A. Letting acne run its own course is not always the best advice. Because –
• Without treatment permanent scars can appear on the skin.
• Many effective treatment modalities are available.
• It will boost your self-esteem.
A. Acne appears when a pore in our skin gets blocked. Bacteria that lives on our skin get inside the blocked pore. The pore becomes red, swollen as a result acne appears.
A. A Dermatologist will first examine your skin to make sure that you have acne. If you have acne the Dermatologist will grade your acne ( Acne are grade 1 – grade4 ) according to the severity.
Medicines are divided into 2 categories.
• Applicable
• Oral
Dermatologists will decide the type of medication according to your need. Procedure that treat acne & acne scars are:
• Laser
• Chemical peeling
• Acne removal
• PRP
• Derma roller
TIPS FOR MANAGING:
• Shampoo regularly
• Rinse with lukewarm water
• Stay out of the sun
• Use your finger tips to apply a gentle non abrasive cleanser.
1. Shampoo regularly
2. Rinse with lukewarm water
3. Stay out of the sun
4. Use your finger tips to apply a gentle non abrasive cleanser.
IT IS Hypermelanosis of skin which occur most commonly over both the cheeks. It involves sun exposed areas. Women are more commonly affected then men.
Most commonly solar and ultraviolet exposures. Pregnancy, oral contraceptive and certain endocrine disorders may aggravate melasma.
1. Removal of the causes
2. Sunscreen
3. Triple combinations
4. Chemical peeling
5. Q S-nd yag laser
A. Facial wrinkles form when we use our muscles to make facial expressions, when we smile our eye wrinkles become prominent and when we frown the vertical lines between our eyebrows become noticeable. When we are young our skin springs back to its initial position after a facial expression, but as we get older wrinkles remain on the skin. This together with environmental factors such as exposure to sunlight, smoking and stress all contribute to the creation of wrinkles.
A. BOTOX is a natural, purified protein that relaxes muscles causing wrinkles, creating a rejuvenated appearance.
A. Botox relaxes specific facial muscles that cause wrinkles. Once the muscles are relaxed, you cannot contract them preventing undesirable facial expressions. Thus, the lines gradually sooth and new lines are prevented from forming.
A. The effect can last up to four months before lines slowly begin to return. If you have repeat BOTOX treatments, the effect tends to last longer.
A: In the amount used for the treatment of facial lines, the side effects are usually temporary and localized to the area of injection. Possible side effects include headaches, pain, burning/stringing, brusing, swelling, or redness at the injection site, local muscle weakness including drooping eyelids/eyebrows, swollen eyelids, skin tightness, tingling sensations, itching/aching forhead, nausea, and flu-like symptoms.
It is acquired hypomelanosis which affect any part of the skin and mucosa.
The cause is unknown. The most important hypothesis is autoimmune, where antibodies are found against melanocytes.
Infectious means the disease is caused by bacteria, virus or fungus. But in vitiligo melanocytes are destroyed by autoimmune mechanism and no bacteria, virus of fungus is reasponsible for this disease. So the disease is not infectious.
A vitiligo patient can have sour food and vitamin C. in fact there is no restriction of food in vitiligo.
A. EDICATIONAL MANAGEMENT
1. It depends upon the stability or unstability of vitiligo.
2. If it is unstable then it should be checked by systemic steroid.
3. Topical steroid.
4. UVB narrow band.
5. Oral psoralens and ultra violet.
6 Topical psoralens and ultraviolet.
B. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
1. MALE TYPE ALOPECIA
2. FEMALE TYPE ALOPECIA
3. FACIAL REJUVINATION
4. CRONIC LEG ULCER
A small amount of blood is taken from the patient and is centrifuged in COLD CENTRIFUGED MACHINE. By this procedure platelet (a type of blood cell) count becomes high (more than 10lakhs /ml). From this platelet some factors are released which are responsible for all the improvements.
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PSORIASIS
Q. WHAT IS PSORIASIS?
A. It is a chronic disease , which develops when a person’s immune system sends faulty signals. As a result the skin cell generation becomes too quick. As a consequence red scaly lesion develops which known as Psoriasis.
Q. IS IT CONTAGEOUS ?
A. It may look contagious but it is not.
Q. WHAT IS THE CAUSE?
A. It is not known fully. But scientists have found that a Psoriasis immune system & genes play an important role There are many triggering factors –
• A STRESSFULL EVENT
• SORE THROAT
• SOME MEDICINES
• COLD DRY WEATHER
Q. WHAT IS THE TREATMENT?
A. Treatment is done according to the severity and the type of the disease. Besides medicine UVB therapy & Excimer 308 laser & Biologics are among the latest. TIPS FOR MANAGING:
1. Take care of your diet- Eating a healthy diet, exercising, not smoking, not drinking alcohol improve your Psoriasis.
2. About your joints – If your joints feel stiff when you wake up, you should consult a dermatologist. About 10%-30% of people who have Psoriasis get this type of arthritis.
3. Notice your nails – When your nails begin to pull away from your nail bed or there is yellowish color, consult a Dermatologist. These are signs of Psoriatic arthritis.
4. How do you feel – If you feel depressed please consult mental health professional.
5. Do not stop medicines yourself.
6. Do not pull your skin, do not scratch, try to avoid trauma, because all these may lead to new Psoriatic Lesion.
TIPS FOR MANAGING :
1.Take care of your diet- Eating a healthy diet, exercising, not smoking, not drinking alcohol improve your Psoriasis.
2. About your joints – If your joints feel stiff when you wake up, you should consult a dermatologist. About 10%-30% of people who have Psoriasis get this type of arthritis.
3. Notice your nails – When your nails begin to pull away from your nail bed or there is yellowish color, consult a Dermatologist. These are signs of Psoriatic arthritis.
4. How do you feel – If you feel depressed please consult mental health professional.
5. Do not stop medicines yourself.
6. Do not pull your skin , do not scratch, try to avoid trauma, because all these may lead to new Psoriatic Lesion.