r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fratzenfresse • 19h ago

Waffle house isnt made of waffles my hands do this every winter

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It doesn’t hurt but it’s annoying as hell

YES I MOISTURIZE

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u/PinkBrick56 18h ago

So i do not see any comment about it so I’ll add my two cents since something similar (except mostly on my fingertips) used to happen all the time for me and eventually figured out it was mainly due to lack of vitamin D which you do not get anywhere close as much during winter since you don’t get much natural sunlight, so using Vitamin D supplements of any kind really helped me personally to prevent this from happening. Moisturizing also works after your hands look like this already.

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u/Venome456 18h ago

I live in a sunny country but this started happening to me in my mid 20s during my depression, I spent a lot of time indoors gaming. Never happened earlier in my life. Got out of my depression and started leaving the house more and it's never happened since.

So yeah I think it's vitamin D also.

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u/dudeyaaaas 17h ago

Depression can also occur with vit d deficiency 

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u/RanchHere 17h ago

So can age. I started noticing drier hands in general when I hit my mid/late 30s

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u/BlackPlague1235 13h ago

Depression can happen without any external factors at all. Doesn't matter how great or shit life is going for you. Depression doesn't give a fuck

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u/dudeyaaaas 13h ago

For some people. There are genetic variations predisposing some people to depression. 

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u/__akkarin 18h ago

Huh never thought of that, i have a chronic vitamin d deficiency i get this all the time, never connected the two, it's not bad enough that i was told to take any supplements, but maybe i should just for this tbh

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u/Bruhimgonzo 16h ago

I live in Florida and it still happens to my finger tips and I’m constantly outside biking hooping or walking around

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u/Embarrassed_Fault967 18h ago

this makes sense because i also have chronically dry skin and vitamin D is huge for my regimen. but i also work at a metal shop and we have pumice soap which is awesome. i keep some at home now

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u/reapseh0 17h ago

Agreed. You need that D

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u/Yeah_Mr_Jesus 16h ago

I work night shift so I'm definitely not getting as much vitamin d as I should. This happens to me as well, so I'll try a vitamin d supplement and see if that helps me

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u/xkillac4 15h ago

I’ve heard of artificial sun lamps being prescribed for this sort of thing, probably for similar reasons