Dermatology

Psoriasis symptoms can be not only uncomfortable, irritating, and painful, but can also impact several aspects of a patients’ daily life…

Due to the clinical heterogenicity of HS, assessment of disease severity is complex, and over 20 different outcome measures have…

Vitiligo is an autoimmune skin disorder that causes depigmentation of the skin and/or leukotrichia of the hair, resulting from the…

During this symposium, global experts in dermatology gave a series of lectures focused on skin treatments and their benefits for patients…

This review of the ‘Elevating Aesthetics’ symposium held at the International Master Course on Aging Science (IMCAS) 2023 shares insights…

This year’s European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Cutaneous Lymphoma Tumours Group (CLTG) Annual Meeting was held in Madrid, Spain. Presentations covered a broad range of topics in the field of cutaneous lymphomas, from molecular mechanisms, through diagnostics and prediction of prognosis, to skin-directed and targeted therapies, combination therapies, and patient-reported outcomes.

Sun exposure can lead to tanning, but also to skin damage due to the actions of ultraviolet A and B, visible light, and infrared radiation. One result of sun exposure is field cancerisation (FC), the precursor to actinic keratosis (AK), which in turn is a risk factor for, most notably, squamous cell carcinoma.

Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is characterised by the spontaneous occurrence of wheals (hives) and/or angioedema for ≥6 weeks.1 CSU can persist for several years and is associated with severe pruritus. Skin mast cell activation in CSU occurs via Type I autoallergy driven by IgE to autoallergens, and a Type IIb autoimmune response due to mast cell-targeted autoantibodies against IgE or high-affinity IgE receptor.