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Excess skin is an effect of surplus skin and fat after expansion during pregnancy or adipositas and following a massive and considerable weight loss. Further reasons can be aging effects, genetic disorders or an intentional expansion for skin reconstruction. Due to the elastic nature of the skin, there is generally some improvement over time.
The loose skin can be either generalised or localised. [4] Biopsies have shown reduction and degeneration of dermal elastic fibres in the affected areas of skin. [5] The loose skin is often most noticeable on the face, resulting in a prematurely aged appearance. The affected areas of skin may be thickened and dark.
The word is first attested in the mid 1300s as dewelappe ("fold of skin that hangs from the throat of oxen and kine"), from lappe ("loose piece", from Old English læppa), but the first element *dew(e)-is of nebulous origin and meaning; it probably was altered by folk etymology with "dew".
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Ringworm. What it looks like: Ringworm is a common skin infection caused by a fungus. It gets its name from its circular rash, which is often red, swollen, and cracked. Other symptoms to note ...
The panniculus (often incorrectly referred to as pannus) [1] is a dense layer of fatty tissue consisting of excess subcutaneous fat within the lower abdominal region. [2] Panniculi can form after rapid weight loss, as seen with strict exercise plans—in this case, the abdominal fat is successfully reduced, but excess skin is left behind which ...
[6] Neck Excess nuchal skin; Neck webs; Short neck; Chest Barrel-shaped; Short sternum; Pectus carinatum; Hypoplastic nipples; Craniosynostosis is a birth defect where the skull closes too soon, before the brain has finished developing. [7] This is a symptom often associated with the presence of SCARF syndrome. [5] Abdomen Diastasis recti ...