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The Role of Phototherapy in Inflammatory Skin Disease

The Dermatology Digest

Elisabeth Richard discusses phototherapy in today’s practice, including usage trends, its continued role in the treatment of numerous skin diseases, and the importance of continuing to offer it to patients as a therapeutic option. Notably, Medicare covered the excimer laser starting in 2003. Elisabeth G.

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Damaged Skin Barrier? What to Know and How to Protect It

First Derm

Causes | Diagnosis | Seeking Medical Attention | Home Remedies | Treatments | Prevention Understanding the Skin Barrier: Its Role and Significance Our skin, the largest organ, in our body acts as a protector by shielding us from various external factors we come across daily. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology , 134 (4), 781–791.e1.

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Oral Herpes Simplex (Cold sores)

First Derm

50% of the US population Requires medical diagnosis Symptoms: Blisters appear singly or in a group Color: Typically red, but can vary Location: Around the mouth Treatment: No known cure, can be relieved by antiviral creams Herpes is a common skin disease that can be categorized into two categories: HSV-1 and HSV-2. 5 How does it spread?

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