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Hello doctor so for a year now my skin on the leg is not healing and became dry thick hard skin layer, it was first a boil then the boil became dry and skin started to peel off, then it kept peeling and got very hard and scaly skin, sometimes  from a small area the hard skin peels off but again next day skin grows over which is not normal skin rather again hard rough skin. A thick hard scaly skin layer present on the leg and the skin underneath not healing I have provided the picture of the current condition of the skin plz check🙏, plz doctor help me what should I do, I have been depressed for a year now plz help please 🙏😭😭
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Don't worry...you are suffering from eczematous dermatitis causing dry thick skin... Medicine available for good control... Treatment depends on the severity..Do direct online consultation for detailed prescription .
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