If you've been tempted to hide your hands, maybe even contemplating stuffing them into gloves even in warm weather, because the skin on your fingertips is peeling near your nails, you're not alone.

What is peeling skin? Peeling skin, desquamation, desquamating skin, or desquamation of skin are all ways of describing a condition where the outer layer of the skin starts to replace itself. Often, ...

Acral peeling skin syndrome is a very rare genetic skin condition. It most commonly causes painless peeling of the top layers of skin on your hands and feet. Your arms and legs can also be affected.