Human skin

information about a person's actual age. For this reason, every person needs to pay more attention to the neck when they are applying moisturizer, sun screen and other skin care products. Why is this so important? What Signs of Aging Are Typically Seen on the Neck? People often develop lines across the neck as they age. This is due in part to the skin losing elasticity in this area, and sun damage can make these lines more noticeable. Furthermore, some people develop what they refer to as a…

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Focusing Beneath the Surface Dermatology is the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders. Diseases involving the skin have a psychological effect on people. Emily Ellen, a patient diagnosed with psoriasis began seeing bumps on her belly about two centimeters in diameter, and as the research continued to find a cure, they had spread to the rest of her body except for her hands, feet, and face. She sought medical help, first seeing her general doctor; the…

Erysipelas. Erysipelas is a disease of the skin that causes lard raised patches of red skin that is usually on the face or legs, and coupled with severe fever and general illness. It is caused by a bacterial infection, and can be treated by antibiotics given to the patient by a doctor. There are a number of symptoms that can be attributed to Erysipelas. Typically, someone suffering from Erysipelas will develop a fever, a red swollen and painful area of skin with a raised edge, blisters on the…

white, de-pigmented skin. Vitiligo affects a predictable 1%-2% of the world's population, including males and females of all races. The chronic skin ailment happens when skin pigment cells die or are inept to function and the skin loses its pigment. Vitiligo is triggered by a far-reaching absence of melanin, the body's skin-pigmenting chemical, in areas of affected skin. Along with the mutilating trepidations, these skin zones are sun sensitive and have an augmented risk of skin cancer.…

Introduction: The process of complete regeneration of damaged tissues or cells usually referred as the wound healing. Generally, normal wound healing was a tedious and systemic process. Moreover sometimes if the wound was deep into the skin then that wound will be prone to microbial growth and sepsis hence in order to prevent it several therapies were in use. Even though there were many therapies for wound healing such as sutures, ligatures etc, all of them had been failed in promoting faster…

It may appear as a swollen, red area of the skin that will feel hot and tender to touch. Cellulitis can spread to other parts of the body however it is not contagious and cannot spread from person to person. The lower leg of the body is most commonly affected, although cellulitis can occur anywhere in the body such as body or the face. Cellulitis may also affect only the surface of the skin, the dermis but can also affect deeper layers of the skin such as the tissues, lymph nodes and blood…

major layers that make up healthy skin are the epidermis, dermis, and the hypodermis. The epidermis is a keratinized stratified squamous epithelium that resists abrasion and reduces water loss. It have four cell types and five layers. The dermis made of strong, flexible dense irregular connective tissue. It contains the blood vessels, nerve fibers and lymphatic vessels. The sweat glands and the hair follicles live in the dermis layer. The hypodermis is deep to the skin. It is made of adipose and…

patches of skin devoid of pigmentation due to the appear on different parts of the body due to melanocytes, cells which make pigment, are destroyed. Vitiligo can also affect the mucous membrane which are the tissues in the mouth, nose or eyes. Although the cause is unknown, it is suspected to be caused by an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune disease happens when your immune system mistakenly attacks some part of your own body. In this case, the immune system may destroy the melanocytes in the skin.…

electrical burns, and radiation burns. In general burns damage or injure skin layers and other parts of the body such as muscles, nerves, blood vessels, lungs and eyes. These burns are classified as first, second, or third degree burns depending on the layers of skin and tissue that are damaged. As one shall know the deeper the burn the more serious the burn is. First degree burns are burns located at the superficial or outer layer of the skin called the epidermis. It is a minor burn that may…