Keratoacanthoma centrifugum marginatum (KCM) is a rare variant of keratoacanthoma (KA). It is characterized by a progressive peripheral expansion and central healing leaving atrophic scar. It is sometimes confused with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) both clinically and histopathologically. We here report a case of KCM over the extensor aspect of the right forearm in a 57-year-old man with an abn...

read with interest the article of Dr Asilian and coauthors entitled “Comparison between the efficacy of Q-Switched 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser and Fraxel CO2 laser on improvement of atrophic facial acne scars” in this journal. In this article the authors concluded a better efficacy for fractional CO2 laser in comparison with 1064-nm Q-switched NdYag laser.1 Treatment of the atrophic acne scars is a re...

Aim: The aim of the study was the evaluation in vivo of the differences between the microcirculatory characteristics of the scars (keloids and hypertrophic scars) and healthy skin. Material and methods: Twenty three patients with keloids and twenty with hypertrophic scars were included in the study, evaluating fifty six scar areas and twenty healthy skin areas by means of contact optical probe ...

BACKGROUND Fractional photothermolysis, an approach to laser skin resurfacing that creates microscopic thermal wounds in skin separated by islands of spared tissue, was developed to overcome the high incidence of adverse events and prolonged healing times associated with full coverage ablative laser procedures. OBJECTIVE To examine whether fractional nonablative laser resurfacing induces skin...

Degos-like lesions (DLL) have been associated with connective tissue diseases. Till date only twelve cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) DLL published. We describe a rare case SLE leg ulcers and DLL. A 23-year-old male presented malar rash, photosensitivity, ulcers, joint pain, oral altered sensorium dyspnea. Cutaneous examination also revealed atrophic, porcelain-white scars over body ...

DOI: 10.4103/0019‐5154.190112 A 7-year-old, Indian boy, born out of consanguineous parentage, presented with multiple scars on his face for the past 2 years and a few raised pruritic skin eruptions over different parts of his body for the same duration. His grandfather reportedly had similar kind of lesions. On examination, we found multiple well-defined, shallow, atrophic scars over his face. ...

Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of dermaroller treatment with that of TCA CROSS in acne scars. Methods We selected thirty patients of atrophic acne scars for the study. Group I patients underwent four sessions of dermaroller therapy four weeks apart. Group II were treated with four sessions of TCA CROSS technique four weeks apart. Results After four sessions of dermaroller and TCA ...

The occurrence and incidence of acne scarring is different. Lasting for years, acne can cause both physical and psychological scarring. Scarring frequently results from severe inflammatory nodulocystic acne but may also result from more superficial inflamed lesions or from self-manipulation. There are two general types of acne scars: hypertrophic (keloid) scars, and atrophic (icepick, rolling a...

Acne scars show a great variety in there clinica! appearance and therefore very often cannot be effectively corrected by a single treatment modality alone. Traditionally chemical peeling is continued with punch excision and also by dermabrasion. Laser skin resurfacing has been added to the numerous treatment options for acne scars. Whereas laser resurfacing showed good results in mild acne scar...