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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
0:43 What is Ashy Skin
1:06 Causes of Ashy Skin
1:07 Environment
1:27 Lifestyle
1:39 Health Conditions and Medications
1:56 Nutritional Deficiencies
2:08 Age
2:22 What are the symptoms of Ashy Skin
2:47 How to Treat Ashy Skin
3:42 When to contact a doctor?

dry skin, is a skin condition characterized by excessively dry skin.[2]

The medical term xeroderma, meaning "dry skin", derives from modern Latin, xero- 'dry' + Greek derma 'skin'.

In most cases, dry skin can safely be treated with emollients or moisturizers. Xeroderma occurs most commonly on the scalp, lower legs, arms, hands, the knuckles, the sides of the abdomen, and thighs. Symptoms most associated with xeroderma are such skin conditions as scaling (the visible peeling of the outer skin layer), itching, and skin fissures (cracked skin).[3]