Psoriasis is a noncontagious, chronic skin disease that produces plaques of thickened, scaly skin. The dry flakes of silvery-white skin scales result from an excessively rapid production of skin cells. Psoriasis is fundamentally a defective inflammatory response. The proliferation of skin cells is tr...
Skin tags (acrochordons) are benign growths thought to be caused by skin friction. Read about causes, removal, and treatment, plus, see pictures of a skin tag and learn about prevention.
The ring has raised, blistery, or scaly borders. Ringworm is passed on by skin-to-skin contact with a person or animal. Kids can also get it by sharing things like towels or sports gear. Your doctor may treat it with antifungal creams. 3/13 Fifth Disease This contagious and usually ...
Actinic keratosisis a patch of red or brown, scaly, rough skin, which can develop into any kind of skin cancer, but most commonly precede the appearance of a squamous cell carcinoma. A nevus is a mole, and dysplastic neviare abnormal moles. These can develop into melanoma over time. Moles...
It becomes very vulnerable to various skin infections that can develop as “scaly skin patches.” These patches not only deteriorate the cosmetics of the skin, but they can also be risky to the body. The unhappy fact about these patches of skin is they are inevitable at times. They appear...
Is your skin itching, breaking out, covered in a rash, or playing host to spots of some sort? It may be the result of infection, a chronic skin condition, or contact with an allergen or irritant. This WebMD slideshow shows you how to spot skin problems c
s disease of the breastis a cancer appearing around the breast nipple, mostly in women, and rarely in men. The skin of the nipple is red and scaly and may itch. In most cases, an underlying breast cancer is also present (and felt as a lump). Treatment is by surgical removal of the...
Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is an inflammatory skin condition that can affect people of all ages but occurs more frequently in children. The most common symptoms of eczema are:15 A red, itchy rash Dry, rough, or scaly skin ...
1 of 4 What does an eczema rash look like? "Very dry skin with inflamed patches that are red (on white skin) or either paler or darker (on black skin)," says Dr Philippa. "The skin may crack and blister and look scaly." Where on my child's body? Anywhere but, in babies, it...
petechial (tiny pinpoint bleeding into the skin), silvery-white scales (psoriasis), annular (circular with central clearings, like in ringworm infections or Lyme disease), eczematous (dry, scaly, rough when early, thick, and discolored after time), excoriated (scratched areas). This may be su...