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28, clean blood work. small circles of skin keep peeling around follicles on arms, forms scab without my picking at it, then goes away. why?
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Hidradenitis: this may be a sweat gland ( apocrine ) infection. You should be checked for folliculitis ( hair follicle inflammation )
Answered 8/26/2014
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