Recent Advances in Dermatology: 1 is the ideal resource for keeping abreast of new developments in this constantly changing field. Written by expert authors and featuring topics such as oral lichen planus, allergic contact dermatitis to cosmetics and toiletries, and benign and malignant penile lesions, each chapter highlights the latest developments of relevance to clinical practice. This book is an invaluable update and revision tool for trainees preparing for postgraduate examinations. 11 chapters summarising important recent advances within the field of dermatology All topics are written in a practical and clinically relevant manner, further enhanced by the 'key points for clinical practice' sections at the end of each chapter Provides an effective exam revision tool for the dermatology portion of the MRCP(UK) and the SCE in Dermatology All chapters written by expert authors ensuring authoritative and accurate content Full colour photographs throughout

The third volume of Recent Advances in Dermatology has been fully revised to bring clinicians and trainees fully up to date with the latest advances in dermatology, with emphasis on etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment. Each chapter examines a different skin ailment – topics include alopecia, scabies, infant haemangiomas, chemical leukoderma and subcutaneous mycosis. A complete chapter is dedicated to non-venereal male genital lesions, often misdiagnosed as STDs. The final chapters discuss treatment methods including drugs and lasers. Key points Fully revised new volume bringing trainees and clinicians fully up to date with latest advances in dermatology Covers numerous different skin ailments with emphasis on etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment Includes more than 120 clinical photographs, illustrations and tables Previous volume published in 2007

Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.

In Experiments in Skin Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the ongoing influence of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty. Framing skin as the site around which these ideas have been formed, Tu foregrounds the histories of militarism in the production of US biomedical knowledge and commercial cosmetics. She uncovers the efforts of wartime scientists in the US Military Dermatology Research Program to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' skin. These dermatologists sought relief for white soldiers while denying that African American soldiers and Vietnamese civilians were also vulnerable to harm. Their experiments led to the development of pharmaceutical cosmetics, now used by women in Ho Chi Minh City to tend to their skin, and to grapple with the damage caused by the war's lingering toxicity. In showing how the US military laid the foundations for contemporary Vietnamese consumption of cosmetics and practices of beauty, Tu shows how the intersecting histories of militarism, biomedicine, race, and aesthetics become materially and metaphorically visible on skin.

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Recent Advances in Scar Biology" that was published in IJMS