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Thickened skin on fingers
Thickening of the skin is where a part of person's skin becomes unusually tough, dense, or rough. This can happen with certain diseases, or may be a natural response to abrasion or rubbing of that skin.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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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 47-year old male asked:
Could periodic rapid thickening (then splitting and peeling) of skin on tips of all fingers and toes combined with rust colored pits on finger pads indicate an autoimmune problem?
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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 male asked:
I dropped something on one of my fingers and some blood accumulated underneath my skin. Its just a small area around the tip of my finger and a bit u?
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A 55-year old male asked:
Why do my fingers always have crascked skin?
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A 49-year old asked:
What is the patch of scalely skin on my finger?
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A 33-year old asked:
Can you advise for dry skin on tips of fingers?
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A 35-year old asked:
Why is the skin cracking on the tips of my fingers?
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A 36-year old asked:
How can I stop picking/biting the skin around my fingers?
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A male asked:
I tore the skin of my finger open and don't know how to treat it?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Cut finger tip on a mandolin. Should i leave the skin on? Or cut it off?
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A female asked:
Why does the left side of my head hurt only when I press my finger down on it?
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A male asked:
How to use peroxide and if it touches skin what to do with white small spots on fingers?
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A 22-year old female asked:
When should someone consider stitches when they cut the skin between their fingers?
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A 39-year old male asked:
I scratched some skin off of one of my fingers at bowling the other day. How long does this tale to heal?
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A 49-year old male asked:
I have a cut on one of my fingers for the last few years caused by broken skin,what could it be related to?
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A member asked:
I just knicked my finger with knife in the kitchen no bleeding but a superficial dent in the skin. Should i be worried?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I put some silicone caulking on my finger tip a few weeks ago, causing my skin to be dry (i also see tiny dots). What shall i do?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I have agzima on my both little fingers 5 years using betamethosane but return after week ..Can I have drug treat my skin forever?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I have tiny black dots on the tips of my fingers. They dont itch or have any texture, they appear to be under the skin. What are they?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Tiny black specks size of pin head under my skin, on my finger tip. Little cluster of about 8. Doesn't hurt. Any idea what it could be?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have the habit of picking fingers and like that pain on my skin. I also like to poke my hair onto my skin. Why? Is it related to health?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Is it possible to heal my finger after i tore off a layer of skin .it didn't bleed but it looked like i had cut the top layer of skin off.
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have servere anxiety. I often pick and bite at my fingers where the skin comes off I do it when I'm nervous or sometimes don't notice. Help?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Why is the skin on my face so malleable? If my cheeks are pulled on or squished, it takes a few sec for the finger prints/marks to go away. No fat?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Why do the front of my finger have a thick layer of skin and no lines going across it like the rest of my fingers it's not normal it's embarrassing?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I've been getting these little bumps on my fingers for years they are the same color of my skin they also itch, what could it be ? Its about 15 bumps
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A member asked:
I just burned with a glue gun, it is like bleedy with redness and my skin opened real bad, what should I do? I am paniking and I cannot feel my finger
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A 25-year old female asked:
I've been having constant, chronic numbness, spasms & pain from my head, down to my fingers. This occurs mainly on my left side, but sometimes shifts.
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A 16-year old female asked:
I ripped off a layer of skin off my finger trying to open a bottle, there is no bleeding.What can I do to properly treat it and how long will it heal?
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