produced by Hangzhou Southeast Chemical General Factory). One piece of medicated soap was not used up, and the cracking of toenails was completely cured. Yin shengda
■ Soft persimmon ice can cure hand eczema.
When I was a child, after my hands were frozen every winter, the old man asked me to wash my hands with warm water before going to bed at night, and then squeezed the soft persimmon water on my hands and rubbed it back and forth repeatedly, which was effective for several nights in a row. My family still has the habit of treating hands with soft persimmon water. Lu yonghao
■ Treatment of cracked feet
My heel is cracked and the pain is unbearable. My sister asked me to soak my feet in hot water, then cut off the hard and dry skin of the heel layer by layer with an alcohol-sterilized blade until the soft part was exposed, wrapped vaseline gauze around the heel and fixed it with a bandage. Change the gauze twice every three days, and it will be completely cured in a week. I used to be a nurse in 30 1 hospital, and I also used this method to relieve the pain of patients with cracked feet.