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Skin thickening
Skin thickening is a condition that can result from chronic inflammation or irritation to the skin.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Skin thickening?
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A 30-year old asked:
Insulin injection skin thickening?
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A 46-year old asked:
Why is the skin thickening under my toenails?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is "skin thickening" or "hardening" in scleroderma?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I had a csection 6 months ago and the skin on my incision feels thin like if i poke hard enough it will indent.is this normal and will my skin thicken?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Sudden onset Skin thickening rosacea affecting nose. Is it reversible with antibiotics?
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A 44-year old male asked:
Skin thickening and cracks on the outer side of my fingers on the nodes and on the inside swelling and hardening with some pus sack inside?
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A 52-year old female asked:
Mammo showed 3mm nodule. sono didnt. report shows no signs of cancer ie, skin thickening, stellate mass microcalcifications etc all normal. Should I be worried.
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A 35-year old female asked:
Both breasts show heterogeneous echopattern. No mass lesion or calcification seen.No evident ductal dilatation or skin thickening noted.Meaning?
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A 44-year old male asked:
There is a small focused skin thickening on my R index finger (inside of hand). It is painful when pressure is applied, i.e when I grip anything. It does not resemble a wart at all. Has become bigger and more painful over the past 10 months?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Had mrsa on eyebrow years ago. Healed completely, no scar. Im on Accutane, last month, acne cured. Lump growing(skin thickening) right where mrsa was. Derm doc thinks its nothing but it keep growing. Can old mrsa wound respond to Accutane this way?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I've extremely dry skin reddened, thickened and whitely scaling in some parts like along inner arms, inner thighs. It'eem to widen. What should I do?
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A female asked:
I have dry, itchy, cracked skin, and thickened heels on my feet. I have dark toenails & fungus for over twenty years. How can I get rid of this ?
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A 50-year old female asked:
Hi i am living with skin symptoms for four years, ca you please advise me if it sounds loke scabies? itchin, freckle like spots, small red spots that scab over, hairloss, eyelash loss, skin numbness, thickened nails, genital numbness, decreased urine out
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A 18-year old male asked:
Is it possible to be allergic to nicotine? Whenever I smoke something with Nic my skin seems to thicken up and get itchy.
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A 25-year old male asked:
How long does thickened skin, such as from scratching or lichen simplex, take to heal fully?
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A 39-year old male asked:
On the bottom of my feet, I have these areas of thickened skin. Recently, this started hurting and is worse the longer I am on my feet. ?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Rashes on my penis and thickened skin around it
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A 37-year old asked:
Eczema of the eyelids and I have thickened skin. How do I alleviate these symptoms?
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A 38-year old asked:
How can you get rid of thickened skin underneath a toenail?
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A 49-year old female asked:
What causes thick skin under the toenail the nail is curving around the thickened skin buildup
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A 21-year old female asked:
An itch on my arm was scratched hard repeatedly. It's been weeks and has turned dry, pink, peeling, and itchy with thickened skin. It has spread.?
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A 22-year old female asked:
If someone over exfoliated their nose super harshly to where the skin is thinner, how does one know if they injured only the epidermis or the dermal layer too? There was no blood but the skin has not thickened back up after 1 year. More time?
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A 37-year old asked:
How could you get rid of the thickened skin under a toenail. This is not a fungus. Just thick skin?
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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 61-year old female asked:
What is a Pilonidal cyst? Can it just flare up from time to time for 20 years without getting worse? No drainage ever, just feels like thickened skin in the area, and soreness, Is there anything that can be done at home to help it?
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A 35-year old male asked:
My breasts have enlarged folicles and slight redness, both at the bottom inner area with a little thickened skin. I am 15 weeks pregnant. Is this normal?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I have two small skin-colored bumps right above my right ankle. The first one is bigger - around 3.5-4mm x 3-3.5mm; the second one is smaller - 2.5-3mm x 2-2.5mm. Both bumps are painless and firm to the touch - they feel like thickened skin.
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A female asked:
I had ipl yesterday on face and I am swollen through cheeks and puffy under one eye. Also very red with thickened skin and enlarged pores - pores wer?
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A 62-year old female asked:
I recently had anal biopsies done yesterday. On his notes it said perianal skin excoriation and thickening with about a 2 cm radius from the anal verge. Sounds alarming, but it is? I have a follow up visit scheduled?
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