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Thick skin
Thick skin is skin that is unusually tough and dense. Thickened skin may be due to abnormal material accumulating in 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: Thick skin?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is thin or thick skin more susceptible to wrinkles?
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A 36-year old asked:
How to to get thick skin on your heels so you can walk on hot surfaces?
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A 44-year old asked:
Tell me the difference between fat and thick skin on your core muscles?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Hello. How can I prevent hard thick skin from growing back at the location where a corn was removed? Thanks
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A 39-year old female asked:
I have small round patches of very thick skin. They seem almost like scales. I also have eczema all over. This looks much different than the eczema.
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A 44-year old asked:
Is it bad to have thick skin on your hands?
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A 36-year old asked:
How to remove thick skin on top of feet?
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A 31-year old asked:
I have thick skin growing from under my toenail, what is that?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Taking oratane and the pimples i'm getting are quite big and very thick skin which either won't or very hard to pop. Why?
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A 41-year old asked:
What could dark brown and thick skin on my foot be?
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A 37-year old asked:
Who has developed thick skin on the bottom of their feet from going barefooted that cracks and bleeds?
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A 37-year old asked:
How do you get rid of thick skin on feet soles?
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A 39-year old asked:
What can I do to deal with thick skin around a hole on my foot?
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A female asked:
I'm on my period I passed 2 things that look like thick skin. Should I go see my dr?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I finished my bc pill 3 days ago and last night i suffered cramps and this morning thick thick skin, quite large was on my sanitary pad, what is it?
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A 46-year old asked:
I have pus formed inside the thick skin on the base of my foot. Who can help?
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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 female asked:
I have thick skin between my thumb and forefingers on both my hands. It's been constantly the same for about a year. It also feels all the time. Any i?
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A 16-year old male asked:
I have been diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. I also have a patch of thick skin below by toes. The skin is rough and less sensitive to touch. Is that normal for plantar fasciitis?
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A 29-year old asked:
How do you get rid of thick skin on feet. Calluses?
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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 31-year old female asked:
I have a thick skin rash at the back of my neck all the way up to my head and its very itchy, Ive had it since I was 9
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A 43-year old asked:
I have blister formed inside the thick skin on the base of my foot. Pop it?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Hi, i have 5 small bumps under my left foot and its pain when i walk . the bumps is in black in color and have a thick skin on it?
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A 43-year old asked:
What types of breast cancer cause thick skin?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Kept picking leg scab (nervousness). Formed a thick skin like lump large pimple size. Besides stop picking, any way to make smooth again?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I was with a fellow college friend of mine. I "fingered" her and did nothing else. I didn't have any cuts or bleeding during the time of "fingering". Note: I rock climb and have dry and thick skin in some places. Can I get HIV from fingering her?
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A 62-year old asked:
Had shoulder abcess lanced twice. Antibiotics too. Each time healed over fast.. Still very tender. Unclear whether lump is pus or thick skin. Hurts?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Red bump on the middle of each toe. Both bumps feel like painless lumps, not itchy, and feel like thick skin. Family history of diabetes. What is it?
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