Peeling skin on your hands can be unsettling. Whether it's flaky patches around the fingers or cracked palms that itch and ...

When these plaques are not well treated, they can get itchy and flaky and then ... The more parched your skin, the more likely it is to develop cracks, or fissures, and open sores on the skin.

When you have psoriasis, you have patches of thick red skin. In severe cases, they can split open. This causes deep cracks, or “fissures.” There are ways you can ease the pain and treat the ...

and I've been wearing more short sleeves and open back tops. I even wore shorts this summer." Nicole's psoriasis resulted in her skin appearing red, raised, and flaky, feeling tight and "tender".

During the winter, some Iowans’ homes are literally drier than the Sahara Desert, making our skin flake ... having cracked skin during the wintertime can be very painful and an open sore ...

If you’re dealing with dry, flaking skin that ... to draw water into your skin, and emollients (lanolin alcohol, ceresin, and mineral oil), which fill in the cracks between your skin cells ...

Scaling skin happens when the outer layer of the skin begins to flake off, causing drying, cracking, or flaking. Ointments containing urea, petrolatum, or lactic acid may help, but some underlying ...

Dr. Louis George Hermann, assistant professor of surgery, sprinkles flakes ... open wounds. He found that the small bits of sole grew rapidly, quickly covered the wound with new skin.