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Fingerprints on both hands have horizontal lines on them. these lines werent there when i was younger. so many i doubt that they are scars from injury?
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Fingertip wrinkles: from a change in turgor or the fingertips blood flow and capillary refill, can change the shape and the firmness of a finger, this includes circulation, blood flow in and out , also thyroid , fluid or electrlytebalance, sweating or hyperhydrosis and of course immersion in water for a prolonged time.
Answered 8/20/2015
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