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| physician who treats skin disorders and diseases. |
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| Branch of science that studies and treats the skin and its disorders. |
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| fever blisters or cold sores; a recurring viral infection consisting of a vesicle or group if vesicle on a red, swollen base, appears on lips or nostril its a very contagious disease. |
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| the most form of skin cancer, black or dark patches on the skin are usually uneven in texture, jagged or raised. |
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| term of hyperpigmentation, pregnacy mask is often called melasma, occur by hormonal changes and can fade with time. |
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| prickly heat, acute inflammatory disorder of the sweat glands resulting in the eruption of red vesicles and burning, itching skin from excesive heat exposure. |
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| a brownish spot ranging in color from tan to bluish black, some are flats, resembling freckle and darker. |
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| an acne like condition around the mouth, are mainly small clusters of papules. |
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| primary lesions are characterized by flat, nonpalpable changes in skin color such as macules or patches, or an elevation formed by fluid in a cavity such a vesicles, bullae or pustules. |
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| a skin disease characterized by red patches covered with white silver scales. Its caused by an overproliferation of skin cells that replicate to fast. Usually found in patches on the scalp, elbows, knees, chest and lower back. |
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| hereditary factor in which dead skin cells do not shed from the follicles as they do on normal skin. |
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| a chronic congestion primarily on the cheeks and nose, characterized by redness, dilatation of blood vessels, and in severe cases the formation of papules and pustules, may be due to a bacteria, mite or fungus. |
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| similar open comedones, these are mainly solidificated impactions of oil without the cell matter. |
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| benign lesions frequently seen in oilier areas of the face, an overgrowth of the sebaceous gland, they appear similar to open comedones, often donut shaped with sebaceous material in the center. |
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| small overgrowth or extension of the skin that look like flaps, they are common under the arm and the neck. |
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| more serius than basal cell carcinoma, characterized by scaly red papules or nodules. |
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| brown or wine colored discoloration, stain occur after certain diseases or after moles, freckles or liver spots disappear. A port wine stain is a birthmark |
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| a sebaceous cyst or subcutaneous tumor its filled with sebum and ranges in size from a pea to an orange; usually appears on the scalp, neck, and back, also called wen. |
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| a change in pigmentation dur to melanin production as a defense against UV rays. |
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| yeast infection inhibiting melanin production |
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| an abnormal rounded solid lump, larger than a papule. |
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| vascular dilation of blood vessels |
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| a wart; hypertrophy of the papillae and epidermis caused by a virus, its infectious and contagious; also can spread |
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