What are cuts and fissures on the hand?
Fissures are thin, elongated cuts that form on the fingers. Fissures usually form on the stratum corneum – the outermost layer of the skin – but can occur deeper.
What are the causes of cuts and fissures on the hands?
- Dry skin caused by poor skin nourishment
- Use of aggressive detergents
- Use of drugs. Among the drugs, oncological treatments with biological drugs such as Afatinib (Gilotrif), osimertinib (Tagrisso), Cetuximab (Erbitux), Panitumumab (Vectibix), Gefitinib (Iressa), Erlotinib (Tarceva), Trastuzumab (Herceptin), Lapatinib (Tyverb) their frequent skin reaction is the formation of cracks arising on dry skin.
How to treat cuts and fissures on the hands
Fissures or cracks in the fingers are very annoying, painful and difficult to repair.
To heal it is necessary not to wet the part, water, and even more so detergents, cause irritation and prevent repair. Therefore:
- the part with fissures should not be wet and should be washed ‘dry’ with disinfectant.
A help for damaged skin
- Apply cotton gauze soaked in PEG Balm.
The gauze protects against the external environment while PEG Balm is able to absorb excess moisture and create a skin environment favourable to physiological regrowth.
CLEANSING
When resuming washing after healing, it is recommended to use Eudermic Cleansing Base.
