General dermatology

Diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the skin , hair and nails in adults and children.

1. Psoriasis is an autoinmune skin disease that can be controlled with prompt treatment.

2. Skin infections can be bacterial, viral or fungal and all of them have appropriate treatment.

3. Stretch marks can improve with treatment, especially when they are violaceous.

4. Atopic dermatitis is a disease that causes inflammation and itching, and with treatment it can be controlled.

5. All types of dermatitis have their treatment.

6. Rosacea causes facial redness and worsens with time if left untreated.

7. Onichomycosis only responds to systemic treatment, recommended by your dermatologist.

8. Melasma is a skin disease that worsens with sun exposure and can be treated with depigmentating creams.

9. Alopecia areata is a condition that causes hair loss and can be treated by your dermatologist.

10. Acné is a skin disease that occurs when your hair follicles become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. Effective treatments are available.

11. Vitiligo is a condition in which white patches develop on the skin and several methods can be used as treatment to improve the appearance of the affected skin.

12. Keloid scar is when the scar tissue grows excessively forming hard growths much larger than the original wound and there is a treatment for them.

13. Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells. It occurs when unrepaired DNA damage to skin cells (most often caused by ultraviolet radiation from sunshine or tanning beds) triggers mutations, or genetic defects, that lead the skin cells to multiply rapidly and form malignant tumors.

Examples of dermatological problems