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Skin symptoms
Skin symptoms are a big part of scleroderma and can affect the way you look or feel about yourself. Learn what others have found to relieve their symptoms.
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There are many things that you can do to help manage your skin symptoms. Find the most popular recommendations below:
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Use creams or ointments every day to help with dry, tight or itchy skin. They’ll keep your skin well moisturised.1
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Wear rubber gloves when you wash up to protect the skin on your hands.2
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Avoid using strong soaps because these can irritate your skin.2
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Try simple exercises that help keep the movement around your joints. Your doctor or nurse may be able to show you how to do these.1
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QUICK TIP
Soaking your hands or feet in warm paraffin wax baths can help to soften the skin.1,3
Ask your doctor or nurse
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Ask about any physiotherapy available to help keep your joints moving.1
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If you have telangiectasia (small red spots caused by scleroderma) and are worried about how they look, you may be able to conceal them.
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To show you how to do simple exercises that help keep the movement around your joints.1
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For help choosing the right creams or ointments for you.
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Adjusting to your diagnosis
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Monitoring scleroderma
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Treatment
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Scleroderma & Raynaud’s UK. Skin. Available: https://www.sruk.co.uk/scleroderma/scleroderma-and-your-body/skin/ [Accessed December 2021].
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Scleroderma & Raynaud’s UK. Treatments. Available: https://www.sruk.co.uk/scleroderma/managing-scleroderma/treatments/ [Accessed December 2021].
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Scleroderma & Raynaud’s UK. Wax bath therapy. Available: https://www.sruk.co.uk/scleroderma/scleroderma-and-your-body/wax-bath-therapy/ [Accessed December 2021].
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"First of all, don't panic. Everyone is different. I have not met one patient who has the same symptoms."
– Maria