Using the heel of my palm to pound out pizza doughs all day. Could that be the cause of this? How do I stop it?
I have eczema on my hands but this looks different. I usually have dry, scaly patches. Not itchy bumps.
Google says it could still be eczema. I don't have celiac. I eat the pizza at work all the time.
by WholesomeThingsOnly
30 Comments
Sonikku_a
Just flour/yeast and sweat.
That’ll do that, at least to me. Pound pizza dough all day long
GoWest1223
Hot pizza pan will burn those right off.
Relative_Order_66
you could be allergic to gluten maybe
Piranha_Vortex
Yellow dish soap in the packets did this to my forearms. Cetaphil lotion helped heal it. Bring in your own soap and use it exclusively.
aBunchOfRabbits
That looks like an allergic reaction, mild hives. You are allergic to something you are handling. How is your breathing? Do you feel lethargic?
crumble-bee
That sounds like an interesting technique I’ve never used..
Nubsondubs
Our baker gets this really badly from time to time. He’s told me it’s a yeast infection.
spinachguy14
Raw flour on damp skin can irritate. I worked at a seitan factory and it was insane everyone was covered in rashes
HondaCivicLover98
Looks like eczema, the dough is probably irritating your skin
Nintjie
That yeast made a lil home on your forearms
applyheat
Yeast infection . . . I will see myself out.
Hi_AJ
This looks like the eczema I get. There are different kinds. If you are washing that area more, or washing it with harsh soaps, you could be irritating your skin. Make sure you’re using gentle soap, drying the area well after washing, and putting a non-irritating moisturizer on it, especially before bed. Nothing scented, no exfoliants or anything like that in your lotion.
captainsquarters40
I wokred in a pizza joint for a couple years, a long time ago. I also had this issue also. I’m fairly certain it’s an issue with the yeast in the dough.
Eventually it just stopped happening, but that might have been because I eventually spent more time at different stations than I did the pizza table.
Down_To_My_Last_Fuck
Heat rash from the glove.
Wrap a piece of gauze/soft cotton around your wrist one layer. Then don the glove. Should clear it up.
TheKrik
Brother, use your fingertips to pound your dough.
Murksiuke
Do you wash your wrists more often now? You could have a mild allergy to soap
CaptnNuttSack
Those are hives buddy. If you’re getting them from handling pizza dough you might be developing a gluten allergy or wheat allergy
Salty_Shellz
This happened to me once, and it turned out to be mites I got from the company gloves. I actually thought it was the chicken pox I may or may not have had yet.
My dermatologist was oddly excited about it, and the pharmacist looked at me funny while I picked up my Ivermectin in mid 2020.
LD_1986
Were you using semolina? I used to get semolina imbedded in my fingers stretching pizza dough using semolina for bench flour causing those little bumps. Kinda hard to pick out but after vigorous scrubbing the top layer of skin they worked their way out.
Green_Herb_Garden
I had all kinds of skin ailments in the years I worked at a pizza shop. My reaction is likely from a combination of sweat, bacteria/fungus, flour, sweat, dish soap/sani, and drinking booze all day.
goat-fornicator
thats what i get whenever i use a specific type of flour at work xD looks like hives to me but it could be ssmthn else so id say go see a doctor.
worms_instantly
It is probably another kind of eczema, I’ve started getting these on my hands (usually the sides of fingers) in the winter when my skin dries out. And yes, just small, itchy bumps like that. Vaseline Eczema Calming lotion clears me up almost immediately when nothing else seems to do much.
MJCox0415
Contact dermatitis. Multiple causes, could even be psychosomatic. But I’m not a dermatologist 🤷🏻♂️
xstevenx81
It could be the moisture. It could be a fungal infection. If it goes away when you stop it’s probably moisture. If that doesn’t work try using antifungal cream, like athletes foot cream. If that doesn’t work I would try an antihistamine. If that doesn’t work. Go to a doctor but they will probably to tell you to quit doing that.
RevolutionaryBuy2526
This used to happen to me on my forearms when I worked in a cheese shop breaking down large wheels of reggiano. I blamed it on the oil touching my skin, definitely some kind of allergic reaction.
