Introduction: Keloids result from an abnormal fibrous wound healing process. Effective treatment of keloids still present a significant challenge. Various modalities of therapy may be applied, but none of them has been proved entirely successful. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of cryosurgery as a preventive approach after surgical excision of the recurrent auricular keloids. Material and me...

ncontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare X-linked dominant neurocutaneous syndrome chiefly involving the ectodermal tissues, such as the skin, teeth, hair, eyes, and central nervous system (CNS).1 The diagnosis is usually made when the pathognomonic skin lesions are present; these typically appear in 4 stages: erythematous vesicular rash, verrucous patches, swirling hyperpigmentation, and atrophic ...

Pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatment is well established and has been reported to be safe and effective in the management of superficial hemangiomas, port-wine stains, and other vascular lesions. Although hyperpigmentation is quite common, other side effects such as hypopigmentation, ulceration, hemorrhaging, atrophic scarring, and hypertrophic scarring are rare. We report the case of a 42-year-old...

Jessner lymphocytic infiltration of the skin is an uncommon skin disorder characterized by benign accumulations of lymphocytes by a “coat-sleeve”-like perivascular infiltration in the skin [1]. These small lesions are solid, pink or red in colour and appear on the face, neck and back. The lesions may remain unchanged for several years and then spontaneously disappear, leaving no scars [2]. Prog...

Fig. 1 – (A) The initial retinography reveals a site of macular yellowish-white retinitis. (B) The initial Optic Coherence Tomograpy (OCT) evidences a neuroepithelium detachment next to a retinal hyper-reflective lesion. (C) Retinography after 2 intravitral clindamycin and dexamethasone injections reveals an atrophic scar. (D) An OCT of the previous retinography evidences a severe focal reducti...

Scarring and facial disfigurement caused by severe acne can cause significant physical psychosocial distress, particularly in adolescents. In treating scars, dermatologists face a therapeutic challenge. Ablative lasers Erbium YAG or carbon dioxide are effective, but they associated with erythema, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, longer recovery time, scarring. With the introduction of fract...

OBJECTIVES To quantitatively assess improvement in acne scarring after a series of nonablative laser treatments and to determine efficacy at 1-, 3-, and 6-month follow-up after treatment. DESIGN Before-after trial of consecutively selected patients. SETTING Private practice at the Laser and Skin Surgery Center of New York, New York. PATIENTS Eleven patients with mild to moderate atrophic ...

Introduction. Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta is a rare inflammatory skin disease of unknown etiology and its diagnosis sometimes established by eliminating diseases that are considered in the differential diagnosis. Given lack randomized clinical trials, recommendations for therapy remain based on case reports series. Case Report. We present 63-year-old female patient with genera...