The skin of the hands is very vulnerable to cold: sometimes it’s enough to remove the gloves only for a minute, as the fingers immediately turn red. How to avoid chicks in the hands and protect the skin from pain in winter?
Why does the skin of hands become inflamed in winter
A common problem that occurs in the cold season is dryness and inflammation of the skin on the hands. This is due to the fact that it contains five times less moisture than, for example, in the skin of the face. It is worth considering that the hands are much more likely to come into contact with detergents. Therefore, it is quite natural that the skin begins to dry out, crack and become inflamed. The so-called pimples on the hands especially often appear precisely in the cold and windy season.
Reasons for the appearance
Similar epidermal problems can occur in both a small child and an adult. The main causes of chicks on the hands are most often external factors. This can be ordinary household chores using household chemicals, or too long walks without gloves or mittens. Hypothermia and moisture provoke chapping and the formation of small, but very painful cracks in the skin.
Who is prone to chickens
People with dry skin often suffer from such inflammatory manifestations on their hands. The mere fact of dry skin can already indicate a lack of vitamins in the body or the appearance of hormonal disorders. Therefore, if you understand that the cause of painful inflammation is not at all due to forgotten gloves, and the treatment of chicks in your hands does not bring the expected result, that is, an occasion to see a doctor. It should be understood that dermatitis, allergies, or psoriasis can be hidden behind such phenomena.
Signs and Symptoms
It is easy to determine that the pussies appeared on the hands. Photos on this topic are presented in the article.
Of course, most of us at least once in our lives felt all the “charms” of such phenomena on ourselves.
In cold and windy weather, skin inflammation begins literally a few minutes after being outdoors without gloves. What happens to hands at this moment? They turn red, there is a feeling of some tightness, and tiny microcracks appear on the surface. In some cases, small watery vesicles may appear. Coming home, the first thing we are trying to do is warm our hands in warm water. This is where the most unpleasant thing begins. Water, when ingested, causes unpleasant tingling. After water procedures, itching and peeling begin. The skin dries, revealing more cracks. Without appropriate care, infection is not excluded.
How to treat sore hands
It can be extremely difficult to resist the temptation to comb an itchy hand, but this often leads to even more trauma to the inflamed skin. To get rid of unwanted symptoms, it is necessary to begin treatment of the chicks in the arms at the first sign of their appearance.
It is necessary to add to the diet dishes of oily fish, liver and eggs. The use of cottage cheese and sour cream has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin of the hands.
Industrial products and home cosmetics. What to choose?
The cosmetic industry offers a huge selection of all kinds of tools to preserve the beauty and youth of the hands, eliminate dryness, redness and peeling. Such drugs help protect the skin from the negative effects of various destructive factors, heal and rejuvenate the surface layers of the epidermis. Of course, they are very effective and well help in eliminating many problems associated with the appearance of the hands. However, home-based techniques are still popular and widely used by many women.
The main plan for combating undesirable manifestations includes: a mandatory increase in fruit consumption in the daily menu, taking multivitamin complexes, a visit to an endocrinologist to rule out hormonal disorders, and a visit to a dermatologist to determine skin pathologies.
After eliminating undesirable causes, treatment of chicks on the hands can be carried out by a variety of methods. To start, make a softening bath, then treat your hands with an antiseptic and apply any oily hand cream that includes chamomile or calendula. Panthenol heals well cracked skin.
Fat cream is generally indispensable for the prevention or treatment of chicks in the arms of a child or adult. It is advisable to always have it at hand and apply before walking or after washing your hands. Regular use of it throughout the day will help keep your skin healthy and attractive.
Hands on hands: home treatment. Folk methods
Recipes of traditional medicine can be a good help. Try to prepare a medicinal composition from a mixture of 100 grams of vegetable (olive, sunflower, sea buckthorn or any other) oil and one bottle of retinol acetate (vitamin A). Such a tool must be rubbed into the skin of the hands at least 2-3 times a day. A positive effect will be in a day.
A good remedy is a compress made from warmed olive or peach oil. After applying these products, hands should be wrapped with cling film and insulated.
