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What is a skin scraping?

April 26, 2017scraping skin

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What is a skin scraping?

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A skin scraping is a basic dermatological procedure. It is performed using a blade, a glass slide, and mineral oil. The skin is scraped either superficially or deep to search for parasitic mites. This procedure is not intended to cut the skin but to scrape the skin. Following skin scraping the area is abraded (similar to when you “skin” your knee). The sample is gathered on a slide and then examined with a microscope.