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Can fleas live in the skin?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

Fleas are built: to live on furry bodies. It is difficult for them to hide and hang on to our relatively bare skin. So although fleas will bite humans, they don't usually live on them.

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Answered 4/27/2015

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