Dry Skin (Xeroderma): Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

The following symptoms and complaints may indicate xeroderma (dry skin):

• Pruritus (itching), burning – especially after bathing or showering.
• Skin florescences (skin lesions):
  • Partly scaly, partly excoriated erythema (“excoriated skin redness”) on dry skin.
  • Rough skin
  • Floury scratch marks

Predilection sites (body regions where the disease occurs preferentially).

• Lower leg (esp. pretibial/located in front of the tibia).
• Extensor sides of the arms, legs
• Torso