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It takes the average skin cell 28 days to cycle from creation to desquamation.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2022

The dead skin cells there should shed in a process called desquamation, but it is slowed by a number of factors: hormone fluctuations, sun exposure, vitamin deficiencies and aging.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2018

Various rashes appeared early in the attack, while eczema, desquamation and even ulceration supervened later.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

It is hard to understand how this variety of measles, which presents no inflammatory changes in the skin, should be followed by desquamation; yet this observation has been made.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In normal cases it runs a definite course, which from the date of invasion to the end of desquamation occupies about fourteen days.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various