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Dead Skin Build Up

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Dr. Charu Bansal MD

skin darkened due to dead skins cells build up and excessive scrubbing. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Charu Bansal ( Dermatologist)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

My husband has severe splitting of his skin on his hands and feet. It basically looks like someone took a razor blade and sliced them up. His feet have tons of what I guess are build-ups of dead... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney MD

Hi Doc, I have developed some dead skin on the foot thumb as in attached pictures. I tried to remove this dead skin using dead skin peeler. That time the skin in that area... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

problem persists.as the ct scan shows that not all of lungs are bad,and also if some dead tissues are ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

I am having calcinosis buildups on the skin from having scleroderma . I take the blood pressure medicine amlodipine which is a calcium blocker. I would like to now if the calcium that builds up on the ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)

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Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

I have really dry skin and despite taking showers daily I have spots were dead skin builds up and ends up looking like black marks almost like dirt but not quite, as you can tell its... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia MD

Hello, For about 9 months now I ve been noticing a lot of build of dead skin on my scalp that only .... Is there something that can treat/cure my build up? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia ( Dermatologist)
Dr.       Honey Arora MD

allergy to metals) continues to scab (seems to be a build up of dead skin) up and if I pick it, it bleeds, and when it heals it scabs (dead skin, I think?) over again. Is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Honey Arora ( Dentist)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

my skin also. I think its the build up of dead skin. Do you think getting a pedicure and having all the dead skin shaved off will help? (since im on my feet for work 8... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

wonder if the discolouration is due to a build up of dead dry skin cells. ...I have had this problem for over a year now and it varies in degrees of severity. The skin also ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)