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What do you call the disease where you get thicker skin?

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Icthyosis,psoriasis: Icthyosis is thickening of stratum corneum, outer layer of skin which looks like fish scales.Psoriasis can look like thick grayish raised areas on knees, elbows, trunk, scalp.

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Answered 3/24/2012

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