Desquamation

Not to be confused with peeling skin syndrome.
This article is about the medical condition. For the meaning in material sciences, see Spalling. For onion skin weathering of rocks, see Onion-skin weathering.
Desquamation
Other namesSkin peeling, skin shedding, sudden exfoliation (in some cases)
SpecialtyDermatology

Desquamation, or peeling skin, is the shedding of dead cells from the outermost layer of skin.

The term is from Latin desquamare 'to scrape the scales off a fish'.

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