Herbal treatment
Decoctions and infusions of medicinal herbs have long been used in home cosmetology. Due to their medicinal properties, after identifying the causes and treating the chicks on the hands, the skin again becomes soft, beautiful and well-groomed. If the corrective procedures are carried out correctly with the addition of dried leaves and inflorescences of chamomile, sage, calendula, plantain, celandine, burdock and many other plants, the inflamed areas, cracks, dryness and swelling will disappear.
However, here it is necessary to remember about the possible allergic reactions of the body to the presence of certain plant products. Therefore, knowing that there is a tendency to such manifestations, it is better to completely abandon the adoption of herbal baths and use other traditional medicine.
Our ancestors knew how to get rid of chicks in their arms. They regularly rubbed aloe juice into inflamed skin. Indeed, if you do this several times a day, then very soon there will be no trace of dryness.
Home masks
The use of masks made on the basis of fresh fruits, honey and lactic acid products are considered the best tools in home cosmetology. They help get rid of many skin defects, including removing pimples on the hands. A photo of this unpleasant phenomenon is presented above.
Beautiful and well-groomed hands always attract attention. So why not try to achieve the same results at home without spending a dime? After all, the ingredients needed for home masks will probably be found in the kitchen of every housewife.
So, for example, to prepare a miraculous hand product needed for the skin in the cold season, you need only one teaspoon of honey, ¼ cup of warm water and 2 tablespoons of sour cream. Mix all components until smooth, apply to clean, pre-steamed hands and leave for 20 minutes. After you wash away the remains of such a mask with warm water, you will immediately notice how transformed the handles are.
An effective mask is one made from one egg yolk and one tablespoon of olive or sea buckthorn oil. The components are mixed and applied to clean hands. To nutrients penetrate into the deeper layers of the epidermis, you should wear cellophane or disposable gloves and warm your hands. After 20 minutes, the composition can be washed off. Some women add the flesh of half a banana to this mixture. It is believed that this particular fruit has a beneficial effect on the skin.
There are even simpler recipes that allow you to effectively treat pimples on your hands. Alternatively, you can use pickled cabbage brine, often left in the bank. This juice is applied to clean hands and left for 15 minutes, then washed off and smeared with moisturizing cream. The set of useful substances that make up cabbage brine is often much richer than the composition of expensive creams from well-known manufacturers. After this mask, the skin of the hands is “nourished” with the necessary nutrients and will become elastic, soft and velvety.
The use of warm mashed potatoes gives a good effect. Many say that this method of treatment helps eliminate pimples on the hands no worse than paraffin therapy, which is popular in beauty salons. For this, a warm potato mass is applied to previously cleansed skin, the hands are warmed and left for 20 minutes. After this procedure, it is advisable to apply any nourishing or moisturizing cream.
Baths for hands
Warm baths for hands allow you to cleanse and steam the skin. They are often used before a manicure or the use of cosmetics. Warm water is usually used as the basis for such hydraulic procedures, in which sea salt, baking soda, oils and extracts of medicinal herbs or any other ingredients are added.
Meanwhile, you can prepare a bath with starch. In this case, potato powder is brewed with boiling water, like ordinary jelly. When the mixture cools down a little, hands are immersed in it for 15-20 minutes. This method not only helps to fight chicks, but also perfectly nourishes, moisturizes the skin, makes it more elastic and resilient.
The same effect is obtained by oat infusion, for the preparation of which you will need 2 tablespoons of oatmeal, 1 liter of boiling water and a few drops of vegetable oil. Immerse your hands in the cooked jelly, and after 20 minutes rinse them, dry and spread with any greasy cream.
Optimum cosmetic effect can be achieved with regular herbal baths. If you make a decoction of chamomile, calendula, string, plantain and burdock, brewing one spoon of each herb with one liter of boiling water, then inflammation and swelling will quickly pass. If you add a few drops of glycerin and a small piece of baby soap to this composition, the skin will become very soft and pleasant to the touch.
Prevention of cracks and inflammation in the hands
To forever forget about unpleasant phenomena on your hands, follow simple rules in the cold season:
- Outside, hands should always be dry.
- In winter, never forget to wear gloves.
- Proper hand cosmetics will help preserve the beauty and health of the skin: in the morning it is better to use moisturizers, and at night - nutritious.
- When applying the cream, do not forget to massage the hands, this will improve blood flow and enhance the effects of beneficial components.
- For washing hands, instead of soap, it is better to use gels and foams containing chamomile extract, glycerin, vitamins A, E and C.
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