Therapeutics News

Women who slept on copper oxide-containing pillowcases experienced a reduction in the depth of facial wrinkles, according to study results.

ATLANTA — Laser treatments that shorten recovery time were the theme of several presentations on the opening day of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery’s annual meeting.

An autologous bilayered human skin equivalent was stored in basal medium at 4°C for at least 72 hours without compromising its functionality for transplantation, according to study results.

Dermatology is a branch of medicine that deals with the skin and diseases of the skin. It concerns the study, research and diagnosis of normal skin and disorders of the skin. Cancers, cosmetic and aging conditions of the skin, fat, hair, nails and oral and genital membranes are all aspects of dermatology.

 An immunologist is an expert in immunology, which is a branch of biomedical science that deals with the immune system. An immunologist may be involved with the immune system of humans or other vertebrates, and may be concerned with the immune system in healthy or diseased states.

Researchers at the Department of Dermatology of the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit presented an approach to treating hidradenitis suppurativa after a systematic review of studies depicting the efficacy of various treatment options.

Necrotizing infundibular crystalline folliculitis, a poorly understood disorder marked by waxy papules that often appear on the forehead, is possibly pathogenetically linked to microorganisms such as yeasts that resemble Malassezia and gram-positive bacteria such as Propionibacterium acnes, according to study results.

Results of an Israeli study indicated that localized ultraviolet B phototherapy is a safe, effective treatment for erosive oral lichen planus.