Can ichthyosis be cured

ichthyosis generally can not be cured, ichthyosis is a kind of genetically related keratosis disorders skin disease. In clinical treatment can be used to relieve dry skin, skin exfoliation slightly, but after exfoliation, but also the formation of new scale-like keratin, so can not be completely cured. Clinically, it is not recommended that patients take a particularly aggressive approach to forced exfoliation, repeated exfoliation may induce bacterial and fungal infections, because in the repeated exfoliation process may form a lot of small wounds on the skin, long time can not heal the integrity of the skin is very destructive. Therefore, if only mild ichthyosis, only need to apply skin moisturizer.