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Thick skin
Thick skin is skin that is unusually tough and dense. Thickened skin may be due to abnormal material accumulating in the skin.
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A 36-year old asked:
How to to get thick skin on your heels so you can walk on hot surfaces?
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A 36-year old asked:
Thick skin under my fingernails how to treat?
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A 37-year old asked:
How do you get rid of thick skin on feet soles?
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A 31-year old asked:
I have thick skin growing from under my toenail, what is that?
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A 44-year old asked:
tell me the difference between fat and thick skin on your core muscles?
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A 37-year old asked:
How could you get rid of the thickened skin under a toenail. this is not a fungus. just thick skin?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Red bump on the middle of each toe. Both bumps feel like painless lumps, not itchy, and feel like thick skin. Family history of diabetes. What is it?
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A 41-year old asked:
What could dark brown and thick skin on my foot be?
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A 29-year old asked:
How do you get rid of thick skin on feet. calluses?
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A 43-year old asked:
I have blister formed inside the thick skin on the base of my foot. Pop it?
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A 46-year old asked:
I have pus formed inside the thick skin on the base of my foot. Who can help?
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A 49-year old female asked:
What causes thick skin under the toenail the nail is curving around the thickened skin buildup
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A 24-year old female asked:
I finished my bc pill 3 days ago and last night i suffered cramps and this morning thick thick skin, quite large was on my sanitary pad, what is it?
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A 62-year old asked:
Had shoulder abcess lanced twice. Antibiotics too. Each time healed over fast.. Still very tender. Unclear whether lump is pus or thick skin. Hurts?
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A 21-year old male asked:
At 3 places in mouth i have thick skin with skin color and size of those is increasing. what could be problem. i m 21. i have H impacted teeth also?
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A 43-year old asked:
What types of breast cancer cause thick skin?
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A 47-year old asked:
What could be causing the joints on my second toe of each foot to be sore, swollen,and hot with thick skin?
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A 46-year old asked:
Does having thick oily skin have any evolutionary benefits?
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A 47-year old asked:
Why do I have dry, thick, itchy skin only on my elbows?
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A member asked:
I have very thick callus skin on either sides of my big toenails. They don't itch and are not painful. What could it be and how do I get rid of it?
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A 29-year old female asked:
What is the best home treatment for very sore achy heals which have a very thick tough skin? Also what's the best lotion for dry sandpaper-like feet?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Both of my second toes always have thick hard skin on the sides and tip of my toenails. Sometimes the skin is itchy or hurts. What could it be?
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A member asked:
Both of my second toes always have thick hard skin on the sides and tip of my toenails. Sometimes the skin is itchy or hurts. What could it be?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have loads of thick hard skin on both my feet,what is it? Can i do anything help prevent it? I av tried foot creams&soak them everyday.?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have very thick excessive oily skin. How frequently we can do glycolic 50% peeling at home?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Winter session my skin thick and fish scale how to cream use?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Why do the front of my finger have a thick layer of skin and no lines going across it like the rest of my fingers it's not normal it's embarrassing?
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A female asked:
why is my skin thick and rough after having a staph infection?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I have developed a thick layer of skin on the hell of my foot, its grey and hurts. When I remove it with beauty products it hurts even more help me?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I used thick layer of skin bleach cream with hydtoquinone tretinoin mometasome and now my skin is discolored red damaged. How do i fix this discolor?
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