How to prevent the back of hand from cracking in winter?

In winter, due to the unusually dry climate, the cold wind outside is like a sharp sword, and some people are prone to chapped hands and heels. The skin around the chapped skin is dry, rough, thickened and hardened, and even bleeds when the chapped skin is deep. They spread out their palms and it is very inconvenient to walk with their feet. What about chapped hands and feet in winter? Here are some popular remedies for hand and foot dryness, so you may wish to try them.

The stratum corneum consists of several layers of keratinocytes and also contains keratin. The stratum corneum can prevent the leakage of body fluids and the invasion of chemicals, and can also resist friction. Keratin has strong water absorption ability, which can keep skin soft and moist. When the moisture content of keratin is lower than 10%, the skin is prone to chapping. Why are hands and feet easy to dry in winter? People's palm and heel skin is special. Compared with other skin, there are almost no sebaceous glands and the stratum corneum is thicker. Sebum secreted by sebaceous glands can moisturize the skin. Sebaceous glands secrete more sebum in high temperature and less sebum in cold winter. In winter, hands and feet dissipate heat quickly, and the oil secreted by hands and feet volatilizes with heat, which makes it easy to feel dry and uncomfortable. In addition, these two parts are subjected to more friction, and they are easy to crack under the conditions of oppression, external stimulation and friction. In addition to the above reasons, age, occupation, illness and other factors may also lead to chapped hands and feet.

Some people often come into contact with lime, cement, saline-alkali and other substances because of their work. These substances are highly absorbent and can also harm the skin. Middle-aged and elderly people have slow metabolism, aging skin and chapped skin. And some skin diseases, such as tinea manuum, tinea manuum, eczema and so on. It also makes the skin more chapped.

How to prevent chapped hands and feet;

1, try to reduce the number of cold water on hands and feet. When your skin gets cold, the secretion of sebum will decrease. Of course, it is also important to keep your hands and feet warm. Warm hands and feet will secrete more sebum, and it will not volatilize.

2. Housewives should use less alkaline soap and detergent and wear gloves when using. People who come into contact with cement, lime and acid-base chemicals due to work should also pay attention to protecting their hands and feet.

3. Soak hands and feet in hot water at night 15 minutes, and apply glycerin and vaseline. , and use hand cream after washing hands during the day.

4, eat more animal liver, carrots, spinach, sweet potatoes and so on. These foods are rich in vitamin A, which plays an important role in the formation, development and maintenance of epithelial cells, and can regulate the metabolism of epidermis and stratum corneum, thus achieving the functions of anti-aging and wrinkle removal.

1. Always keep hand cream and apply it in time after washing your hands, which can replenish water and nutrition. In addition, the choice of hand cream is also particular. If the skin on the back of the hand has a tight feeling and a small amount of fine lines, it is advisable to choose some mild hand cream containing glycerin and minerals; If the skin is itchy and peeling, it is sensitive and dry. It is recommended to choose a hand cream containing soothing ingredients such as mint and chamomile and moisturizing agents such as glycerin.

2. Choose some gloves for both hands, and wear thick and wear-resistant work gloves when lifting heavy objects or carrying rough things; Wear rubber gloves when contacting irritating liquids, such as detergent and washing powder liquid; You should wear soft and warm gloves when you go out in cold weather.

3. After doing housework with a dishcloth soaked with detergent, you need to wash your hands with lemonade or vinegar to remove the alkaline substances left in the detergent on the skin surface, and then apply hand cream.

4. When watching TV or in your spare time, you might as well do some simple finger exercises, such as imitating the action of playing the piano and making your fingers move repeatedly one by one, which can not only exercise your hand joints, but also shape your hand shape.

5. Adjust your daily diet. Foods rich in vitamins A and E, zinc and selenium, such as green vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk, seafood, almonds and carrots, should be fully ingested on weekdays to avoid dry skin. In addition, we should pay attention to the intake of calcium, copper and other nutrients, because once the body lacks calcium and copper, it will lead to dull nails, fragile and easy to break, which will affect the bodybuilding of hands. Foods with high calcium content are: milk, bean products, seafood, green fruits and vegetables; Foods rich in copper are: animal liver, shellfish, hard fruits, bean products and dark fruits and vegetables.

Treatment of chapped hands and feet with yellow wax oil.

The method: sesame oil 100g, yellow wax 20-30g (available in Chinese medicine shops), put yellow wax in sesame oil and boil it with fire until it melts. Usage: First wash your hands (feet) with warm water for 10 to 15 minutes. When your hands (feet) are soaked thoroughly and dried, rub wax oil on the affected area and then dry it with fire, which will make you feel comfortable twice a day for a week. Cure dry hands and feet with wheat straw. Cut the wheat straw into small pieces ten centimeters long. Grab a handful in the morning and soak it in clear water for a day. Cook on the fire for about ten minutes at night before soaking your hands or feet. Change water and wheat straw once every three days, and it will be effective in one week. My father's chapped hands and feet have been cured with this recipe for many years, and he hasn't used moisturizer to treat chapped heels for many years. Every year my heel is rough and cracked, which is very painful. My friend introduced the "little nurse" to apply 24-hour deep moisturizer several times and gave me a small bag.

I iron my heel every night and apply it evenly around the crack in my heel. After six or seven days, I miraculously recovered. Fingers and palms have been peeling for five or six years, especially in winter, with chapped bleeding. After listening to people's introduction, I boiled fresh cypress branches and leaves with water. Soaking the affected palm for more than a month, it really cured the black cloud beans. Cook and cure hand crack and peeling. Boil 70 grams of pure black cloud beans with fire and eat them with soup and beans twice a day, with 5 kilograms as a course of treatment.

After a course of treatment, I stopped eating this prescription for half a month. After three courses of treatment, I can cure my hand crack and peeling, and pour oil to cure my foot crack. During my stay in hospital, I complained about my cracked foot when I washed my feet every day. Mr. Gong in the next bed told me that badger oil can cure cracked feet. I did it, and it worked well. In just over half a month, my cracked feet became smooth. Orange peel can cure chapped hands and feet. This winter, my hands and feet were chapped and bleeding. After washing with orange peel, it got better. This prescription also has an effect after being introduced to others. Method: Put two or three or more orange peels in a pot or basin and add water for two to five minutes, then wash your hands before soaking your feet until the water is not hot. Washing at least once a day for several days will have obvious effects. Cool the instant-boiled mutton soup, take out the floating oil on the upper layer and put it into a small bottle. Boil the bottle with boiling water to melt it, then cool it to remove the water and impurities that sink below, and repeat it twice for use in winter and spring. Wipe your hands, feet and face with this oil and you will be cured.