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What can be done to improve rough elbows?

jelllybMar 15, 2019
Would urea cream be helpful? What about Fraxel? I have standard dry elbows, nothing a photo can really show. However, they are getting drier with age & I would like to do something more than just putting body lotion on them. Thanks so much!

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Dr. Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD
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