Our hands are eternal workers. What kind of trials do they face - what is the low temperature, when we forget to wear gloves, or aggressive detergents for washing dishes and cleaning the house.

As a result, the skin on the hands becomes rough, reddish, flaky, and small cracks may even appear on it.

This occurs due to the lack of moisture and fat. To restore normal balance to flaky hand skin, you need to use creams with moisturizing and retaining ingredients, such as mineral oils and silicone.

If the skin begins to peel, first of all, it is necessary to remove dead skin particles using scrubs. This procedure should be done no more than twice a week - more than frequent procedure will not do any good.

After each wash, hands should be thoroughly dried with a towel. If the skin is left wet, it dries in the air and becomes hard and rough.

The easiest way to restore the skin of your hands to its former elasticity and well-groomed condition is to apply a generous amount of nourishing cream and put on cotton gloves, leaving them on your hands overnight. In most cases, after several treatments, the code softens and returns to its natural state.

If the problem cannot be solved, more effective means. In the arsenal folk cosmetology There are enough home remedies to get rid of rough skin on your hands.

Oil bath

This bath helps with very dry skin. IN warm water add vegetable oil. You can use both sunflower oil and olive oil. Keep your hands in the bath for 15-20 minutes, then wipe dry and lubricate with cream.

Fermented milk bath

For the bath you can use yogurt or whey. Simply warm up the serum and hold your hands in this bath for about 15-20 minutes. After the procedure, lubricate the skin of your hands with cream.

Potato bath

This bath is prepared from the water in which the potatoes were boiled. It can be used for redness of the hands from low temperatures, and also helps with flaky hand skin and cracks. You need to keep your hands in this bath for 20-30 minutes.

Oatmeal bath

Warm decoction bath oatmeal very effectively removes peeling and softens the skin of the hands. Its duration is 10-15 minutes.

Bath for softening rough, rough skin of hands

Soften dry and rough skin of the hands with cucumber juice, a bath of rice with glycerin (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water), with soda (1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water), with ammonia (0.5 teaspoon per 1 liter of water).

Hand bath made from decoctions of medicinal herbs

For chapped, reddened skin, infusion baths are effective. medicinal herbs– daisies, linden color, plantain, string, rosemary, walnut leaves. You can take juice baths twice a week. sauerkraut. Then the skin should be lubricated with a rich cream and gloves made of cotton fabric.

Masks for flaky hand skin

Masks are no less effective homemade. If desired, they can be combined with any hand baths to enhance the effect.

Chamomile oil

To prepare this mask you will need 3 tablespoons of wheat flour, 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons of chamomile flowers and 1 glass of water. Chamomile needs to be poured with boiling water. Let it brew for 1-1.5 hours, then cool and strain. Then add flour to the infusion, stir until it becomes a paste, add vegetable oil and mix thoroughly. Apply the mask to the skin of your hands and keep for 30 minutes. Afterwards, rinse with warm water and lubricate your hands with cream.

Flax seed decoction mask

This mask is prepared not with water, but with milk. 1 tablespoon flaxseed per 1 glass of milk, boil. Cool the broth and lubricate your hands with the broth.

Oatmeal-honey mask

To prepare this mask you need to mix 3 tablespoons oatmeal, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon honey. Mix all ingredients well and apply the mixture to your hands for 1 hour. For better effect you can wear gloves. Afterwards, wash off the mask with warm water and lubricate your hands with cream.

Oil-yolk mask

The mask consists of 1 yolk, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon of honey. Rub the mask well into the skin of your hands and leave for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with water and apply nourishing cream to the skin.

Honey-yolk mask

This mask contains 1 teaspoon of oatmeal, 1 yolk and 1 tablespoon of honey. Apply this mask to the skin of your hands and wear cloth gloves. After 15-20 minutes, wash off the mask and lubricate your hands with cream.

Potato mask

To prepare this mask, you need to boil 2-3 potatoes and grind them with milk. Apply the mixture to your hands or place your hands in the mixture until it cools. Afterwards, rinse with water and apply nourishing cream to your hands. By regularly using baths and masks for flaky hand skin, you will always have smooth and beautiful hands.

Paying great attention to our face, whether it’s morning makeup or an evening nourishing mask, we often completely forget about caring for the skin of our hands. But tender female hands have to experience every day heavy loads. Over the years, the skin loses its elasticity and firmness, becomes dry and rough, and small wrinkles and cracks appear on the hands. This is why our hands need careful regular care.

Dry, as if stretched skin on hands

Despite numerous hand care products, dry skin is still a problem for many women. The skin of the hands is very vulnerable, it contains five times less water than the skin of the face, and has practically no sebaceous glands. Therefore, hands constantly need good care.

