The lactic acid in it supposedly helps dissolve dead skin cells and aids cellular regeneration.

FORBES: Getting Milked

That is when the virus releases its attack, spreading when the dead skin cells flake off the body naturally.

FORBES: Cornering A Killer

She should pay to have her toes soaked, her feet scrubbed of dead skin.

NEWYORKER: M&M World

The skin's normal 30-day shedding cycle speeds up to 3 days, and grotesque plaques of dead skin begin to form.

FORBES: Skin Deep

He kept his eyes on his hands, folded in his lap, and he picked at dead skin around the nails.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Hero'

Try beach pedicures in Bali, leg-hair threading in Vietnam or having your dead skin nibbled off by doctor fish in Hong Kong.

BBC: Beauty treatments abroad

In separate procedures on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, surgeons cut out dead skin and tissue from both legs to keep the infection from spreading and put her on antibiotics, said Kuykendall.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Ohana Gingergrass Bamboo Scrub, from the line Red Flower, may not be pretty (overlook its resemblance to dirt) but the crushed bamboo is both gentle and effective in sloughing off dead skin, while the ginger and bergamot work to increase circulation.

WSJ: Maintaining the Gloss | Outer Beauty

Mr Gowar prefers to strip away as much of the dead tissue as soon as possible and set about replacing the skin.

BBC: Saving your skin

The Dead Sea commandments were written in Hebrew on parchment made of animal skin.

FORBES: Ancient Ten Commandments Manuscript On Display

Beneath the burned odor left by the vacuum, he could smell the dust still in the rug salt and sand and dried skin from her kids, her husband, her now dead dog.

NEWYORKER: The Yellow