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Shiny or velvety skin
Shiny skin is a symptom in which a person's skin appears smoother and shinier than usual. Good skin care can make skin look healthier, with a normal shine to it. Abnormally shiny skin can be due to swelling of the skin, fluid under the skin, tightening of the skin (from autoimmune disease), etc.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
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A 19-year old asked:
How can I get brighter shiny skin?
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What can be done for oily, shiny skin?
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How can I treat overyly oily, shiny skin?
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What could lead to really oily/shiny skin?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is the best solution for oily, shiny skin?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Healed burned skin on face is smooth shiny and discoloured. What's happening with it? Is it going to be like that for ever?
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A 36-year old asked:
How can I prevent oily, shiny skin?
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A 30-year old asked:
How do I get rid of oily shiny skin?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I've been finding random, painless, pimple looking bumps on my skin that do not disappear. They are round and shiny, with no crater look,clear on face?
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A 50-year old asked:
How to treat pink, shiny skin after scab fell off?
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A 34-year old asked:
What're the best facial care products for shiny or red skin?
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A 41-year old asked:
My leg skin is kind of shiny and cracked. Never had that before. Why?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I got sunburned on my leg. my skin has turned slightly shiny. Is this a good sign? It looks like it's it may become dead skin
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A 28-year old female asked:
I had a bump come up on my leg, it went away on its own and the skin peeled around it. Another bump came up in the same spot, dark color, shiny, and has gone down a little since it first reappeared, what is it?
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A 25-year old male asked:
A few months ago I bruised my foreskin during intercourse. Ever since its been swollen, the inside texture of the skin has become a bit velvety, the skin of the head has also become velvety and no longer smooth and shiny. Some pain during intercours?
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A 18-year old female asked:
The skin just below my cuticles is shiny and somewhat tight, and also a bit darker compared to the rest of my skin. Is this normal? 18 years old.
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A 27-year old male asked:
I am a healthy 27 year old male, I am sexual active heterosexual...Recently about a month ago noticed 6-7 bumps on the shaft of my penis.. The bumps seem to be in group together, are skin coloured, shiny and have never hurt but will not go away wondering
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A 16-year old male asked:
Help the tip of my penis is red and the skin looks like its peeling and its shiny skin what is this?
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A 41-year old asked:
My skin is a dry shiny red color. Do you think its just changes in weather, and too much washing with soap, giving me skin irritation ?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Hi, I have a red bump on my penis... its about halfway between the base and the head. Ive never had sex. Its small, red, and kind of shiny.
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A 26-year old male asked:
I have a red spot , kind of shiny, the size of the tip of marker mabye, and it stays there for a month or 2 , on head of penis under foreskin?
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A 17-year old female asked:
My skin is shiny even right after i wash it. It is not oily, just shiny. I use gentle face washes and a moisturizer and my face isn't tight. Help?
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A 26-year old female asked:
3 SM flat/raised shiny skin firm bumps back scalp. 2 at exact opp ends of head(right & left), smaller 1" from left bump. Left bump black dot middle?
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A 58-year old female asked:
I have a spot on my spine at waist level that is itchy and kind of rough. It looks like the skin is starting to turn crusty after a burn. Shiny still?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Small reddish lump under left penis shaft, inside it feels hard and my skin around it is shiny. I am scared I am under a lot of stress! Please help
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A 18-year old female asked:
What could be the cause of shiny skin under my breasts? They are large but the skin has been like that underneath my breast for a while. Could it be serious?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I found a strange shaped almost shiny looking bump on skin of breast about 1cm x 1cm not symetrical been there a week? should i worry.
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A 49-year old female asked:
I flew for approx 8 hours on sat. I now have a very swollen, non-painful left leg (twice the size if the right), with very shiny skin.
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A 18-year old male asked:
I have dry painful skin on my penis that is tender, red and shiny. What should I do? I already put vaciline on and it just happened last night.
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A 20-year old male asked:
Spot like lump on my penis. Currently no puss but was previously to squeezing. Lump is painful and on outer skin of penis. Now shiny. What is it?
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