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My thumb and index fingertips have been dried for more than one year. sometimes it hurts, some time is less severe. ?
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Tough to know: Isolated involvement such as this could be from repetitive activity vs local infection vs contact sensitivity. More information about you would be necessary to offer further help.
Answered 3/19/2015
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