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Keloids, Difference b/w Scars and Keloids, Causes, Treatment

Keloid is a scar which continues to grow and build up unlike a normal scar. Keloid is also elevated from the surrounding skin. Keloid...

Stasis Dermatitis & Leg Ulcers: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Complications, Prevention

Venous insufficiency is a condition which causes pooling or accumulation of blood in the leg veins. This leads to inflammation of the skin on...

Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP): Causes, Signs, Symptoms, Investigations, Treatment

Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare inherited porphyria in which there is accumulation of a specific porphyrin, protoporphyrin, due to excessive production from the...

Polymorphous Light Eruption (PLE) or Polymorphic Light Eruption (PMLE): Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Polymorphous Light Eruption (PLE) or Polymorphic Light Eruption (PMLE), is a skin condition characterized by an itchy rash upon exposure to the sun in...

Keratosis Pilaris (KP): Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Home Remedies

Keratosis Pilaris (KP) is a common medical condition of the skin characterized by rough patches, small bumps resembling acne, present on the arms, cheeks,...

Erysipelas: Causes, Risk Factors, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention, Prognosis

Erysipelas is a bacterial skin infection affecting the top most layer of the skin. Erysipelas resembles another skin condition, which is known as cellulitis,...

Cutis Laxa or Dermatochalasia: Signs, Symptoms, Causes, Investigations, Treatment

Cutis Laxa or Dermatochalasia is a rare skin condition characterized by inelastic skin or skin which has lost its elasticity, due to which it...

Darier Disease or Keratosis Follicularis: Causes, Signs, Symptoms, Investigations, Treatment

Darier disease (DAR/ Darier disease/ Dyskeratosis Follicularis / Darier–White disease/ Keratosis follicularis) is a rare, often chronic, genetic disorder characterized primarily by non-contagious skin...

Dyshidrotic Eczema or Pompholyx: Causes, Risk Factors, Signs, Symptoms, Investigations, Treatment, Home Remedies, Prevention

Dyshidrotic eczema (dyshidrosis/ pompholyx) is a rare skin condition characterized by small blisters, which are filled with fluid developing on the palms and on...

Pityriasis Lichenoides: Causes, Risk Factors, Signs, Symptoms, Investigations, Treatment

Pityriasis Lichenoides has an unknown etiology and is a skin condition where the patient has a rare type of rash. The rash varies from...
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