What is the cause of desquamate on the body

Desquamation is more accurate in medicine called desquamation, refers to the skin surface of the stratum corneum pieces off. Can be divided into physiological and pathological two categories of reasons. The first category is physiological desquamation, refers to the skin itself and there is no disease, just because of some external factors, or is caused by improper care. For example, it is dry skin, in dry and cold winter and do not pay attention to protection, rub skin cream, it is easy to dry skin, desquamation. These only need to strengthen care, you can improve. The second category is pathological peeling. Many skin diseases can cause peeling on the body, such as pityriasis simplex, rose chaff disease, psoriasis, hair red pityriasis, etc., can cause the skin to show erythema, scaling performance. In addition, there is a particularly serious is systemic erythroderma, manifested as diffuse skin redness, scaling. This must go to the hospital for timely diagnosis and treatment.