dry skin, dry hands
Jun 25th, 2008 by melinda
I have had dry skin on my hands since I was 17. It’s odd but I can remember exactly when it started - right after my car accident at age 17. I’ve read that some doctors call this “hand dermatitis” or “hand eczema”. Personally I call this annoying!
When I was in college, I didn’t take very good care of myself, and as a result my hands would constantly be red and cracked. It was extremely painful! Often my hands would be so irritated that it looked almost as though I was wearing gloves.
As I started to take better care of myself, my hands improved, but it’s never gone away entirely. Luckily all the painful cracked skin is (mostly) gone. Now I just have annoyingly dry hands. I use lotion on them almost every night, and it’s quite tolerable. If I’m really lucky, they’ll improve so much that the problems will go away entirely!