The main causes of dry skin are:

1. Natural factors: when it's windy, cold weather the skin becomes rough, thickens, redness and cracks appear. And sunny weather dehydrates it and accelerates the aging process.
2. Various damage- cuts, scratches, bruises, etc.
3. Detergents: they destroy upper layer epidermis, which performs protective function, and can also cause allergic reactions, eczema, dermatitis, etc.
4. Careless care: For example, if hands are not dried after washing, the remaining moisture evaporates and dries out the skin.
5. Dry hand skin happens congenital.
6. Avitaminosis during the winter-spring period.

1. The first and basic rule of hand skin care, which is taught in childhood, is to keep them clean. It is advisable to wash your hands with warm water toilet soap or special gel. These cosmetics contain additives that prevent the skin from drying out. After washing, you should dry your hands with a towel, especially the skin between your fingers.
2. Use creams and lotions with a large amount of moisturizing elements such as glycerin, sorbitol, lactic acid. Up to 30 years, it can be any moisturizing cream; after 30 years, it is advisable to use creams with light-protective filters, which prevents the appearance of age spots.
3. Many cosmetologists recommend applying a cream containing plant extracts. You should also apply protective cream in your hands before each exit to the street in the autumn-winter period.
4. By doing homework associated with prolonged contact with water and strong detergents, it is advisable to use rubber or vinyl gloves. They protect your hands from harmful effects chemical substances. Before putting on gloves, apply nourishing cream to your hands or lubricate them with vegetable or butter.
5. To cleanse the skin of your hands, you should never use gasoline, kerosene, or acetone. These solvents wash away dirt well, but also cause dry skin. It is better to use commercially produced detergents designed specifically for removing stubborn stains.
6. Hands should be especially protected in cold, windy seasons and in the cold. Don't neglect warm, soft gloves or mittens.
7. Protect them in summer from the sun. Ultraviolet rays damage the skin, drying it out even more and increasing the number of cracks. So apply it to your hands sunscreen (protective factor should be at least 15) before going outside during the day.
8. You can lubricate your hands with vegetable oil and do wraps and bandages with any vegetable oil, preferably olive oil. It is advisable to apply such dressings at night, and such a dressing is more effective if vegetable oil is mixed with honey in a 3:1 ratio (3 parts oil to 1 part honey). This mixture is applied only when warm. Vegetable oil and better mixture oils with honey are heated in a water bath to 40-45 ° C (higher temperatures are not recommended to avoid burns). Then several layers of gauze or cotton fabric are soaked in this mixture, or better yet, a cotton swab that is wrapped in gauze, and a bandage is applied to the hands, covered with wax paper and secured with fabric gloves or a tubular bandage. This procedure is very effective for dry, chapped or weakened skin. For minor skin lesions, you can apply the wrap just once, but for sore hands, it is recommended to apply the wrap 2 times a week until the skin condition improves.
9. For dry hand skin you can prepare effective cream at home: melt unsalted pork and lamb lard in a 1:1 ratio in a water bath. Pour the resulting cream into a jar and rub into the skin overnight.
10. A mixture of 5 drops perfectly softens the skin of the hands. ammonia, two tablespoons of glycerin and three tablespoons of water. Mix everything thoroughly and rub into clean, damp skin of your hands, then wipe them dry with a towel.
11. Also, if your hands have dry skin, you can lubricate them with a mixture of one tablespoon of glycerin and 1/2 cup of water mixed with the juice of half a lemon. Mix everything thoroughly and rub into clean skin.

