Is there a such thing as 'Disappearing' fingerprints?

Subject: Is there a such thing as 'Disappearing' fingerprints?

Date: Sun Jul 2 19:53:53 2000
Posted by Laura Tijerina
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Hitchcock State/Province: TX Country: USA
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 962582033.An

Message:


Someone told me that some people, such as dishwashers, will eventually 
lose their fingerprints.  Our neighbor says that, due to a chemical 
reaction, she doesn't have any prints.  Can this be true??

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