Finally, there is excimer laser therapy, a targeted phototherapy treatment for the skin that can aid in treating ...

How is patch testing done? Patch testing is a safe and effective way to identify substances that cause allergic contact dermatitis. This type of allergy develops when your skin comes into contact with ...

Dry patches on your face can be caused by skin conditions such as psoriasis ... The way your psoriasis looks depends on your skin tone. Psoriasis on Black skin or dark brown skin may be violet or dark ...

In allergic contact dermatitis, several allergens cause reactions for many patients, but wider patch testing may show key benefits; complete resolution and comfort. For patients with eyelid allergic ...

Zelger 18 1999 From 1990 to 1992, allergy profiles (personal and family history, atopic skin, serum IgE, results of patch and prick tests) of 1,042 prospective hairdressers were determined and ...

I suffer from such chronic hand dryness that I stash hand creams literally everywhere — at each sink at home, on my desk, in ...

We report three patients with permanent tattoos and chronic dermatitis. During patch testing, the patients' dermatitis worsened, and the previously quiescent green-colored portions of the tattoos ...

A man in his 50s presented to the dermatology department with a one month history of mildly itchy red-brown patches in both axillae ... Corynebacterium minutissimum was isolated from bacterial culture ...

ACD is commonly diagnosed through patch testing (PT), a procedure that identifies specific allergens by applying small amounts of potential irritants to the skin. Although PT is the gold standard for ...