How does laser treatment work to remove a tattoo?
The energy delivered by a laser is targeted towards the carbon particles or dyes that are found in skin tattoos, allowing selective destruction of the foreign pigment while minimizing damage to the surrounding skin. Lasers offer a non-invasive and effective treatment for unwanted tattoos.
What type of tattoo can be treated?
We can…
Causes
The body normally hosts a variety of bacteria and fungi. Some of these are useful to the body. Others may multiply quickly and form infections. Fungi can live on the dead tissues of the hair, nails, and outer skin layers.
Fungal infections include mold-like fungi that cause:
Athlete’s foot
Jock itch
Ringworm on the skin of the body or head
Fungal nail infections are most…
When diagnosing rosacea, dermatologists need to examine a person’s symptoms, because there are no tests available to diagnose the disease. However, on rare occasions, skin biopsies can pinpoint rosacea.
There are very few people who have all of the symptoms of this disorder, which can make diagnosing rosacea difficult. If a patient has family members with the condition, doctors will usually…
Brown patches and spots on skin appear for many reasons — age, sun exposure, pregnancy, as a side effect of certain medications, freckles, moles, hormones, rashes, and dozens more. Commonly known as hyperpigmentation, and also called a melasma or a lentigo, a brown patch or spot on the skin is harmless yet disturbing to most people because of the way it looks. Find out exactly what your brown…
Causes
Acne occurs when tiny holes on the surface of the skin, called pores, become clogged.
Each pore is an opening to a follicle, which contains a hair and an oil gland. These oil glands help lubricate the skin and help remove old skin cells.
When glands produce too much oil, the pores can become blocked. Dirt, debris, bacteria, and inflammatory cells build up. The blockage is…
The medical term for for crows feet–the wrinkles at the lateral or temperal side of the eye, is: Lateral canthal wrinkles.
Lateral canthal wrinkles caused by the contraction of the lateral side of the orbital portion of the obicularis oculi–(the obicularis oculi is the muscle that runs the circumference of the eye.) Squinting, or smiling are called Dynamic lateral canthal wrinkles.
The pathogenesis of acne scarring is much like that of any other scar. An injury is caused by the body’s inflammatory response to the combination of sebum, bacteria and dead cells in the plugged sebaceous follicle. The body rushes to repair the injury. During this process, white blood cells and an array of inflammatory molecules enter the infected area. They help resolve the infection, but also…