Masks and compresses

1. Potato mask: Apply a thick layer of mashed potatoes to your hands, put on gloves and walk like this for 2 hours.
2. Oatmeal mask: cook the oatmeal, drain the water, add a little vegetable oil and hold your hands in this mixture for 10 - 15 minutes. It's best to do this at night.
3. Sour cream compress(best done at night): you will need: 1 egg yolk, 1 cup thick sour cream, 1 lemon. To prepare a compress, you need to squeeze the juice from the lemon. Mix sour cream with egg yolk, add lemon juice. Stir the prepared mixture. Moisten gauze in the resulting mixture and place it on your hands, wrap it in cellophane and wrap it in a towel to keep warm. After 15-20 minutes, remove the remaining mixture with a piece of dry cotton wool, and put cotton gloves on your hands.
4. Honey compress: Take 1 teaspoon salicylic acid, 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 cup olive oil. Mix honey and olive oil, heat the mixture in a water bath until smooth. Add salicylic acid and mix thoroughly. Apply the warm mixture to the skin of your hands using a cotton swab, wrap your hands in polyethylene, and then with a towel. Leave for 15-20 minutes, remove any remaining product with a cotton swab dipped in lemon juice.
5. Egg-honey mask: 2 required egg yolks, 2 tablespoons honey, 1/3 cup vegetable oil. Grind the yolk, honey and vegetable oil until a soft paste forms. Apply the mask to your hands and leave until completely dry. After this, remove it with damp cotton wool.
6. Hand mask with egg white and lemon: Take 2 egg whites, 2 medium-sized lemons, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Mix vegetable oil, lemon juice and egg white. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Wipe your hands with this mixture twice a day.
7. To soften dry skin on your hands, you can apply a few drops to them. linseed oil and thoroughly rub your fingers and hands from bottom to top for 15-30 minutes.
8. A mask made from fresh leaves helps well with dry and chapped skin of the hands (and face). coltsfoot. To prepare it, carefully wash the coltsfoot leaves, chop them and mix them with fresh milk (2 tablespoons of gruel per 200 ml of milk). Keep the mask for 20-25 minutes, then rinse with warm water and apply nourishing cream.
9. An excellent product for softening the skin of hands - baths from plantain infusion (1 tablespoon of mashed plantain leaves (can be dried) per 1 liter of boiling water). Keep your hands in this infusion for 15-20 minutes, then wipe dry and lubricate with rich cream.
10. Very effective for dry hand skin care celery decoction. Medium-sized celery root is poured into 1 liter of water and boiled for 30 minutes. Wipe the skin with the resulting decoction as often as possible.

Flaky, chapped skin

Rough hands are a consequence of lack of moisture and fat. Dry cold winds cold water destroy the natural fat barrier, and the skin of the hands becomes dry. If you do not take proper care of it, the skin may begin to peel off, and small cracks may also appear.

• If the skin of your hands has already begun to peel off, first of all, you need to remove dead skin particles using face or hand scrubs (it is recommended to do this procedure twice a week). Also use exfoliating masks and peeling gels for washing.
• For daily care For flaky hand skin, creams with moisturizing and moisture-retaining ingredients (mineral oils, silicone) are suitable.
• It is very useful for flaky skin to do before bed. following procedure: Wash and dry your hands thoroughly terry towel, generously lubricate them with cream or vegetable oil.
• Then put thin cotton gloves on your hands and leave them on overnight.
• And most importantly, protect them from the cold.

But, unfortunately, often with flaky skin, the cream can no longer cope with the problem. In this case, it is necessary to supplement hand skin care with masks, compresses, and baths.

Baths

1. Oily bath: helps with too dry skin. Add vegetable, olive or sunflower oil to the water and hold your hands for 15-20 minutes. After this, lubricate your hands with cream.
2. Fermented milk baths: keep your hands in yogurt or whey, slightly warmed up, for 15-20 minutes. After the procedure, lubricate with cream.
3. Potato: a bath of water in which potatoes were boiled relieves redness of the hands caused by low temperatures, also helps with flaky hand skin and cracks. The duration of the procedure is 20-30 minutes.
4. Oatmeal bath: a warm bath of oatmeal decoction relieves flaking of the skin and softens it. Duration 10-15 minutes.
5. Baths soften the skin of the hands well from whey or starch (1 tablespoon per liter of water).
6. To soften rough, rough skin, it is recommended to take baths at night 2 times a week. from sauerkraut juice. Then the skin should be lubricated with a rich cream, and cotton gloves should be put on your hands (at night).

Compresses

Chamomile-raspberry compress. To prepare this compress, take 1/2 cup of crushed dried chamomile flowers, 200 g of raspberries, 2 cups of water. Chamomile should be brewed with 1 cup of boiling water, cover thick fabric and put in a warm place for 30 minutes. Brew the raspberries with the remaining glass of boiling water and place in a warm place for 30 minutes, covered with a thick cloth. Strain the resulting infusions and mix.

Soak the gauze in the prepared solution and place it on your hands. After 7-10 minutes, moisten the gauze again in the infusion and repeat the procedure. The compress should be changed in this way at least 3-4 times. The compress helps with rough, chapped hands.

Compress from burdock leaves. For a burdock leaf hand compress you will need 1 burdock leaf, 1/2 cup raspberries, 2 cups water. Preparation procedure: cut the burdock leaf into several pieces and brew with 1 cup of boiling water. After 30 minutes, strain the infusion. Brew raspberries with the remaining glass of boiling water, let steep for 20 minutes and strain. Mix both infusions thoroughly. Soak the gauze in the prepared solution and put it on your hands for 15-20 minutes.

