Aerospace dermatology

Aerospace Dermatology

Evolutionarily, man is a terrestrial mammal, adapted to land. Aviation and now space/microgravity environment, hence, pose new challenges to our physiology. Exposure to these changes affects the human body in acute and chronic settings. Since skin reflects our mental and physical well-being, any change/side effects of this environment shall be detected on the skin. Aerospace industry offers a u...

Dermatology

a hyperactivity and hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands. In the condition known as seborrhceic dermatitis, however, the study of the histopathology leads Brimacombe to assert that there is a diminution of activity and sometimes an atrophy of the sebaceous glands, with an increase in size and function of the coil glands, the secretion being mainly sudoriparous. This is compensatory for the loss ...

Dermatology

Dermatology

An increasing number of patients with antibiotic-resistant propionibacteria have been described. Extensive sunbathing, even after sunscreen application, may facilitate development of skin cancers by suppressing natural immunity to these atypical growths.

Dermatology.