Clouston’s hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is a rare inherited skin and hair condition. It mainly affects the hair, nails and the thick skin on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. People ...
Hutchinson lupus pernio type is an old name that doctors used for a special kind of skin lupus now called chilblain lupus erythematosus (CHLE). It is a long-lasting skin disease where red-purple, ...
Chilblain lupus is a rare type of lupus that mainly affects the skin of the fingers, toes, ears and nose. It causes red-purple, swollen, painful patches or small raised areas (papules and plaques) on ...
Skin ulcus molle is the old Latin name for chancroid, also called soft chancre. It is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) that causes painful, soft sores (ulcers) on the skin of the ...
Hypertrichosis is a condition where a person has too much hair growth compared with what is normal for their age, sex and ethnic group, and the extra hair can be on many areas of the body. It can ...
Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a scarring type of hair loss. “Scarring” means the hair follicle (the tiny pocket that grows hair) gets damaged and can be replaced by scar tissue, ...
