Cracked Fingertips & Thumbs
Suffering From Sandpaper Skin & Cracked Fin…
Dry skin is a common problem in the winter, and it can often lead to split, cracked fingertips. One of the most basic recommendations is to keep the skin well moisturized. But what moisturizer is best…
Show 1370: Winterizing Your Skin and Hair
This week, dermatologist Chris Adigun joins us live in the studio to answer your questions about how to treat your skin and hair when the weather gets cold. Cold wind, low humidity and forced hot air …
Show 1319: How to Have Healthy Hair and Nails
In our nationally syndicated radio show this week we’ll be taking your questions live. We have invited two distinguished dermatologists to discuss problems affecting the hair and nails and tell you …
How Can You Heal Painful Cracked Fingertips Quic…
Winter can be hard on the hands. Every year we hear from people with painful cracked fingertips triggered by cold weather. Washing the hands multiple times a day to try to fend off viruses that can c…
Speed Healing of Cracked Fingertips
Unless you have experienced cracked fingertips, you have no idea how painful and aggravating this problem can be. For one thing, it can be incredibly challenging to button a blouse or a pair of pants.…
Simple Solutions for Cracked Fingertips
Fall is nearly here, and winter won't be too far behind. Fingertips that crack and split are a bane of cold weather. Indoor air is dry and people wash their hands frequently, stripping away moisturizi…
Will Your Cracked Fingertips Heal With Manuka Ho…
In the winter, many people suffer from dry skin. Beyond that, their painfully cracked fingertips may interfere with typing, buttoning clothes or doing any other fine tasks. Some people have developed …
Do You Soothe Cracked Fingertips With Lip Balm?
In the winter, when air gets dry, a lot of people have trouble with cracked fingertips. Experts also urge us to wash our hands frequently, which makes fingertips even more vulnerable. Dermatologists f…
Should You Pay Less for Vicks VapoRub®?
Vicks VapoRub® is a familiar household product with a venerable history. It has been around since the turn of the 20th century, and for much of that time, it contained natural essential oils. In the …
How Aysa, an AI App, Helped a Mother with her Ch…
Nicole Pharr is used to keeping a close eye on her daughter Madison’s skin. Madison is prone to eczema and has had highly sensitive skin since she was a baby. Still, Nicole was concerned after her d…
Will Cilantro Help Your Irritated Fingertips?
Sore, peeling fingertips can be a trial. Some people use a heavy-duty moisturizer such as petroleum jelly, while others apply lip balm to the irritated digits. The drawback is that these remedies are …
Painful Fingertip Cracks Heal Quickly with Liqui…
When the weather turns cold and heating dries out the air, many people suffer painful fingertip cracks. When the skin of thumbs and fingers cracks, simple tasks like buttoning a shirt, typing a messag…
Can You Heal Sore Fingertips with Salve?
Every year, we hear from people who suffer during cold weather with sore fingertips that are cracked or even split open. This condition makes it difficult to fasten buttons, handle pen and paper, mani…
How Can You Heal Your Cracked Fingertips?
Cold weather seems to put a lot of stress on fingers and thumbs. For some reason, splits and cracks in the skin near the fingernail seem to be far more common at this time of year. What can you do to …
How to Solve Cracked Fingertips with Coconut Oil
As the temperature drops outside, so does the humidity. Cold air holds less moisture. It won't be much better inside in most cases, as heating tends to dry air out. It is no wonder so many people are…
Train Conductor Needs Help for Painful Cracked F…
Dry skin can be especially challenging in the winter, when cold dry weather seems to make it worse. At this time of year, we frequently hear from people struggling with cracked fingertips. These can m…
Brutal Winter Causes Excruciating Dry Skin
It is February, and we have been getting a roller coaster ride from the weather. One week the polar vortex swept into the midwest and froze a lot of folks butts. The next week some places got an …
Nurse Uses Nail Polish to Heal Split and Cracked…
Q. I'm a nurse in a hospital. Talk about hand washing! Good lord, that soap and foam dispensing anti-bacterial is evil on the hands. No time to lotion between hand washing either. And with winter here…
Caring for Cracked Fingertips
Q. I never suffered from split fingertips before, but I finally understand why people complain. My index finger has split open along the edge of the nail. It hurts to button my shirt or to use the com…
Coping with Cracked Fingertips
There are some common problems that may not warrant medical treatment. Cracked fingertips are a great example. During the winter, when the air inside is dry and we start washing our hands more frequen…
Readers Offer Tips for Cracked Fingertips
This is the cruelest time of year for your delicate dermis. If you have been following public health recommendations to wash your hands every time you touch something like a doorknob, an elevator butt…
Frequent Handwashing Wrecks Fingertips
Q. I am a preschool teacher and have to wash my hands dozens of times a day in the attempt to avoid colds and flu. I am suffering the worst case of dried-out winter skin I can remember with deep painf…
Cracked Fingertips Add To Winter’s Misery
Compared to most health problems, cracked fingertips seem trivial. But anyone who has ever struggled with sore painful fingers will tell you they can turn normal daily activities into agony. A reader …
Winter Skin Problems Bring Misery
In the grand scheme of things, dry skin, rough nails and cracked fingertips are not serious health problems. But they certainly can make life miserable. Writing a check or buttoning a shirt with crack…