Red fingers in the cold

What you need:

• gloves
• Pocket warmer
• Hand cream

This is how red fingers are created

• Red fingers occur when more and more blood shoots into the capillaries of the skin. The red blood then stains the fingers beyond normal levels.
• In extremely cold weather, the fingers can turn red because of the body tries to warm the hands with the influx of blood. If you have red fingers when it's cold, they can be warm too.
• When it is very cold, the fingers are often red without being warm. This is simply because the warmth of the blood cannot compensate for the outside temperature.
• Red fingers also develop when you come from the cold into the warm and the blood suddenly shoots in. Then you suddenly have hot fingers inside, even if the outer layers of skin only adjust to it a little later and the fingers then feel warm on the outside as well.

Protection for hands in winter

Cold is a factor not to be underestimated when it comes to cracked and dry ones skin goes. You should therefore protect the skin of your fingers.

• Never go out of the house without warm gloves in winter. Since gloves, especially finger gloves, rarely warm up the hands, but only keep them warm, the hands and fingers should be well warmed when you put them in the gloves.
• If your fingers get cold despite wearing gloves, get a pocket warmer. These are small heat cushions that give your hands warmth from the outside.
• Also, protect your skin with hand creams that contain oils. The cream should definitely be fat-based, not water-based, as the moisture in the latter could freeze outside and cause even more damage to your red fingers.