samedi 12 juillet 2014

Valuable Information You May Need To Know About Dermatology

By Bradd Alan


Dermatology is a branch of medicine that deals in the treatment of hair, skin, nails and any other related diseases that affect human beings. It deals with both aspects of medicine and surgery. A person who has specialized in dermatology is known as a dermatologist and they specifically specialize in treating diseases in the widest sense as well as problems of the hair, skin, scalp and nails.

In dermatology, people can specialize in derma pathology, cosmetic dermatology, immune dermatology, Mohs surgery, teledermatology or pediatric dermatology. In these fields, they specialize in diseases related with hair, skin and nails, come up with solutions on how these diseases can be treated, and cause less or no harm at all to patients.

In cosmetic dermatology, dermatologists have been leaders in use of fillers, botox and laser surgery. A cosmetic dermatologist performs some cosmetic procedures such as liposuction, face-lifts and blepharoplasty. Cosmetic dermatologists limit their cosmetic expertise to minimal invasive procedures.

Another field that you may need to know about is derma pathology. This dermatologist specializes in the pathology of the skin and will complete one year of dermatology fellowship and include six more months as a derma pathologist. A person studying dermatology can qualify to work in demarpathology since he/she has to first sit for a dermatology exam before proceeding to pathology class.

A dermatologist can also choose to specialize in immunodermatology. In this field, they treat immune-mediated skin diseases such as bullous pemphigoid pemphighus vulgarism and lupus. They are also trained on how to see the effect of UV (Ultra violet) light on the skin.

Chemosurgery, also known as mohs surgery specializes in excision of skin cancer using Dr Federic E Mohs procedure developed in 1930s.This technique allows intraoperative assessment of 100% of peripheral and deep tumor margins. The procedure is defined as a type of CCPDMA processing and is done by physicians who are comfortable in both pathology and surgeries. They remove any cancerous tissue sparing the healthy tissue.

Physicians qualify to be pediatric dermatologists when they complete a dermatology residency and a pediatric residency or complete a post -residency fellowship. A pediatric dermatologist deals with complex disease of the neonates, hereditary disease of the skin or genodermatoses and other skin disorders affecting children. Pediatrics treat young children and newborn infants up to their adolescent years while treating skin infections, which may arise and affect them. It is usually advisable that if you want to pursue pediatric dermatology that you are good with children because you will be interacting with them closely.

Teledermatology is another field in dermatology that deals with application of telemedicine and e-health. It involves exchange of medical information via various kinds of media. It involves viewing of the skin conditions over a large distance to provide information and second opinion services for experts or use the follow up in treating individuals with chronic skin conditions. Teledermatologist can reduce time wastage by simply sending via e-mail digital images of a lesion from the patient to seek medical advice of a condition from a specialist.




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