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can obesity cause skin discoloration?

Post a new topicby desertwaya on Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:37 pm

i have this bruise like area on the back of my upper left arm,ive noticed larger ppl tend to have skin discoloration sometimes. could the bruised like area be from this? ive had it for as long as ive been obese ,since i had my first child aprox. 10 years ago.
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Re: can obesity cause skin discoloration?

Post a new topicby UroDoc on Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:29 am

skin discoloration in obese people is often due to poor circulation to the area or underlying metabolic diseases like diabetes
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Re: can obesity cause skin discoloration?

Post a new topicby tlund on Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:14 am

Additional information on these topics can be found at the following links:

http://www.allergychannel.net/obesity_overweight/index.shtml
http://www.podiatrychannel.com/diabetes/index.shtml
http://www.dermatologychannel.net/skin-classification/index.shtml

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Re: can obesity cause skin discoloration?

Post a new topicby robinne on Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:38 am

well, i say that using herbal treatment is the best way for this.
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