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I have skin flaking on my one hand- what could this be? i can send a photo of needed

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Hard to say : Without more information about what may be going on. Unfortunately for an image to be reviewed you would have to set up a HealthTap Prime consultation. Not only would this allow a doctor to review an image but delve deeper into to the history around how and when this started.

Answered 1/5/2019

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