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Author: Hon Assoc Prof Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, September 2015.
Arms: erythema without surface change Arms: red papules/pustules Arms: erosions/crusting Arms: dry/scaly and very itchy Arms: dry and scaly with minimal itch Arms: multiple skin coloured papules Pigmentary changes
Links to pages about skin conditions that favour the arms.
Erythema is less pronounced in dark skin.
Scabies rash
May also blister, swell.
Pigmentation is more pronounced in dark skin.
See also pigmentary disorders