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Symptoms›Loose skin

Loose skin

Loose skin is a feature in which a person's skin is looser than usual for the average normal person in his ethnic/racial group. Loose skin can be due to hereditary/genetic causes. Skin also becomes looser with older age.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela
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family medicine 15 years experience
How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Skin

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