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Broke big toe on 8/12. detached toenail. skin is falling off in sheets from all toes on the foot. no cast. walking boot,now surgical shoe. why?
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Quit Sloughing off.: Skin sloughing, particularly after a period of immobilization and departure from one's daily bathing routine, is almost a given when the immobilization and swelling end. Layers of dead skin cells that are normally sloughed during one's daily routine have piled up and are revealed as these skin "sheets". One can only imagine how much skin is shedded daily by your body daily.
Answered 10/9/2016
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