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I noticed my 9 yr old has peeling on the bottom of both feet after swimming 5 days ago in the pool his feet were extremely wrinkly? then they peeled y
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Common problem: When kids spend a lot of time in the water, they will get wrinkly skin. The floor of the pool may be rough and can scrape on the wet skin causing the skin to peel or look raw. Decreasing the amount of time in the pool may help, but another option is to use some water shoes/water socks to prevent the skin from being scraped on the pool bottom. It will clear up eventually.
Answered 9/28/2016
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