| As the epithelium continues to desquamate, an expanding, destructive cyst forms. |
| About the eighth day the rash begins to scale or desquamate. |
| The hands and feet are usually the last to desquamate not until the second or third week of the illness. |
| Various methods used to determine skin water content either directly or with associated characteristics such as electrical conductivity or the number of corneocytes which desquamate have now become absolutely essential. |
