This content is machine translated Aesthetic medicine Too much/too little hair – non-drug treatments Originally, humans were hairy all over their bodies until a few 100,000 years ago, when a pseudogene essential for keratin formation slowly lost its functionality for hair follicles in certain… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Chronic wounds Cold plasma promotes wound healing in diabetic foot ulcers A study showed that treatment of diabetic foot ulcers with cold atmospheric plasma improves oxygen and nutrient supply to damaged tissue layers, stimulates blood flow and activates wound healing. This…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Teledermatology: new S2k guideline Evidence-based consensus recommendations for everyday clinical practice Teledermatology has gained increasing importance in German-speaking countries as well as internationally. As a strongly visual subject, dermatology is very well suited for telemedicine applications. The S2k guideline creates a…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The somewhat different knowledge Where does the name “Sézary syndrome” actually come from? As a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with an erythrodermic course, Sézary syndrome is a rare entity. Nevertheless, most physicians have encountered this prognostically unfavorable disease, at least in theory. This may…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Er:YAG and CO2 laser treatment Accelerated wound healing by pantothenic acid: MMP-3 plays a key role It has been shown several times that a dexpanthenol-containing formulation in the follow-up of laser treatment leads to positive clinical effects. The underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. A…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Moderate to severe atopic dermatitis JAK inhibitor upadacitinib a clear winner in comparative study with dupilumab The development of innovative drugs for the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD) is increasingly focused on targeted therapies that selectively interfere with disease-causing signaling pathways [1]. That the Janus kinase…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Rosacea Effective treatment through combination of different active ingredients The characteristic rosacea symptoms often overlap, so drug therapy should be tailored to the individual symptomatology. This is one of the Key Messages of the current ROSCO recommendations. Combination therapies…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Lymphoma of the skin What’s new? Often, cutaneous lymphomas receive little attention. And yet, a lot has happened in recent years. Thus, innovative treatment options are also emerging for these rare conditions through new therapeutic options…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Leukemic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (L-CTCL) Sézary syndrome and mycosis fungoides: STAT5 as a therapeutic target? As the disease progresses, the tumor cells in leukemic variants of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas spread not only in the skin but also in the blood and lymph nodes. Although an…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Granulomatous diseases - an update News and interesting facts about pathomechanisms and treatment Both infectious and noninfectious granulomatous dermatoses are very heterogeneous clinical pictures. Treatment is based on pathogenesis and is primarily anti-inflammatory, with corticosteroids still playing an important role. A new therapeutic…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Alopecia areata Baricitinib improves hair growth in second Phase III study New data confirm the results of the first Phase III study published earlier this year. In both studies, a significantly higher proportion of baricitinib-treated patients met the primary endpoint of…
