Does hand lotion makes Raynauld's worse?

[Berniz]

My hands are dry due to my heat in my apt. I have tried to moisturize them but my hands get really cold and my Raynauld's worsens, my fingers turning blue or white.

Have others expeiences this condition?

Berni

[Sophiebun11]

No, it's fine. In fact, if you keep washing in water that is too warm because your hands are too cold you need it. Your skin can crack and chap from being cold even without Raynauds. I also have Sclerodema and have such tight skin on my face. I slather myself in Vaseline every hour or more often.

If you have open ulcers you may want to try something besides just moisturizer.

Best wishes getting through the winter.

[Poshcards]

I use Body shops Hemp hand cream, it lasts for ages and keeps my hands and fingers from splitting, have used for about 20 years now x

[Jacko37]

I use Aqueous cream. I find that hand creams, even the ones for sensitive skin just makes them burn and itch like crazy, good luck, X

[Chimama]

My experience with it is don’t make a difference but can sure keep dry skin from chapping and cracking 👍

[LadyTrundle]

I get what you mean about just putting on hand cream can make my hands colder and trigger an attack - it seems to act like water or sweat would in channelling heat away from the hands. Yet my hands (and feet ) get horribly dry and cracked. So I now use the cream, then immediately put on a thin glove (cotton or the thinner silver gloves) and then my battery heated gloves or one of the heated Hot Rox or activated hand warmers inside a mitten or in my hand muff (and absolute godsend since I found it on a market stall about 25 years ago!). I usually only need to actively warms my hands for a few minutes after applying the hand cream until they rebalance themselves. I tent to use Aveeno hand cream for very dry hands, or Flexitol hand cream, as both are very nourishing, unscented and are absorbed very fast - so more goes into my hands than onto the gloves. Hope that helps!

[GGhere]

My GP prescribes a cream called Dermol. I would say it's similar to E45 or maybe a tad better than E45 and it's also antimicrobial. I find it works well on my hands and feet. I have really tight skin on my feet. Hope you find something that helps.