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Smiling Woman Having Her Nails Manicured in a Beauty Salon

What Causes Dry & Cracked Skin Around the Fingernails?

Published Jul,18 2017 | By Bridget Johnson

Your hands do the walking through a minefield of irritating substances and situations. Dry skin around the fingernails, in form of scraggly cuticles or rough fingertips, can be more than just an aesthetic annoyance if cracked skin lets in harmful bacteria.