My ugly finger and thumb. See the dry and cracked skin on them. This happened before – the skin dried up, hardened and cracked. The first time it happened, I went to the doctor. The doctor did a patch test to see if the skin was allergic to any of the things in his list. All negative. The doctor said it could be due to the skin contacted certain chemicals or due to the detergents I was using. But how come only affects the right hand and how come the thumb and the first finger are the worst affected. He said it could be because I only use the right hand to do certain things. Right, I use the right hand to do many things – hold things to eat, crack the shells of peanuts, hold equipment and tools, scratch head when washing hair with shampoo........
“But I have been using the right hand like that all the while. How come only happen now?” I asked the doctor during that first visit.
It could be due to accumulative effect – the skin absorbed the ‘poison’ bit by bit, it accumulated with time and then it broke out, the doctor said.
The doctor prescribed some cream and advised me to wear gloves or finger cots (condom-like finger shields) to protect the fingers.
It recovered with time but comes back again, usually mildly, once in a while.
I still don’t know the cause. Anyway, it is nothing serious.
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Frannxis, if you are not already seeing one, maybe you can consider an appointment with a Senior Consultant in the National Skin Centre. The have all the skin specialists there. My wife has quite sensitive skin too. She visited the centre some years ago. Since then she has never been back.
Another reason why our skin is not as good as before could be that we are all getting older.
Thanks Vic, stopped seeing doctor already. But improving - recurring less often, condition getting milder and recovering faster...
Good to hear that.
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