Peeling Skin on Your Hands? What It May Mean and How to Care for Your Skin Barrier
Few things are more annoying than noticing the skin on your hands suddenly becoming dry, flaky, or peeling.
At first, it may seem like nothing more than dry skin. You might apply a little moisturizer and expect the problem to disappear. Sometimes it does. But when peeling continues, returns repeatedly, becomes painful, or is accompanied by redness, itching, blisters, or cracks, there may be more going on.
The good news is that peeling hands are common and often manageable.
The key is understanding what may be irritating the skin and giving the skin barrier enough time and support to recover.
## What Is the Skin Barrier?
Your skin isn’t simply a covering.
