ABSTRACT
More a dermatologic lesion than a skin disease, xerosis represents an ill-defined state of dry, non-smooth skin (see
dry skin
) with an increased transepidermal water loss and a disturbance of the epidermal lipid distribution.
More a dermatologic lesion than a skin disease, xerosis represents an ill-defined state of dry, non-smooth skin (see
dry skin
) with an increased transepidermal water loss and a disturbance of the epidermal lipid distribution.