dead skin
Sloughed outer layer
Dead skin refers to the outermost layer of skin cells that have completed their life cycle and are ready to shed.
The body continuously produces new skin cells, pushing older ones to the surface where they dry out and flake off.
Exfoliation removes dead skin to reveal fresher skin beneath: She scrubbed away the dead skin on her heels.
- flakesThin, flat pieces
- peelingComing off in strips
- chemical peelAcid-based skin exfoliation
- exfoliateRemove outer skin layers
- scrubClean by rubbing hard
body scrub · dandruff · callus · foot file · shedding · slough · dry · scaly · rough · dermis · epidermis · cells · renewal · loofah · pumice · moisturize · cracked · cracked heels
- Body Wasteurine, feces, poop, pee, stool
- exfoliantsscrub, peel, loofah, pumice, pumice stone
- necrosisnecrosis, coagulative necrosis, caseous necrosis, gangrene, gas gangrene
- shed materialhair, fur, feathers, scales, leaves
- skinepidermis, dermis, cutis, pores, hypodermis
- body fluidsblood, lymph, saliva, urine, sweat