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Suggest Remedy For Dryness In Palms

Hi, my name is Timothy, and i have dry palms, i put moisturizer whenever i can but I m not seeing it going away, can u help me and give me suggestions to a solution, and is it contagious? I m sorry i didn t realize u had to pay for a question, nevermind.
Fri, 17 Oct 2014
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Hello,

I understand our concern for the dryness in palms.

After reading your query it appears that you have got "Xerosis" of the palms due to less activity of sweat glands. To explain you simply: our skin contains both oil and sweat glands but on palms there are only sweat glands.

So if these sweat glands are less active then it causes less moisture and therefore dryness of palms.


In my patients of your kind of condition I recommend to apply a lot of moisturizing cream containing good amount moisturizing factors and bland hydrating factors.

Your condition id not at all contagious so do not worry.

All the best.

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Suggest Remedy For Dryness In Palms

Hello, I understand our concern for the dryness in palms. After reading your query it appears that you have got Xerosis of the palms due to less activity of sweat glands. To explain you simply: our skin contains both oil and sweat glands but on palms there are only sweat glands. So if these sweat glands are less active then it causes less moisture and therefore dryness of palms. In my patients of your kind of condition I recommend to apply a lot of moisturizing cream containing good amount moisturizing factors and bland hydrating factors. Your condition id not at all contagious so do not worry. All the best.