If you've been tempted to hide your hands, maybe even contemplating stuffing them into gloves even in warm weather, because the skin on your fingertips is peeling near your nails, you're not alone.

Acral peeling skin syndrome is a very rare genetic skin condition. It most commonly causes painless peeling of the top layers of skin on your hands and feet. Your arms and legs can also be affected.

What is peeling skin? Peeling skin, desquamation, desquamating skin, or desquamation of skin are all ways of describing a condition where the outer layer of the skin starts to replace itself. Often, ...

The sudden appearance of peeling skin on your hands can be both alarming and embarrassing, leaving you wondering what went wrong with your once-smooth skin. This common yet distressing condition ...

Peeling skin on your hands can be unsettling. Whether it's flaky patches around the fingers or cracked palms that itch and burn, this common condition often goes unnoticed until it becomes ...

Acral peeling skin syndrome is a rare genetic condition mainly causing skin to peel on the extremities—usually, the feet and hands but also the arms and legs. The skin peeling on hands and feet ...