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What is the word for cut away dead skin?
DEAD SKIN.. The process of removing dead skin and scabs or what your mum used to call "picking your scabs off " is called Debridement.
Which skin condition is an inflammatory skin disease with erythema papules and scabs?
Eczema
Does picking scabs cause skin cancer?
No it does not cause cancer. Cancer is the uncontrolled abnormal growth of cells. Picking scabs causes scars.
How do you get rid of mosquito bite scabs?
In order to get rid of mosquito bite scabs, try dabbing the scabs with chamomile lotion or aloe Vera gel. Both of these ointments provide healing aids for the skin and will help make your scabs disappear at a quicker rate.
Can fleas nest in human ears. I have red scabs in my ears that ooze liquid and then form scabs - are these flea biltes?
That sounds like a herpes infection of the ears
Are scabs broken skin?
Technically no. It is just a blood clot. It is dried up blood
Why do scabs not turn back to liquid when coming into contact with water?
scabs are not "just" dried blood, they're formed by a chemical reaction, mainly of polimerized proteins and are quit water proof.
what gives a whale shark its yellowish skin?
Extraction from the animal, leaving the liquid oil, of a clear yellow color.
What clear liquid makes your skin itch?
I think it depends on what the liquid is and how sensitive your skin is. For the high majority, water won't make you itch, but battery acid (like the kind that goes into car, bike, boat, etc. batteries) can make you itch and turn the skin red. But, once again, it depends on how sensitive your skin is, and how long the liquid is up there. Also, don't forget, it depends on what the liquid actually is. (Chemically)
Why is it important that blood can clot and scabs can form?
Blood clots to stop the bleeding from any cut, so that blood loss if minimized. Scabs are the result of this clotting but also fulfill an important immune function. Without a skin barrier, bacteria and other pathogens are free to enter directly into the bloodstream. Scabs provide a barrier to this while skin heals.
What color is liquid codeine?
look like liquid
What is impetago?
a contagious infection of the skin caused by bacteria. It is blisters that form yellow/brown scabs!
