Dermatology (from Greek derma, “skin”) is a branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its appendages (hair, nails, sweat glands etc). A medical doctor who specializes in dermatology is a dermatologist.
Dermatologists are physicians (medical doctors) specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and tumors of the skin and its appendages. There are medical and surgical sides to the specialty. Dermatologic surgeons practice skin cancer surgery (including Mohs’ micrographic surgery), laser surgery, photodynamic therapy (PDT) and cosmetic procedures using botulinum toxin (‘Botox’), soft tissue fillers, sclerotherapy and liposuction. Dermatopathologists interpret tissue under the microscope (histopathology). Pediatric dermatologists specialize in the diagnoses and treatment of skin disease in children. Immunodermatologists specialize in the diagnosis and management of skin diseases driven by an altered immune system including blistering (bullous) diseases like pemphigus. In addition, there are a wide range of congenital syndromes managed by dermatologists.
List of skin diseases
* Acne
* Actinic keratosis
* Angioma
* Athlete’s foot
* Aquagenic pruritus
* Atopic dermatitis
* Baldness
* Basal cell carcinoma
* Bed sore
* Behcet’s Disease
* Blepharitis
* Boil
* Bowen’s Disease
* Bullous pemphigoid
* Canker sore
* Carbuncles
* Cellulitis
* Chloracne
* Chronic dermatitis of the hands and feet
* Cold sores
* Contact dermatitis
* Creeping eruption
* Dandruff
* Dermatitis
* Dermatitis herpetiformis
* Dermatofibroma
* Diaper rash
* Dyshidrosis
* Eczema
* Epidermolysis bullosa
* Erysipelas
* Erythroderma
* Ferguson’s Disease
* Friction blister
* Genital wart
* Hidradenitis suppurativa
* Hyperhidrosis
* Ichthyosis
* Impetigo
* Jock itch
* Kaposi’s sarcoma
* Keloid
* Keratoacanthoma
* Keratosis pilaris
* Lice infection
* Lichen planus
* Lichen simplex chronicus
* Lipoma
* Lymphadenitis
* Malignant melanoma
* Melasma
* Miliaria
* Molluscum contagiosum
* Nummular dermatitis
* Paget’s disease of the nipple
* Pediculosis
* Pemphigus
* Perioral dermatitis
* Photoallergy
* Photosensitivity
* Pityriasis rosea
* Pityriasis rubra pilaris
* Porphyria
* Psoriasis
* Raynaud’s disease
* Ringworm
* Rosacea
* Scabies
* Scleroderma
* Sebaceous cyst
* Seborrheic keratosis
* Seborrhoeic dermatitis
* Shingles
* Skin cancer
* Skin Tags
* Spider veins
* Squamous cell carcinoma
* Stasis dermatitis
* Tick bite
* Tinea barbae
* Tinea capitis
* Tinea corporis
* Tinea cruris
* Tinea pedis
* Tinea unguium
* Tinea versicolor
* Tinea
* Tungiasis
* Urticaria
* Vitiligo
* Warts