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Contact dermatitis is a common problem that is more challenging to diagnose according to cause than to treat. The characteristic...

Dermatosis papulosis nigra (DPN) is a common affliction on the face and neck of skin of color patients, with an...

Any rash can be due to any drug.” It is an inescapable truth that more and more people — primarily...

The term dyshidrosis describes a situation of disturbed sweating in contrast to normal sweating (normohidrosis).  It is also known as:...

Folliculitis represents inflammation of the hair follicles in areas of the body where these appendages are more prominent than the...

Hair loss may be called baldness, thinning hair, or the preferred Alopecia, from the Greek. Contrary to popular belief, washing...

Herpes simplex infection is the result of the herpes simplex virus (HSV) invading the dorsal root ganglia.  The virus is...

Herpes zoster (HZ), also called shingles, is the result of re-activation of the varicella-zoster virus (HSV) for unknown reasons.   HSV,...

Hirsutism, defined as excessive male-pattern hair growth, affects between 5 and 10 per cent of women of reproductive age.  A...