I'm thinking the finger splits are a result of the cold and dry because all my [old] women friends get them in the winter and they don't have MC. On the other hand my husband and other men seem not to get them. Men have oilier skin? Men don't have their hands in dishwater as much?
The heel cracking I have in the summer, when I wear sandals. It can be avoided by using lotion religiously, but I guess I'm not religious enough. :-(
Is This Skin Issue Connected With MC?
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Finger splits
Wow what do you know? Here's something I never linked together. Although I don't get it often since I work outside a lot I use ton's of lotions on my hands, arms etc.
Does it begin with hard calouse like build up on either sides of the nail for anyone. I also do my own manicures so I trim the hard stuff back and again use lotion, lotion, lotion
Does it begin with hard calouse like build up on either sides of the nail for anyone. I also do my own manicures so I trim the hard stuff back and again use lotion, lotion, lotion
It does for me, and I try to do the same - keep it trimmed back, and use an "industrial strength" lotion.Kim wrote:Does it begin with hard calouse like build up on either sides of the nail for anyone.
In case you haven't seen these archived polls yet, you might find that many of us share other issues that the medical community doesn't normally associate with MC.
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=28
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Although this poll is older I have to reply- I don't have splits in my fingers but I have another autoimmune condition that involves skin and collagen - developed at the same time as my CC. Splits in the skin happen, as well as inflammation. When it first appeared, I had severe inflammation behind my ears ( with skin splits), and in 'patches' elsewhere. Some collagen was 'deposited' where it normally wouldn't be. My doctors all look at each condition as totally separate entities. I KNOW ( I feel) that they are connected.
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I have this problem, especially during the winter months. I'm a knitter, which causes it from handling the yarn and from pushing the needles with my fingers. It used to be worse when I worked and handled a lot of paper. At least I think that's why it's less of a problem now (but still a drag).
I have never thought about it being connected to MC. I've had the problem for a long time. Now that I think about it, it is much worse since the chronic D started ten years ago.
I've used countless creams and lotions to help heal the splits. My favorite is O'Keeffe's Working Hands Creme. However, my very best medicine for this ailment is to first seal the split with New Skin liquid bandage. It stings like all get out, but once it dries I can hardly tell I have a split, even when I wash my hands. It wears off quickly - sometimes in just a few hours - so I have to apply it several times before it heals enough to not have to bother with the New Skin.
I went on a little trip in November and forgot to take my New Skin with me. I actually made a special trip to the nearest drug store to buy some so that I would have it in case my fingers happened to split. I never got any splits, but it helps so much that I don't ever want to be without it.
Whatever you do, don't spill New Skin on anything. It stains horribly - I have a ruined bathroom floor to prove it (I knocked it off the counter and it went flying, throwing liquid bandage across the floor, leaving a two foot long dark stain). The directions tell you this, but the type is so fine that I never noticed it. I don't mean it's small - it's microscopic. I called the company and they said "Yes, it stains, but we tell you that on the label". I'm sure I'm not the only one to miss it. For the amount of damage it can do I really think they should have a huge red warning label on it. However, ruined floor or not, I use it to this day (ten years later) because it is the very best thing for finger splits.
I have never thought about it being connected to MC. I've had the problem for a long time. Now that I think about it, it is much worse since the chronic D started ten years ago.
I've used countless creams and lotions to help heal the splits. My favorite is O'Keeffe's Working Hands Creme. However, my very best medicine for this ailment is to first seal the split with New Skin liquid bandage. It stings like all get out, but once it dries I can hardly tell I have a split, even when I wash my hands. It wears off quickly - sometimes in just a few hours - so I have to apply it several times before it heals enough to not have to bother with the New Skin.
I went on a little trip in November and forgot to take my New Skin with me. I actually made a special trip to the nearest drug store to buy some so that I would have it in case my fingers happened to split. I never got any splits, but it helps so much that I don't ever want to be without it.
Whatever you do, don't spill New Skin on anything. It stains horribly - I have a ruined bathroom floor to prove it (I knocked it off the counter and it went flying, throwing liquid bandage across the floor, leaving a two foot long dark stain). The directions tell you this, but the type is so fine that I never noticed it. I don't mean it's small - it's microscopic. I called the company and they said "Yes, it stains, but we tell you that on the label". I'm sure I'm not the only one to miss it. For the amount of damage it can do I really think they should have a huge red warning label on it. However, ruined floor or not, I use it to this day (ten years later) because it is the very best thing for finger splits.
Robbie