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What Does Dark And Scaly Skin Indicate?

Hi, I've been dealing with what I thought was ezcema, but it's taken on a differnt look and texture. My skin does not hold in mositure but has now turned dark to black in color with scales over parts of my body, what is it and what do AI do to correct it? I'm not able to pay.
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic.

You seems to have a condition called Icthyosis where the skin, particularly over the extremities and trunk is fish-scale like. This appearance is due to extreme dryness of the skin, specially in cold and dry weather of winters.

If I was the treating doctor I would have asked you to apply a moisturizer with ingredients like lactic acid, urea, glycolic acid etc which are not only hygroscopic(absorb water from the atmosphere but are also keratolytic(exfoliate scales).

Soaps are an absolute No for you.

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What Does Dark And Scaly Skin Indicate?

Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic. You seems to have a condition called Icthyosis where the skin, particularly over the extremities and trunk is fish-scale like. This appearance is due to extreme dryness of the skin, specially in cold and dry weather of winters. If I was the treating doctor I would have asked you to apply a moisturizer with ingredients like lactic acid, urea, glycolic acid etc which are not only hygroscopic(absorb water from the atmosphere but are also keratolytic(exfoliate scales). Soaps are an absolute No for you. regards