conclusions several adverse effects are associated to anti-hcv drugs, hence appropriate skin care management and follow-up are very important. a careful anamnesis before the initiation of triple therapy is necessary to identify previous dermatological diseases that could increase skin adverse effects incidence. case presentation we report a case of a patient who discontinued telaprevir because ...

age related skin disorders due to structural and functional changes in the skin of the elderly may increase health care costs. as a result of an increase in the number of aging population in iran, provision of dermatology services to the elderly group due to the limitation of resources and the high cost of those services will be a challenge for the health care system. moreover, by increasing th...

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objectives this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of afcl in improvement of hand photoaging in 25 patients. patients and methods a prospective, before- after, single blind study was conducted in 25 patients who presented for desired treatment of hand photoaging. patients received three treatments sessions with afcl. results all enrolled patients were female and received three treatment sessi...

there has been a great increase in the consumption of various food additives in recent years. the purpose of this study was to identify the incidence of sensitization to food additives by using skin prick test in patients with allergy and to determine the concordance rate between positive skin tests and oral challenge in hypersensitivity to additives. this cross-sectional study included 125 (fe...

this paper presents a case-report of cutaneous actinomycosis due to actinomyces viscosus in a 22 year old man, hospital staff from tehran with multiple fistulous tracts in his right hand and a history of skin injury due to thorn of plant. diagnosis was based on the observation of gram positive coccoid, diphtheroid and long branching filaments in direct examination of pus from fistulous tracts a...

introduction: to improve laser hair removal (lhr) for dark skin, the fluence rate reaching the hair follicle in lhr is important. this paper presents the results of a comparative study examining the function of wavelength on dark skin types using 755 nm alexandrite and 810 nm diode lasers. methods: the structure of the skin was created using a realistic skin model by the advanced systems analys...

background & objective: autoimmune bullous diseases are associated with autoimmunity against structural components in the skin and mucous membranes. autoantibodies are against the intercellular junctions in pemphigus disease and hemidesmosomal unchoring complex in pemphigiod diseases and epidermolysis bullosa aquisita. the tissue-bound and circulating serum autoantibodies can be detected wi...

leprosy is an ancient disease, known from south asia since at least 2000 bce. while there is no physical evidence of this disease in the region before about 50 ce, five different words are translated as “leprosy” in mesopotamian texts and some of them occur frequently. based on the texts, one word (garāṣu) is rarely used and there is evidence that the other four words relate to diseases that we...

conclusions reported herbal drugs might be beneficial for further studies for the management of skin aging and aging process. results skin aging begins with whole body aging process and entire body gets cold and dry in elderly. wrinkle formation is highly associated with loss of “skin natural moisture”. in the management, specific food supplements, simple massage therapy as well as herbal drugs...