What are the symptoms of keratolysis

Keratolysis is actually a skin disease. The common clinical manifestation is white dot-like blisters on the skin, and sometimes peeling symptoms. It is especially prone to occur in adults. If you want to treat it, you can apply some vitamin A ointment.

1. Keratolysis is a superficial exfoliative skin disease of the stratum corneum of the palms and soles. The cause is unknown. The skin lesions are initially white spots the size of millet, which gradually expand to the surrounding areas, similar to blister membranes with dried blister fluid. They can easily rupture naturally or be torn into thin paper-like scales. There is no obvious inflammatory change and no itching. They occur symmetrically on the palms, and a few cases involve the soles of the feet. This disease often occurs in spring and summer or at the turn of autumn and winter. Low-concentration keratin peels or mild lubricants can be used for treatment.

2. Clinical manifestations

The skin lesions begin as scattered white blisters the size of a needle tip, the number of which varies, and they gradually expand to the periphery, rupturing in the center to form superficial desquamation. Most skin lesions expand and may merge into sheets of paper-thin epidermal exfoliation. The skin beneath the exfoliated epidermis is almost completely normal. There are no signs of inflammation and the disease often occurs symmetrically on the palms and soles. The disease progresses slowly, with no subjective symptoms. The disease heals after the scales fall off naturally in 2 to 3 weeks. The disease begins in late spring and early summer and improves on its own when the weather turns cooler in autumn. It is more common in adults.

3. Diagnosis

The disease begins in late spring and early summer and is more common in adults. The skin lesions begin as scattered white, needle-sized blisters of varying numbers, which gradually expand to the periphery, rupturing in the center to form superficial desquamation, and most lesions expand. Can merge into paper-thin exfoliation. The skin beneath the exfoliated epidermis is almost completely normal and lacks signs of inflammation. It can be diagnosed by symmetrical occurrence on the palms and soles.

4. Treatment

1. Treatment with topical retinoic acid cream.

2. Topical low-concentration keratin peeling agents and mild lubricants also have certain therapeutic effects.

3. This disease may improve on its own when the weather turns cooler.