Desquamation's the shedding of the outer layers of the skin. The word comes from the Latin 'desquamare' , meaning "to scrape the scales off a fish". For example, once the rash of measles fades, there's desquamation. Also seen in Toxic Shock Syndrome in the eye, the epithelial basement membrane (lens capsule) completely encloses the lens, therefore desquamation of aging cells's impossible, and due to the complete absence of blood vessels or transport of metabolites in this area, there's no subs… (More on Desquamation)