Ways to manage peeling of skin from hands - Dr. Sudheendra Udbalker

Peeling of the skin on the hands, mainly it can be because of very dry skin and they are exposed to multiple factors like soaps, detergents, sanitisers, repeated washing of hands with soaps, detergents, handwashes, sanitisers and all. Managing these problems, while don’t overuse the handwashes. Everytime you use a handwash or a soap, until and unless it is essential or something that you are coming in contact with, you need to use a soap, because the frequent use of soaps, handwashes or even a sanitizer over a long period can result in a lot of cumulative damage in the skin. Can result in lot of itchy and very sensitive, scaly kind of skin on the palms. And also regular moisturizers you can use. Innovatively if you come in contact with these things and many at times we cannot avoid the, absolutely. So it is important to use precautions. So hydrate your skin. Use thick moisturizers like liquid paraffin based moisturisers few times in a day. Use a few hand moisturizers which are available. Use it few times a day. Minimize your exposure to soaps, detergents, handwashes. Don’t get paranoid. Don’t keep washing your hands more frequently than what is essential. That will help you in managing the peeling of the skin in sensitive skin.