It was the morning after a birthday barbeque, and I woke up wondering why my lips felt dry and flaky, more so than usual. When I looked in the mirror, I saw dark patches on my lips, and NGL, I lowkey ...

Like photoallergic reactions, phototoxic reactions are also side effects of certain medicines, like retinoids. In contrast, the skin forms a rash that resembles a sunburn without significant UV ...

The darker your skin, the greater the amount of melanin ... due to UVB radiation. But with a phototoxic reaction, a large cause is UVA radiation and it can penetrate through glass.

The pathology would help him distinguish the inflammation of hives from the more destructive phototoxic reaction, which destroys the skin cells. And it would help him rule out other possibilities ...

The drug increases skin pigmentation and has anti-inflammatory ... They also experienced fewer phototoxic reactions, with symptoms that were less intense and shorter in duration, leading to ...

The histology further supported a photoallergic versus phototoxic reaction as did ... We hope to expand on the knowledge of skin reactions with the use of vandetanib to aid future researchers.

The condition results in excessive amounts of protoporphyrin IX in the skin, bone marrow, blood plasma and red blood cells. EPP is a cutaneous porphyria. The major symptom is phototoxicity (a chemical ...