Compress raspberry and parsley. Take 1 bunch of parsley, 200 g of raspberries, 1/2 cup of water. Brew parsley with boiling water and leave the broth to steep for 20-25 minutes. Place the raspberries in an enamel bowl and mash them with a wooden spoon. Mix the resulting puree thoroughly with the strained parsley infusion. Moisten gauze in the prepared liquid and place a compress on your hands.

Leave for at least 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water and blot your hands. soft towel. The compress helps with chapped, flaky skin.

Masks

1. Hand mask chamomile oil: you will need 3 tablespoons of wheat flour, 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons of crushed chamomile flowers (can be dried), 1 glass of water. Pour boiling water over chamomile. Let it brew for 1-1.5 hours, then cool and strain. Add flour to the infusion, stir until it becomes a paste. Add vegetable oil to the resulting mixture and mix all ingredients thoroughly again. Apply the mask to clean skin and keep for 30 minutes. Rinse with warm water and lubricate your hands with cream.
2. A mask helps very well with flaky hand skin. from olive oil(1 tablespoon) with a few drops of lemon juice. Apply the mask for 30 minutes, then wipe off the remaining mask with a dry cloth and lubricate your hands with cream.
3. Lactic flax seed decoction: 1 tablespoon flaxseed per 1 glass of milk, boil. After this, cool and lubricate the skin of your hands with the broth.
4. Oatmeal-honey mask: mix 3 tbsp. spoons of oatmeal, 1 tbsp. spoon of olive oil, 1 tbsp. spoon of milk, 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply the mixture to your hands for an hour; for a better effect, you can wear gloves. Rinse with warm water and lubricate your hands with cream.
5. Oil-yolk mask: mix 1 yolk, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon of honey. Rub the mask into your hands for 15-20 minutes. Rinse with water, apply nourishing cream.
6. Honey-yolk mask: mix one yolk, 1 teaspoon of oatmeal and 1 tablespoon of honey. Lubricate your hands with this mixture and put on cloth gloves. Wash off the mask after 15-20 minutes, lubricate your hands with nourishing cream.
7. Potato: Boil 2-3 potatoes, grind them with milk. Apply the mixture to your hands or place your hands in the mixture until it cools. Rinse with water and apply nourishing cream to your hands.
8. Potato-cucumber mask: peel 2 boiled potatoes and grind them with 2 teaspoons of cucumber or lemon juice. The warm mass is applied in a thick layer to the hands and covered with gauze. After 15-20 minutes, rinse with water and rub nourishing cream into the skin.
9. Protein mask: when hardened, rough skin soften her hands with the juice of 1 lemon mixed with the white of a chicken egg. Keep the mask on for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with warm water and lubricate your hands with nourishing cream.
10. For chapped, dry, rough hands with flaky skin, it is useful to do rubbing with a piece of cucumber. After this procedure, it is recommended to lubricate them with a lotion made from equal parts of glycerin and lemon juice.

Dry hand skin causes a lot of trouble. But the worst thing is when dry skin becomes chapped - it turns red, becomes rough, peels, and eventually cracks appear on it, and even blood appears.

Mostly, cracks on the hands appear if the chapped skin is not treated in time. But they are also a professional problem for those who have to wash their hands frequently at work - hairdressers, doctors, cleaners.

Cracks in the hands can also be a symptom of some skin diseases: eczema, psoriasis, allergies. Therefore, if cracks appear on the skin, it is better to first consult a dermatologist.

Unfortunately, dry, cracked skin not only causes discomfort. Cracks in the skin of the hands make the skin more susceptible to other types of damage, e.g. bacterial infections or allergies to detergents.

Below are tips for caring for your hand skin when cracks appear on it:

1. It is advisable to wash your hands with warm water and toilet soap or a special gel. These cosmetics contain additives that prevent the skin from drying out. After washing, you should dry your hands with a towel, especially the skin between your fingers.
2. If your hands have to work for a long time in the cold or in water, lubricate them with greasy cream, Vaseline, goose fat or lard before starting work.
3. When performing household work that involves prolonged contact with water and strong detergents, it is advisable to use rubber or vinyl gloves. They protect your hands from the harmful effects of chemicals. Before putting on gloves, apply nourishing cream to your hands or lubricate them with vegetable or butter.
4. Protect your hands in cold, windy seasons and frosts. Don't neglect warm, soft gloves or mittens.
5. In summer, protect your hands from the sun. Ultraviolet rays damage the skin, drying it out even more and increasing the number of cracks. Therefore, apply sunscreen (protection factor must be at least 15) on them before going outside during the day.
6. Choose a hand cream with emollient additives (allantoin, aloe or panthenol), apply it at night and wear cotton gloves. Creams that have anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects are also good for cracks.
7. Apply Vaseline. According to experts, Vaseline is very effective in treating superficial cracks in the skin of the hands. To avoid stains, apply Vaseline to your hands before you go to bed at night and wear a pair of cotton gloves. In a week, your skin will become soft and soft.
8. At deep cracks At night, rub synthomycin emulsion into the crack, and then also wear cotton gloves.
9. To disinfect and heal small cracks, you can use a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide.
10. When cracks appear on the hands, except nourishing masks It is necessary to introduce foods rich in vitamin A into the diet ( Bell pepper, cabbage, butter, milk, fish) and E (peas, parsley).

