tiny cuts on fingers without getting cut ?

mikester2006 · 14-02-2010 11:25am #1

Just wondering if anyone else gets this happen to them - tiny cuts develop on my fingers, not from paper cuts or anything - its like the skin is splitting and it is really sore for a couple of days and then heals up.
Now I was wondering if it could be caused by the cold weather, so I was wearing gloves, but it still happened. Or perhaps its some mineral or vitamin deficiency ?
The little cuts develop right in the ridge of the fingerprint ?

Otis Driftwood · 14-02-2010 2:29pm

I get that now and again and its cold weather that does it.Neutrogena handcream is your only man,it sooths the pain and re hydrates the skin,its feckin deadly stuff.

--SmItHy-- · 14-02-2010 3:23pm

is that underneath the fingernail? i get that the whole time! stingslike a ****er sometimes!

mike65 · 14-02-2010 3:28pm

This happened to me a few winters back, the skin on one of my hands (forget which) started spliting and shedding, getting it wet made it worse so ended up washing/shaving one handed for several days which seemed have the desired effect.

I use Norwegian Formula Neutrogena as well.

Dr Galen · 14-02-2010 4:13pm

depending on the work you do, or the types of situations you are in this can be pretty common. The heavy duty handwashes and alcohol gels in hospitals for example usd to play havoc with my hands. I'd second the Norwegian hand cream too. Hand cream just ain't for girls, breaks and cuts on the hands can have a tendancy to get infected, or become a nice placefor bacteria to live and spread to things you touch. If its something that continues for a long time though I'd suggest you look at what your putting your hands into and stuff, there could well be something else going on. If it doesn't clear up, get it looked at to rule out anything more complicated

Nervous Wreck · 14-02-2010 8:27pm

nedtheshed wrote: »

I get that now and again and its cold weather that does it.Neutrogena handcream is your only man,it sooths the pain and re hydrates the skin,its feckin deadly stuff.

Bingo. I got this problem for the first time last winter and it has recurred these past few months. Neutrogena Norwegian Forumula Handcream is tops. About €3 in Boots and sorts it out within a couple of hours. Just make sure to use continually and not just when the problem is at it's worst. Once the weather picks up, this will probably go away.

mikester2006 · 15-02-2010 7:53am

Thanks very much for the replys and the advice. cheers, Mikester

Tristram · 15-02-2010 8:01am

I'm stuck using chalk a good lot of the time. Any of those moisturising creams will help prevent people thinking you've contracted leprosy.

sKepTics_George · 16-02-2010 10:52pm

Yeah i get it as well,
It is weird, but not bleeding right ?

LightningBolt · 17-02-2010 12:00am

Get that myself too when I train in the cold weather. Lifting in rugby especially tears the fingers off me, I just bear with it because I'm too lazy to put some cream on the hands to help it heal.

Otis Driftwood · 17-02-2010 10:07am

Its obviously the rugby that makes you so tough.
:pac:

tiny cuts on fingers without getting cut ?

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