Common skin diseases often cause symptoms like burning, itching, and discoloration. You may develop a skin disease from bacteria, viruses, irritants, or immune system dysfunction. It is important to ...

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021 reported 44.84 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) because of skin and subcutaneous diseases. Researchers utilized data from the GBD Study 2021 ...

There are two types of skin pigmentation disorders: hyperpigmentation, in which the skin produces too much melanin, and hypopigmentation, in which the skin produces too little melanin. Skin ...

Model Winnie Harlow has non-segmental vitiligo. Andrea Raffin/ Shutterstock Around one in every 100 people worldwide has vitiligo – a chronic, autoimmune skin condition that causes the skin to appear ...

The emerging field of psychodermatology reminds us that the connection between the brain and skin is not only real but significant. It focuses on the interplay between psychiatry and dermatology, ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers tested the ability of specialized and general physicians to diagnose skin illness across skin tone in a simulated ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School have shown for the first time that the common skin bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, can cause itching by acting directly on nerve cells. The new findings, based ...

Our skin is often covered with tiny imperfections – blemishes, moles, cuts and spots that we’re all guilty of picking at from time to time. Consider the temptation of that bulbous yellow head of a ...