Masks, baths and compresses for cracks

1. Baths are useful for dry skin on the hands, where cracks have already begun to form. from sauerkraut juice or fresh potatoes. These two substances can be mixed in equal proportions. Peeled potatoes are grated on a fine grater, squeezed out the juice into a bowl and put your hands in there for 20-25 minutes. The same procedure is done with sauerkraut juice. If you mix these two juices, the time still remains the same.
2. Chapped hand skin can also be treated with rye bread. You will need half a loaf of bread. Cut the crust off the bread and soak the crumb in warm milk until a paste forms. Apply the mixture to your hands. After 25-30 minutes, rinse off the composition. cool water. Lubricate your hands with nourishing cream.
3. Bath from chamomile decoction: Take 1 tablespoon of chopped chamomile per 1 liter of boiling water. Pour a decoction into a bowl, the temperature of which is 40-42 °C, immerse your hands in it for 15-20 minutes, then lightly dry them with a soft napkin or towel and rub them into the skin. fat cream.
4. For cracked and reddened skin of the hands, 15-20-minute baths of hot infusion (2 tablespoons of finely chopped leaves are poured into 400 ml of boiling water, left until cool, filtered) or decoction (1-2 tablespoons of leaves are poured into 400 ml of boiling water, boiled) 5-10 minutes over low heat, cool and strain) Salvia officinalis.
5. For cracked, chapped, reddened skin of the hands, baths of hot (40 - 42 °C) infusion help linden color: Brew 1 tablespoon of raw material in 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 2 - 3 hours. Immerse your hands in the infusion for 15-20 minutes, then rub in the rich cream.
6. An effective remedy for healing cracks is nettle decoctions. For cracked hands, you should make baths of 2 tbsp. l. crushed nettle leaves and 1 tbsp. l. marigold inflorescences. They are filled with 1 liter of boiling water. After a 15-minute bath, hands are dried, lubricated with nourishing cream and given a light massage.
7. Bath With flaxseed : take a handful of crushed flaxseed and mix with a spoon mineral oil, then add hot water until a liquid slurry forms. Having immersed your hands in it, you need to rub them there for a quarter of an hour, then rinse your hands in warm water.
8. Night cream for cracks: take 1 tablespoon fish oil and 1 tablespoon of lard, melted in a water bath. Apply this cream to the cracks in the skin of your hands, put on cotton gloves and leave overnight. Repeat the procedure every night until the cracks disappear.
9. Wrapping with vegetable oil: you will need 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, preferably unrefined olive or sunflower. Heat the oil, soak the gauze in it, tie it around your cracked fingers, then put on cotton gloves and leave the bandage on overnight. The cracks will disappear in 2-3 days.
10. For deep cracks in your hands, immerse them before going to bed for 10-15 minutes in a bath of a mixture of water in which potatoes were boiled, celery decoction and vegetable oil. Repeat the procedure every evening until the cracks disappear.
11. Promotes healing of cracks and apples. Boil an apple in a small amount of milk, grate it, add half a glass of kefir and apply the resulting mixture on your hands for 30 minutes. Do this daily until you notice improvement.
12. Quite effective application onions. Steam your hands in water, after adding 2 tsp. soda Then apply the mashed onion, wrap your hands in plastic and leave the compress on overnight. In the morning, wash off the onion and lubricate your hands with rich cream. We won’t reassure you in advance, but usually 2-3 procedures are enough.
13. It is very effective in treating cracks. honey. To soften the skin and speed up the healing of cracks in the skin of your hands, mix 2 parts honey with 1 part pork fat and apply this mask to your hands daily. Keep it for 2 hours a day.
14. Mask from starch and tomato juice: First, dilute 0.5 cups of starch with water to the consistency of thick sour cream. You should not use wide dishes to prepare the mixture; it is better to do everything directly in the glass. The water should be cold or as a last resort, room temperature. After you dilute the starch, add 2-3 tbsp. l. tomato juice and mix thoroughly. Apply the resulting paste to your hands for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with cool water.
15. Compress using raw egg : take 1 raw egg, put it in a glass and fill it with vinegar essence so that the egg is completely covered with liquid. After 2-3 days, when the vinegar dissolves eggshells and the egg will remain in a thin shell, pour half of the essence from the glass, add 100-150 g butter and mix everything thoroughly. Apply the mixture to your hands, wrap in plastic and put on warm mittens. It is better to apply this compress before bed and leave it overnight. Do it in the morning soda bath for your hands, lubricate them with nourishing cream. According to allegations traditional healers, 2 such procedures are enough for the cracks not only to heal, but also to completely disappear.
16. Mask from butter and curdled milk: You will need 30 g of softened butter. To soften the butter, you just need to take it out of the refrigerator and wait until it comes to room temperature. Do not try to speed up this process by heating the oil over a fire. In this case, it will simply melt and lose the consistency necessary for preparing the mixture. Beat softened butter with a whisk; add 0.5 cups of yogurt to it and mix everything thoroughly. Before applying the resulting mixture to your skin, steam your hands in calendula infusion, for the preparation of which add 1 tbsp. l. calendula flowers with 1 cup of boiling water and leave for 20-30 minutes. A mixture of yogurt and butter, rub into the skin of your hands in a circular motion. Do these procedures separately or combine them, which will not be superfluous at all, and soon you will forget what pain is in chapped hands.
17. Carrot mask: You will need grated carrots - 1 pc., sour cream - 1 tablespoon, sunflower oil - 1 teaspoon. Grind the mixture thoroughly and rub it into the skin of your hands. After this, put on cotton gloves and leave overnight.
18. Honey-yolk mask: take 1 raw yolk, 1 tablespoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of oatmeal. Stir the mixture thoroughly and rub it into the skin of your hands overnight. Immediately after rubbing, put on cotton gloves.
19. Curd mask: mix cottage cheese and sour cream in a 1:1 ratio until the consistency of a soft paste. Spread on hands, rinse after 15-20 minutes. Lubricate your skin with nourishing cream.

