1. Although this moist desquamation is uncomfortable, recovery is usually quick. 2. They eventually reach the corneum and slough off ( desquamation ). 3. Corneocytes will eventually be shed off through desquamation as new ones come in. 4. Early oral retinoid therapy has been shown to soften scales and encourage desquamation . 5. Sloughing of the epidermis and exposure of the dermal layer clinically characterize moist desquamation . 6. Extensive areas of desquamation might be present. 7. Desquamation of the skin is always seen, especially after the flea expands during hypertrophy.8. Desquamation ( skin peeling ) can occur with severe mercury poisoning acquired by handling elemental mercury.9. Those junctions disintegrate as corneocytes migrate toward the surface of the skin and result in desquamation . 10. Erythema occurs after 5 15 Gy, dry desquamation after 17 Gy, and bullous epidermitis after 72 Gy.