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Picking Off 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. Kruti MD

made the mistake of obsessively picking at it. I ended up ripping my skin off, and now have this patch of raw skin above my lip. It looks kind of like a cold sore , but it isn't. How do... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kruti ( Dermatologist)
Dr.  Rahul Kumar MD

few shades and again dead skink starts to peel off. Please see attached images. These are after peeling dead skin. Could you please suggest what it is and give some medicine. Thanks, XXXXX Mob... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rahul Kumar ( Dermatologist)
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)

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Dr. Himanshu Pandey MD

to get (what seems to be) a dead skin build up and I have a nasty habit of lightly chewing (well more ... build up or if the build up starts and then I start... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Himanshu Pandey ( 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. 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. 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... View answer

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

skin build up ...Yes I am a female and I notice when I scratch my butt or inner thighs feels like dirty or dead skin ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Omprakash Bodke ( General & Family Physician)