Exfoliation

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Exfoliation can refer to:

  • Exfoliation (botany), the loss of leaves (or, in some cases, pieces of bark) from a plant
  • Exfoliation (cosmetology), a cosmetic technique that aims to remove dead skin from the body and face
  • Exfoliation (geology), a process resulting in parallel fractures in the surface of rock
  • Exfoliation corrosion (metallurgy), a severe type of intergranular corrosion
  • Exfoliation (chemistry), the complete separation of the layers of a material
  • Exfoliation syndrome, an eye disease

See also

  • Exfoliative dermatitis, sometimes known as erythroderma, a skin disease process involving redness and scaling of most or all of the sufferer's skin, with various causes
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