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What Could Be Causing Dry, Flaky Skin with Oily Areas?

Hi, I have a bad skin condition on my face. My skin is dry and a little flaky yet at the same time it gets oily on top. I have a lot of redness (maybe...

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Treatment for Cottage Cheese Skin on my Face?

I thought I'd found the answer but it doesn't really sound like what I have. I have a few milia, but the other thing that I was looking for is the...

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How Many Skin Layers Are There in Human Body?

How many layers of skin are there in the human body?  Can you give me some details about each... how they work, what they do?

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Should I See a Hormone Specialist About my Extremely Oily Skin?

I must produce more Androgen hormones than any other 36-year-old woman on the planet, because I have extremely oily skin! It seems it has worsened as...

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Do I Need to Seek a Dermatologist's Help for Outbreak of Zits/rash?

I'm a healthy, active 30 yr. old woman. Recently parts of my face have broken out in a dry/flakey/with little zits rash. This has occurred above one...

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Can a Person Change His or Her Skin Color?

Im not talking uneven complexioned or sun tanned skin ..im talking about changing skin colour about 2 0r 3 shades well is there any way..im just asking

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What Are Some Treatment Options for Chronic Skin Lesions?

My cousin has had this for over five years, slowly developing from what appeared to be a small mosquito bite to what is pictured now. The lesion is...

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What to Do After Burn and Peel on Facial Skin?(photo)

I recently heard that putting toothpaste on yor face could dry up pimples well i did that and it casued me to get a huge burn on the side of my nose!...

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Skin Looks Like Raw Chicken

A patch of skin on my neck started to look like raw chicken skin. Wasn't like a rash. It spread around my neck, at night when I laid put my head on a...

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