Many people are familiar with the problem of dry hand skin. What to do in this case? Peeling, wrinkling and “parchment” condition of the skin are not only a phenomenon that causes discomfort, but also a signal that you should immediately begin taking care of your hands. First of all, it is worth identifying the reasons for this unaesthetic and discomforting manifestation. Dry hand skin, cracks, etc. unpleasant symptoms they don't just appear out of nowhere. Let's figure out what circumstances provoke this unpleasant picture?

Dry hand skin: causes

Vitamin deficiency, insufficient care, dry air and other stress factors negatively affect the condition of our skin. As for the hands, as a rule, all these negative influences are reflected first.

Hand washing has a negative impact hot water and aggressive sulfate agents. Dry skin may bother you after using the wrong shower gel or liquid soap.

It is advisable to treat your hands with moisturizing and nourishing cream every time after contact with water. As for the choice of cream, it does not have to be expensive: there are very affordable products that cope well with their function. You can only understand whether a cream is right for you or not by trying it.

Diseases that cause dry skin

Unfortunately, dry hand skin can be caused by certain diseases. Creams and masks in this case will be ineffective. If you have very dry skin on your hands, you should consult your doctor. Here are some possible reasons:

Myths about dry skin

1. Good cream quite enough to cope with this problem.

In fact, any skin problem should be approached comprehensively. To completely get rid of dry skin and, as a result, prevent its aging, you should definitely pay attention to your diet, and also use various procedures for deep hydration of problem areas.

2. Moisturizing and nourishing creams for hands are needed only for dry skin.

It is not true. In fact, all skin needs hydration. And the better the care is chosen, the more comfortable the sensations will be, the longer your hands will look young.

3. Dryness is caused only by a lack of water in the skin.

Actually this is not true. In addition to moisture, the skin needs sufficient fat secretion.

4. Dryness is a genetic predisposition.

Not at all necessary. This unpleasant phenomenon may well be caused by regular incorrect or insufficient care and lack of vitamins and microelements.

Where to begin?

First of all, to relieve discomfort, you should use hand cream as soon as possible. After each contact with water and before each exit outside, this manipulation should be performed. If the situation is very advanced and you have very dry skin on your hands, then remember: the richer and more nutritious the cream, the better.

The problem of dryness must be dealt with from the inside. If excessive discomfort becomes especially disturbing in the winter-spring period, most likely the reason is vitamin deficiency. Taking a vitamin complex will help improve the situation. In addition to a balanced multivitamin complex, you can supplement your diet with liquid solutions of “youth” vitamins. These are retinol acetate, tocopherol acetate (vitamins A and E) and vitamin D. Oil solutions Creams are also perfectly enriched with these vitamins.

