What Causes Peeling Of Skin From Palms?

Posted on Sat, 12 Sep 2015

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Question : Hi,
This XXXX XXXXXXX .. working in a bearing manufacturing concern in a/c environment.. Suddenly I got my skin peeled off from my palm 3 weeks before(started from finger tips and came to mid of palm and got closing before wrist which is inside palm)- I need to know why s this happening? and last week peeling off started in my feet as well as and near to my leg ankle (started from toes and getting spreaded in the ankle area currently)- Pl. Explain the reason for occurrence. To note: I was using dettol soap for 13 years and 3 weeks before I started to use cinthol soap and changed baby XXXXXXX soap and no change occurred and again I started to use dettol soap

Photos are attached for reference.. first 3 pics r taken first week and last 3 pics denotes current state.
Regards, XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Deepti Verma (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Possibility of irritant contact dermatitis

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
I have gone through your question and images .
The lesions are probably due to soap change called as contact irritant dermatitis.
You should avoid the changed soap, cream, cloth washing detergent.
For treatment you can locally apply skin cleansers (eg, Aquanil, Cetaphil cleanser, )
Hope you found the answer helpful.
Regards
Dr Deepti Verma

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar