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What causes wrinkled finger tips all the time?

I am a 27 yr old female and i have noticed that the skin on my fingertips is wrinkled all the time(like i just got out of the bath).  I noticed it several weeks age.  I don't think i am dehydrated.  I put lotion on everynight and have for many years.  What could be causing them to stay wrinkled?
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Look up Raynaud's Disease...
Raynaud's (ray-NOHZ) disease is a condition that causes some areas of your body — such as your fingers, toes, the tip of your nose and your ears — to feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures or stress. In Raynaud's disease, smaller arteries that supply blood to your skin narrow, limiting blood circulation to affected areas.

Raynaud's disease is more than simply having cold hands and cold feet, and it's not the same as frostbite. Signs and symptoms of Raynaud's depend on the frequency, duration and severity of the blood vessel spasms that underlie the disorder. Raynaud's disease symptoms include:

Cold fingers and toes
Sequence of color changes in your skin in response to cold or stress
Numb, prickly feeling or stinging pain upon warming or relief of stress
During an attack of Raynaud's, affected areas of your skin usually turn white at first. Then, the affected areas often turn blue, feel cold and numb, and your sense of touch is dulled. As circulation improves, the affected areas may turn red, throb, tingle or swell. The order of the changes of color isn't the same for all people, and not everyone experiences all three colors.

Occasionally, an attack affects just one or two fingers or toes. Attacks don't necessarily always affect the same digits. Although Raynaud's most commonly affects your fingers and toes, the condition can also affect other areas of your body, such as your nose, lips, ears and even nipples. An attack may last less than a minute to several hours.

People who have Raynaud's accompanied by another disease will likely also have signs and symptoms related to their basic underlying condition.

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I have the same problem and I am 36 so i don't think it's necessarily related to age.  It started a week ago.  They look and feel like i've had my hands in water for a long time even when they haven't been near water.  Like you they used to be plump and now they are shrivelled and wrinkly and feel a bit numb like i've just come out of the water.  I had prolonged contact with acetone (nail varnish remover) and wondered if this was a factor but now i read it seems to be a common problem with lots of people so i don't think it is to do with acetone!
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Happy new year to everybody! I am a 42 years young male and I am living in Germany. I have the same problem as described above and also the doctors here said that they have no idea what it comes from. I think it could have something to do with hypertension medicine I take which is called Olmetec and contains Olmesartan. The trade names in US is Benicar  and it is an angiotensin II receptor medication. Does anyone take this kind of medicine and have the same problem? Also I guess it might could be really some kind of Candida infection. Does anybody have some experience on that. Yours, Michael
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Does anyone not notice that these responses took a WHOLE year to get up here.. Then the occurances?? Not sure what exactly is going on, but come on.. Then everyone who seems to know the problem & solution, seems so robotic about their response?? All professional & bull..

To say the least I am not satisfied with these responses...
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Hi everybody,allow me to join the "party"!!
I've read all the post on this forum about the wrinkle hands.
Like they say,2 heads is better than one and there is many heads on this forum so maybe we can find a sense to those wrinkle hands all together.
Here is my little story:
I've "dry wrinkle" in both hands since the last 10 years.Am a 35 old male,i've workout all my life,i've always been in really good shape,my friend always call me "the Machine",I don't drink,i don't smoke,i don't do drug.I've been a very strike diet since the last 3 years,in this diet,i've cut all the sugar(candy,chocolate,sport drink,soda,etc..),no coffee or other stimulant.
i've cut all the dairy,i've cut all the grains(with and without gluten),no fast food at all and no meat product.So there is no so much left that I can eat.Am doing this by choice in order to find the potential cause.
I know that I've a intolerance problem with gluten,i've discover very recently that I've a
hypothyroid problem.I've start natural desiccated thyroid medicine 3 months ago(no result so far).My basal temperature have always been quite low 94°F,my both hand are always cold and I really don't tolerate the cold weather.I've seen 6 different doctor and not even one of them seem to care.I've try several type a hand creams without any result,i know it's not a kind of allergy or reaction to something.
Am pretty sure it's not relate to what am eating.
The only thing left that make sense would be the adrenal fatigue.
That where am gonna put my energy for now on.
I really wanna find a explanation to this "phenomenon",it's not really bothering my work or activity but I know there is a problem,this is not normal and there is a reason why this is happening and maybe it's a sign of a more serious illness,who know!!
It's really pissing me off that we are able to go on the moon but we can't find a answer for the "dry wrinkle hands"
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Hi everybody,allow me to join the "party"!!
I've read all the post on this forum about the wrinkle hands.
Like they say,2 heads is better than one and there is many heads on this forum so maybe we can find a sense to those wrinkle hands all together.
Here is my little story:
I've "dry wrinkle" in both hands since the last 10 years.Am a 35 old male,i've workout all my life,i've always been in really good shape,my friend always call me "the Machine",I don't drink,i don't smoke,i don't do drug.I've been a very strike diet since the last 3 years,in this diet,i've cut all the sugar(candy,chocolate,sport drink,soda,etc..),no coffee or other stimulant.
i've cut all the dairy,i've cut all the grains(with and without gluten),no fast food at all and no meat product.So there is no so much left that I can eat.Am doing this by choice in order to find the potential cause.
I know that I've a intolerance problem with gluten,i've discover very recently that I've a hypothyroid problem.I've start natural desiccated thyroid medicine 3 months ago(no result so far).My basal temperature have always been quite low 94°F,my both hand are always cold and I really don't tolerate the cold weather.
I've seen 6 different doctor and not even one of them seem to care.
I've try several type a hand creams without any result,i know it's not a kind of allergy or reaction to something.
Am pretty sure it's not relate to what am eating.
The only thing left that make sense would be the adrenal fatigue.
That where am gonna put my energy for now on.
I really wanna find a explanation to this "phenomenon",it's not really bothering my work or activity but I know there is a problem,this is not normal and there is a reason why this is happening and maybe it's a sign of a more serious illness,who know!!
It's really pissing me off that we are able to go on the moon but we can't find a answer for the "dry wrinkle hands"
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