Please note that when combining the oral intake of several vitamins, you should consult a doctor so as not to accumulate an excess of them in the body.

Natural masks for dry hand skin

At home, you can deal with dry hand skin using some products. For example, vegetable sunflower oil helps a lot. It should be slightly warmed up to a comfortable temperature. Then your hands should be soaked in the oil for about 20 minutes, after which the remaining oil from the skin should be wiped off with a napkin.

Baths with olive oil. To do this, pour a tablespoon of oil into a small amount of warm boiled water and hold your hands in this composition for half an hour.

Compresses from mashed potatoes and decoction baths perfectly soften the skin.

If, when caring for yourself, you prefer natural remedies, you will definitely like the mask for dry hand skin from oatmeal. Oatmeal is one of the few foods that contain hyaluronic acid. Any oil is added to the porridge, after which this mixture is applied to the hands.

Addition oil vitamins, honey and other additives will enhance the effect and healing effect skin products. Applying homemade mayonnaise prepared on the basis of any vegetable oil and eggs also helps greatly.

Natural animal fats, such as bear or badger, are very rich in vitamins. After all, these animals hibernate, and their body stores in reserve a balanced and powerful complex of all the microelements necessary for life.

If you have very dry hand skin, it makes sense to increase the duration of any procedure to one hour.

Paraffin therapy - deep skin hydration

Many people know how much discomfort dry skin on the hands can cause. What to do in this case, you ask? A procedure loved by many - paraffin therapy - copes well with dryness. Contrary to the belief that this is purely salon procedure, it’s quite possible to carry it out at home yourself. For this you will definitely need a special cosmetic paraffin, a couple of plastic bags, two towels and an unnecessary container or other container. Other devices, like a special bath and mittens, of course, make the procedure easier and more enjoyable, but you can easily do without them.

So, the entire pack of paraffin is melted in an unnecessary container in a water bath. While the piece in our container turns into a homogeneous liquid mass, thoroughly scrub the skin of your hands with a scrub for several minutes. This way you will get rid of dead skin particles and allow nutrients exert a stronger influence during the procedure.

When the mixture is completely melted, grease your hands with your favorite cream, then dip them in paraffin. Of course, before immersing your hands entirely, try to see if the temperature of the composition is comfortable to avoid burns. Keep your hands in the paraffin for 10 seconds, then take them out, let the resulting film “set” for a few seconds, then lower them into the composition again. Such dives can be done up to 7 times. Before last time bring your fingers together tightly, as a result you should get a very dense layer of paraffin. Then you need to put the bags on your hands and wrap them in towels for 20-30 minutes. During this time the skin receives deepest hydration and nutrition. Blood circulation and metabolic processes are accelerated, the applied cream is intensively absorbed. The sweat released in such “greenhouse” conditions is absorbed back, while all impurities and toxins remain on the paraffin. In addition to the fact that dry skin on your hands will no longer bother you, this procedure allows you to perfectly care for your cuticles, strengthen your nails and accelerate their growth.

At the end, the paraffin films are removed from the hands and thrown away, and the remaining composition remains in the container until the next time.

Treatment with pharmaceuticals

IN advanced cases, dry skin on the hands cracks, bleeding wounds appear. In this case, it is necessary to take special care of hand hygiene, disinfect these areas with chlorhexidine or miramistin, and smear the wounds with healing ointment. These can be panthenol-containing drugs, Solcoseryl or any other non-hormonal drug.

Extra care

Dry skin on your fingers and palms may be caused by not using protective gloves when working around the house. Make it a rule: they should be worn not only when using obvious aggressive chemicals (for example, when washing a toilet, oven, bathtub). For any everyday work around the house that involves contact with cleaning agents and detergents, it is advisable to wear such gloves.

Always dry your hands and do not let them dry on their own. And before going out in the sun, don’t forget to apply sunscreen to this dry and aging area.

Be sure to exfoliate your hands with a scrub 2-3 times a week. You shouldn't do this more often, but moderate exfoliation never harms the skin. After this manipulation, always apply a nourishing cream.

What to do if you are allergic to hand cream?

Unfortunately, this happens quite often. If every time you have an allergy to hand creams, try taking a nourishing protective baby cream. Such products for babies are quite inexpensive, but they do their job remarkably well and practically do not cause allergic reactions.

A little trick

In addition to paraffin therapy, you can also do less energy-consuming procedures at home. Just wrap your hands with your favorite cream in plastic bags for a period of 20 minutes to one hour.

And remember, the more hydrated the skin of your hands is, the younger, fresher and healthier it will look. By taking care of yourself, paying attention to every detail, right down to the tips of your nails, you will look much younger than your age.

