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Very fair skin. but recently my hand knuckles are becoming very dark. what to do ?
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Dark knuckles: Many people get dark skin in areas where the skin has been irriated or inflamed. You may be irritating your hands at work or by exposure to some activity at home or some chemicals or irritants. Try to protect your hands from irritation and from sun exposure, and buy hydrocortisone cream and use it twice a day, It may take months to lighten.
Answered 1/5/2019
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Picture?: This is not uncommon when fair-skin people have too much sun exposure -> damage to the skin and pigment changes. However it is hard to tell without an actual picture of the distribution and pigment changes.
Answered 5/16/2017
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