Puzzleheaded-Car-479
Sometimes sweat mixed with flour does this to me
poor_decisions
Yes eczema
Rinse your arms sooner
reycd
Allergies or your scrubbing to hard when washing to get any potentially wet flour that has caked to your arms
bkilian93
I used to get bumps like that and I just assumed it was from the fiberglass proof boxes
bbddbdb
This is called dyshidrotic eczema. It’s still eczema, just a different form.
30 Comments
Just flour/yeast and sweat.
That’ll do that, at least to me. Pound pizza dough all day long
Hot pizza pan will burn those right off.
you could be allergic to gluten maybe
Yellow dish soap in the packets did this to my forearms. Cetaphil lotion helped heal it. Bring in your own soap and use it exclusively.
That looks like an allergic reaction, mild hives. You are allergic to something you are handling. How is your breathing? Do you feel lethargic?
That sounds like an interesting technique I’ve never used..
Our baker gets this really badly from time to time. He’s told me it’s a yeast infection.
Raw flour on damp skin can irritate. I worked at a seitan factory and it was insane everyone was covered in rashes
Looks like eczema, the dough is probably irritating your skin
That yeast made a lil home on your forearms
Yeast infection . . . I will see myself out.
This looks like the eczema I get. There are different kinds. If you are washing that area more, or washing it with harsh soaps, you could be irritating your skin. Make sure you’re using gentle soap, drying the area well after washing, and putting a non-irritating moisturizer on it, especially before bed. Nothing scented, no exfoliants or anything like that in your lotion.
I wokred in a pizza joint for a couple years, a long time ago. I also had this issue also. I’m fairly certain it’s an issue with the yeast in the dough.
Eventually it just stopped happening, but that might have been because I eventually spent more time at different stations than I did the pizza table.
Heat rash from the glove.
Wrap a piece of gauze/soft cotton around your wrist one layer. Then don the glove. Should clear it up.
Brother, use your fingertips to pound your dough.
Do you wash your wrists more often now? You could have a mild allergy to soap
Those are hives buddy. If you’re getting them from handling pizza dough you might be developing a gluten allergy or wheat allergy
This happened to me once, and it turned out to be mites I got from the company gloves. I actually thought it was the chicken pox I may or may not have had yet.
My dermatologist was oddly excited about it, and the pharmacist looked at me funny while I picked up my Ivermectin in mid 2020.
Were you using semolina? I used to get semolina imbedded in my fingers stretching pizza dough using semolina for bench flour causing those little bumps. Kinda hard to pick out but after vigorous scrubbing the top layer of skin they worked their way out.
I had all kinds of skin ailments in the years I worked at a pizza shop. My reaction is likely from a combination of sweat, bacteria/fungus, flour, sweat, dish soap/sani, and drinking booze all day.
thats what i get whenever i use a specific type of flour at work xD looks like hives to me but it could be ssmthn else so id say go see a doctor.
It is probably another kind of eczema, I’ve started getting these on my hands (usually the sides of fingers) in the winter when my skin dries out. And yes, just small, itchy bumps like that. Vaseline Eczema Calming lotion clears me up almost immediately when nothing else seems to do much.
Contact dermatitis. Multiple causes, could even be psychosomatic. But I’m not a dermatologist 🤷🏻♂️
It could be the moisture. It could be a fungal infection. If it goes away when you stop it’s probably moisture. If that doesn’t work try using antifungal cream, like athletes foot cream. If that doesn’t work I would try an antihistamine. If that doesn’t work. Go to a doctor but they will probably to tell you to quit doing that.
This used to happen to me on my forearms when I worked in a cheese shop breaking down large wheels of reggiano. I blamed it on the oil touching my skin, definitely some kind of allergic reaction.
Sometimes sweat mixed with flour does this to me
Yes eczema
Rinse your arms sooner
Allergies or your scrubbing to hard when washing to get any potentially wet flour that has caked to your arms
I used to get bumps like that and I just assumed it was from the fiberglass proof boxes
This is called dyshidrotic eczema. It’s still eczema, just a different form.