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How do you keep dry skin at the tip of fingers from cracking and bleeding in the winter?
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Gloves. Moisturizer: Protect hands at work and use moisturizer such as cerave, neutrogena norwegian formula especially on winter in northeast and midwest.
Answered 3/18/2013
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Night care: If the cracking and bleeding do not respond to daily moisturizers, a useful technique just prior to going to sleep is to slather your fingers in skin cream and then put on rubber gloves and wear them while you sleep.
Answered 10/4/2016
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