Pruney Palms - Anyone have the same?

[M0lly]

Hi All,

After showering, I suffer from extremely pruney hands...

They're so sore that I cannot move my hands until they've "smoothed" back out, usually about 30-45 minutes after.

If I try and move my hands when they're wrinkly it feels as if my palm is going to rip open. It is such a weird but painful feeling.

I shower really quickly, less than 5 minutes, so it's not as if my hands have been soaking for a long time. I've tried switching the products I use in the shower incase they were causing a weird allergic reaction, but alas there has been no change.

Does anyone suffer from the same thing? I've had a google and can't find anything similar.

TIA x

[OldTed60]

have you looked at Raynaud’s Phenomenon I wonder? This causes pruney hands with exposure to cooler temperatures or just change in temperatures and is painful when the circulation is reduced and then recovers. versusarthritis.org/about-a....

[M0lly in reply to OldTed60]

Thanks for your reply OldTed60.

I’ve had Reynaud’s for well over 10 years, it’s a different kind of pain… but I will do some investigation and see if I can find a correlation!

Thanks for link too! ☺️

[OldTed60 in reply to M0lly]

Well there’s Raynaud’s and there’s Raynaud’s and for a minority it can progress to be secondary to a rheumatic autoimmune disease such as Sjogren’s or Scleroderma - both of which I have. Hopefully not for you but it’s worth watching and asking a GP about. 😊