A hydroquinone/tretinoin (HQ/tret) skin care system designed for use with non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedures has recently become available. In this observer-masked study, 36 patients with moderate-to-severe wrinkling of the skin around the eyes and lips were randomly assigned to use either the 4% hydroquinone/0.05% tretinoin skin care system or placebo products, each day for 90 days. I...

INTRODUCTION Pityriasis rosea is a self-limited inflammatory condition of the skin that mostly affects healthy children and adolescents. Atypical cases of Pityriasis rosea are fairly common and less readily recognized than typical eruptions, and may pose a diagnostic challenge. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 12-year-old black child that developed an intense pruritic papular eruptio...

Introduction: this is a case of a patient with the rare entity of Parry-romberg syndrome (Prs) which discuss the etiological association with preceding head trauma as well as the possible therapeutic role of vitamin b12, with a brief review of literature. case report: A 22-year-old female presented with a history of head injury preceding the progressive onset of right-sided facial pain and atro...

Partial unilateral lentiginosis (PUL) is an unusual pigmentary disorder characterized by numerous lentigines grouped within an area of normal skin. Although treatment is not necessary, many patients with facial PUL seek medical help for cosmetic reasons. There is no established standard treatment for PUL. Conventional lasers may cause postinflammatory hyperpigmentation because keratinocytes are...

scleroderma is a multisystem autoimmune connective tissue disease, cliaracterized by hardening of the skin. hv had 25 patients in the iranian pediatric unit of rheumatology over 10 years. there was female predominance if.m = 4/1, 80% female, 20% male). the age of onest was from 6 months to 16 years, the mean age being 10 years. the symptoms and signs were: nonpitting edema in 16%, liard skin in...

Drug-induced reticulate hyperpigmentation is uncommon. Including the patient described in this report, chemotherapy-associated reticulate hyperpigmentation has only been described in ten individuals. This paper describes the features of a woman with recurrent and metastatic breast cancer who developed paclitaxel-induced reticulate hyperpigmentation and reviews the characteristics of other oncol...

Introduction: Hyperpigmentation disorders (HPD) are a frequent reason for dermatology consultations as they can impair quality of life. The most HPD melasma, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation and solar lentigos with increased melanin content on top other pathophysiologic features. development an efficient safe ingredient to manage facial skin tone heterogeneities is great importance. Objectiv...

A parotidectomia total é frequentemente acompanhada de secção do nervo facial. conservação da mímica face incompatível com uma cirurgia radical glândula, bastando para tanto que recordemos o trajeto facial desde sua origem aparente no bulbo atá suas terminações. Depois um curto baixo, penetra na parótida e intimidade divide-se em dois ramos: cérvico têmporo-facial. Só depois dêstes troncos, dit...