Fragile skin
Fragile skin is a clinical finding in which the skin is more brittle and prone to breaking. This can occur with malnutrition, aging, hypothyroidism.
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A 37-year old asked:
What causes fragile skin?
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Home remedies for raw dry fragile skin?
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Home remedies for really dry fragile skin?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Fragile skin?
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A 42-year old asked:
How can I repair extremely fragile skin not brought about by meds or age?
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A 47-year old asked:
Fragile skin on arms is this normal?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Could cushings syndrome affect the penis if you had or have it causing changes like scaling painfully sensitivity thinning fragile skin for no reason?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What diseases and illnesses cause fragile skin around eyes or bleeding around the skin on your eyes only? Both eyes?
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A 37-year old male asked:
What can causes skin to crack fissure under glans i'm circumcised leaving thin fragile shiny skin won't heal even seen a lot of docs diffrrnt opions?
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A 37-year old male asked:
What in the world causes the penis skin to crack on and under glans I'm circumcised no STD to leave scarring thin fragile painfully sensitive skin?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Use of hydrocortizone for thrush on penis. After 5 days of use, the skin seems fragile and it peeling creating small wounds if removed. Normal?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Normal CBC and Metabolic Panel. Around the skin of both eyes, the blood vessels are fragile and break easily. Skin around eyes looks sickly and discolored. My Grandfather died of Myeloma very young in his 40s. Does this look like Amyloidosis?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Everytime I scratch my skin I get super red and stays for minute. It never use to be like that before. My whole body feels more fragile now? Cancer?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I have red sores all over, look like pimples, when they break, weep clear liquid/swell. The skin around them is fragile and heal slowly. Contagious?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Hi, the last several months the skin of my labia seems to be incredibly fragile the week before my period, even wiping after using the rest room ca...
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A 53-year old female asked:
Do dissolving internal sutures hurt 8 weeks later? 4 CM wide head laceration cut to bone. Site tender. Want to dye hair but is wound too fragile?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Causes from skin to peel once on and under glans badly 5 years ago leaving skin to this day painfully sensitive thin fragile no STD I'm circumcised?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Partial/deep dermal burns forehead & hair 1year ago.At 4weeks most scabbed over-nurse debrided skin&infections started-some wounds becoming deep&ulcerous.Skin in hairline still fragile/weeps/scabs cant massage/cream-is this going to heal or too late?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I am a young male, I have been have non-specific symptoms all over ranging from stomach issues, skin and fatigue. I also noticed my blood vessels are extremely fragile, around my eyes and skin. WBC 3, ALT 45, everything else normal. Please help?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Around my eyes almost like light bruising and fragile blood vessels. Do I have a tumor in my head? My ALT is in the 40s and my WBC is 3.00 everything else is normal. But the skin around my eyes look so sickly. Please help?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Taking alot of meds. Hair is damaged - dry/brittle/oily(need to wash daily/dandruff. Does this cause skin allergies? This is the 5th time in 5 mths
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A 25-year old female asked:
I understand keratosis pilaris is an issue of excess keratin, does this excess keratin affect the hair on the head too? Ie. Causing it to be brittle?
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A 36-year old asked:
I have brittle skin and crack on one of my finger. I try with many type of lotion but problem still persist. What is your advise?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Which supplement would be better natures bounty hair skin and nails or twinlab hair factors to cure dry damaged brittle chemically relaxed hair?
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A 53-year old male asked:
I have water accumulation on my thighs and ankles. My body hair has become sick looking dry blacker brittle. My skin feels strange. Rough and itchy.?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Could thickened skin be a thyroid problem. im only 18 and im not crazy but my skin looks really scaley, my hair is dry and brittle but my thyr is norm?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can celiac disease be the cause of dry skin, brittle nails and limp hair?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I'm getting worse dry skin, brittle hair, exhaustion white stringy stuff in urine last i smell.
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A 42-year old male asked:
Have psoriasis&walk briskly daily.My toenails are brittle.Can cut toenails off toes nearest big toes with almost no pain.Is this due to psoriasis or walking? My skin is relatively clear.Need more med?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Would it be okay to try betaine hcl pills at 18? Ppis are not working, my thyroid is fine but my hair is dry and brittle and my skin, heartburn too!
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