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Authoritative facts about the skin from the New Zealand Dermatological Society Incorporated.

Scaly skin conditions

Links to DermNet's pages about skin diseases that have excessive scale or flaking.

Acrokeratoelastoidosis
Acquired keratoderma
Actinic (solar) keratoses
BCC (superficial)
Bowen's disease (squamous cell carcinoma in situ)
Chronic superficial scaly dermatosis (parapsoriasis)
Cracked heels
Cradle cap
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Darier disease
Dermatitis (Eczema)
Collodion baby
Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis
Darier's disease
Diffuse hereditary keratoderma

Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis
Dry skin
Erythrasma
Erythrokeratoderma
Exfoliative keratolysis
Focal hereditary keratoderma
Fungal infections
Grover's disease
Ichthyosis
Juvenile plantar dermatosis
Keratoderma
Keratosis circumscripta
Kyrle disease
Lichen planus
Lichen striatus
Lupus erythematosus
Netherton syndrome

Pachyonychia congenita
Palmoplantar keratoderma
Pellagra
Pityriasis alba
Pityriasis lichenoides
Pityriasis rosea
Pityriasis rotunda
Pityriasis rubra pilaris
Pityriasis versicolor
Porokeratotic eccrine ostial dermal duct naevus
Psoriasis
Punctate keratoderma
Reiter syndrome
Seborrhoeic dermatitis
Subcorneal pustular dermatosis (Sneddon Wilkinson disease)
Tinea infections







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