How to Treat Acanthosis Nigricans

The Doctors field a viewer question about how to address Acanthosis nigricans, which is often associated with diabetes.

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[centigradz]

exercise, stop eating sugar and drink more water. worked wonders for me. really decreased the darkness.

[yellowbears]

She says "racially predisposed" and the shady cameraman immediately pans the camera to the only black person on the panel.

[lcedlunt]

I have this but it’s also like dots of it too it’s not just like a smooth darkness on my skin with cracks it’s like random dots too

[SenthilKumar-eewn]

MAY WIGHT WAS 95KG NOW 40KG only 55 KG WIGHT LOSS i have a very serve went in my groins i take the the proper step diet plan in every day basic and every week basic for years and do alot of sumo squat to loss wight in my thigh specific and let my thigh sweat and overrall loss wight take my 2 years no soft drinks no sweet no sanke etc control totally cut down i see colour change slight in my half a year the skin texture was better went i loss. Little bit thigh fat so until know i am still doing my exerise they is a very big differnt from my hair colour to know is get back to my normal skin colour already but i still have some only My advise to thoses haveing it 1ST Take the proper step
2 Do the right thing basic going to see a dermatologist
3 . Proper diet in the right way
4 Go Gym personal trianing for
specifically weight loss may in that part u have it which usually groin
5 . This is the mian went don't loss hope👉 i tell u this is a long process which will take YEARs to do it .👈
Eat right.calorise that.your.body need per day i tell u people u will see a.colour change


Low-Carb Food 
Plant water.

[aminamohammed]

Can I have that too? please ....😥
I have acanthosis nigricans and it's terrible, I've tried so many things but I haven't seen any changes yet

[richarddabeaner]

Can I just scrape it off with a knife that's not a serious question I'm not gonna do it just wondering if that would work

[fariss_iz]

The treatment is to lose weight and that’s it