Spring vitamin deficiency affects not only general health, but also on the condition of the skin, including the skin of the hands. What to do if your skin is peeling? How to soften the skin of your hands that is rough after gardening?

What to do if your hands are peeling?

Softens rough hand skin lemon juice mixed with egg white. You can prepare an ointment from lemon juice, flaxseed oil, yolk and honey. Mix equal parts well lemon juice, toilet milk, cologne and generously smear your hands with this mixture before going to bed. Relieves skin flaking, softens hand skin warm oatmeal decoction bath(hercules). The duration of the bath is 10-15 minutes. You can make a mask from oatmeal. Cook oatmeal(1 tablespoon per 1 liter of water), strain, add some vegetable oil and hold your hands in this composition for 10-15 minutes. It is recommended to do the mask at night.

After peeling vegetables, the skin darkens around nail plates and spots may appear on the palms. How to eliminate them?

Small spots disappear from the acid contained in lemon. Wash your hands with soap, dry and then rub in a few drops of lemon juice. Then rinse your hands with water without soap. You can simply wipe your skin with a lemon (orange) slice. Lemon juice, to which a little is added, works more effectively. table salt . This mixture removes any stains and dirt. And from lemon juice, freshly boiled potatoes and wheat flour, taken in equal proportions, you can prepare whitening paste by simply mixing all the ingredients.

During gardening work, you can scratch or injure your skin. Give me a few simple tips for this case.

It would be good to prepare in advance alcohol tincture nettle. Fill the bottle with fresh nettle leaves, fill it with alcohol and cap it. Place in the sun for 2 weeks. This tincture is yours medicine for the entire summer season. Gauze soaked in the tincture and applied to a wound or cut will speed up wound healing and protect against infection.

Also effective for wound healing St. John's wort poultice. Pour 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs into 0.5 liters of vodka and leave for a week. Store in a tightly sealed bottle. And if you have aloe (agave) at home, cut a leaf with a knife, apply it to the cut and bandage it. After 5-6 hours the wound will already “set”.

From physical work in the garden the skin of your hands becomes rough. What to do?

Rough skin on your hands can be softened by immersing your hands in 0.25% solution of ammonia(1 teaspoon of alcohol per glass of water) or in a vinegar solution (1 teaspoon of 6% vinegar per glass of water). Then, after drying your hands, soften them any hand cream or castor oil.

Very useful for very dry or rough skin on hands. 15-minute baths of vegetable, olive, sunflower oil . Baths made from whey, yogurt, water in which potatoes were boiled, and starch are also effective. It is useful to do this procedure at night. There are absolutely simple recipes: soda, soap and soda, hot and cold baths.

After baths it is recommended wipe your hands with a dry towel And rub a rich cream into the skin or vegetable oil. In advanced cases, it is useful to wear cotton gloves on the thickly oiled skin of your hands at night.

Dry skin - common occurrence, which many take lightly. However, there can be many culprits for this problem: from unsuitable climate to various diseases. Therefore, you need to find out the reasons if the skin on your hands is dry. This should be done at the first symptoms in order to decide on treatment as soon as possible.

Causes of the problem

The causes of dry skin on the hands and feet can be different. For example, hand washing is too hot water. This is especially true when aggressive sulfate-based detergents are used for this purpose. Dryness can also be caused by an unsuccessfully chosen bathing gel or regular liquid soap. In this case, after washing you need to use a special moisturizer.

Unfavorable weather can also cause dryness. Because of strong wind or frost, your face and hands can easily become chapped. In this case, the surface of the brushes becomes dry and rough not only back side, but also on the palms.

Protect yourself from bad weather A moisturizer will help, but you shouldn’t think that the more expensive it is, the better its effect. It is not always so. The main thing is that it is suitable specifically for your skin type. Often, products at quite affordable prices do an excellent job of the task. Also, the reasons why the skin on your hands dries out can be some diseases. These include:

Relief from dry skin

The causes and treatment of dry hand skin can vary. But you can soften the skin of your hands at home, since in your arsenal traditional medicine There are many tools available to solve this not an easy task. It is advisable to always have a moisturizer with you to lubricate and moisturize your skin as needed.

If the problem worsens in the winter-spring period, then the cause of the problem should be sought in vitamin deficiency. In this case, you need to take a vitamin complex (for example, Complivit).

Home Recipes

To get rid of dryness skin, no need to buy expensive cosmetical tools. Traditional medicine recipes will help you do this quickly and without special financial costs:

TO pharmaceutical products should be used when cracks and small bleeding wounds form. You can use panthenol-containing drugs. These products can not only relieve dryness, but also quickly heal damaged areas.