Dermatofibroma (DF) is a common cutaneous nodule of obscure etiology that occurs more often in women. It is also known as a histiocytoma. Dermatofibroma is pronounced as a benign skin growths, found especially on the legs. They can grow up to about 1 cm (less than a half inch) in diameter. The skin escalation is [...]
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Comedo is the cardinal sign of acne. A comedo is a ballyhoo of keratin and sebum in a dilated pilosebaceous orifice/pore. The comedo may be closed or open; the closed comedones are the whiteheads and the closed comedones are the blackheads. Closed comedones, resulting from an impediment of the pilosebaceous orifice that is deeper and [...]
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Acne is a common condition which influences most people at some point in their lives. It is affects about 80% of people in their teens and twenties, and up to 5% of older adults. Acne scar can be deep or sketchy, but the result is a socially debilitating disorder. Normally the lesions are most common [...]
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Paget’s disease is a metabolic bone disease which involves bone destruction and regrowth, which results in deformity. Paget’s disease causes a malfunction in the normal process of bone remodelling. Paget’s disease of bone is more often in the UK than in anywhere else in the world. It tends to suffer people over the age of [...]
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Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a gathering of inherited bullous disorders classified by lesion formation in respond to mechanical traumal. EB is a group of severe skin conditions. The skin is so delicate in people with EB that even minor rubbing can cause blistering. Skin is so fragile in people with EB that even minor scratch [...]
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Contact Pigmentation and Dermatitis is well known that certain chemicals, if present in the skin of an individual, can enhance the sensitivity of the skin towards sunlight. These agents are called ‘photosensitisers’. Substances which act as photosensitisers include perfumes, hair oils,and some other components present in some plants and drugs. Oils are commonly used by [...]
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