What is a moisturizer? The term moisturizer refers to an application that restores moisture. In terms of the skin, it is a means of remedying dryness. This mainly refers to dryness of the outermost layer of the superficial skin – the stratum corneum of the epidermis. It is the appearance of this outermost layer of >> Read More ...
What is tinea nigra? Tinea nigra is a fungal infection that is mainly seen on the palms of the hands or soles of the feet causing a dark brown to black discoloration of the affected skin. The word tinea means a fungal infection and nigra means black. Tinea nigra is overall an uncommon fungal infection when compared to >> Read More ...
What is vitiligo? Vitiligo is a skin disease marked by the loss of normal pigmentation. These changes in pigmentation renders the skin lighter than normal (hypopigmented). Eventually there is total loss of pigmentation and white patches are present on the skin (depigmentation), hence the common term white skin disease. >> Read More ...
Types of Antifungals Antifungal drugs can be divided broadly into medications for systemic and superficial fungal infections. Systemic drugs are used for deeper lying infections which can only be reached by drugs traveling in the bloodstream. There is no specific site that is targeted but rather the distribution is >> Read More ...
Normal Peeling of the Skin Human skin has two main layers – an outer epidermis and inner dermis. The epidermis is made up of several layers of cells with the innermost known as the stratum basale and the outermost being the stratum corneum. The skin cells in the stratum basale gradually transform from living cells >> Read More ...
Contact dermatitis is inflammation of the skin resulting from exposure to certain substances. The inflammatory process causes the blood vessels in the skin to dilate thereby leading to greater blood flow. Fluid leaks out into the tissue. Certain inflammatory chemicals also irritate the tissue of the skin. Therefore the >> Read More ...
What is psoriasis? Psoriasis is a chronic disorder marked by inflammation that can affect various systems throughout the body. It mainly manifests on the skin but often affects the joints as well. Although psoriasis is non-contagious, it tends to run in families thereby indicating a strong genetic component. The key >> Read More ...
What is sensitive skin? Sensitive skin is a common term to describe skin that is hyper-reactive to any stimulus, whether from topical applications like creams, sun or artificial UV light sources or climatic changes such as a dry or cold environment. The skin may erupt with pimples, rashes, tiny blisters or become >> Read More ...
What is rosacea? Rosacea is a skin condition marked by redness with plaques or papules (pimples) hence the term acne rosacea. However, rosacea should not be confused with acne vulgaris that is commonly seen in teens as it is a different condition altogether. In fact, rosacea is more common in middle aged adults compared to >> Read More ...
What is telangiectasia? Telangiectasia is the visibly widened blood vessels on the surface of the skin and mucous membranes. Most cases are not associated with any disease and apart from the cosmetic impact, it does not cause any long term problems. This is known as primary essential telangiectasia and is not due to any >> Read More ...
