I had Erbitux last year, and the same side effect, along with Taxotere, another cause of "hand and foot syndrome." In addition to the above suggestions, I wore white hand gloves, put moisturizer on the hands underneath, aquaphor, Cetaphil, on them too, used crazy glue on the cuts, bandaids, tree tea oil, but didn't like the smell of tree tea oil. The thing is to watch out for is infections, so I used neosporin also, and minocycline was prescribed for the rash. Nothing really resolved it, except rash, but these may reduce the severity. Only when treatment stopped, did it resolve completely.

With some chemo's, like Taxotere, cyrotherapy is used by putting hands, feet, in cooler mittens or something similarly cold on head too, drinking something cool before, during or after infusion, or chewing on ice, helps reduce mucocitis, neuropathy, hair loss, etc. I don't know if it's effective with Erbitux alone.

I was in the hospital for 187 days in isolation in 2009/2010 just from 5 days of chemo, and bed ridden for a few years following, so I know what can happen, what it's like. I had bed sores (pressure wounds) for three years, and they hurt worse than anything, sometimes they still act up if laid up too long. Bed sores need to be treated daily, cleaned, dressing changed, sleeping and sitting positions changed often, pressure off-set, pain meds, otherwise they can get infected, cause sepsis. I still use a few pillows on my recliner to sit on, which helps, and when I'm more mobile. Any infection is not to be taken lightly.

I hope this helps.