Skin is the largest and most visible organ in the human body – and can provide many clues about what’s going on underneath it.
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Bacteria and lipids get a bad rap for causing breakouts and oily skin. But both play an essential role in helping your skin barrier stay strong against pathogens and insults from the environment.
We’ve known about dandruff for thousands of years. Here’s how to get rid of yours.
When eczema is very active, the skin literally bubbles with fluid and can begin to weep. Bacteria love to colonise and infect this type of eczema.
Zebrafish melanocytes cause diseases similar to those in people when they don’t work properly. Studying how they regenerate after injury could lead to new treatments for hair color loss and vitiligo.
An aggressive, antifungal-resistant form of tinea, a contagious ringworm fungal infection, has appeared in the US, likely driven by overuse and misuse of antifungal medications.
Hives are an allergic reaction and can sometimes be a sign of a more serious immune response.
These infections require medical attention right away.
Most women get them. Some men get them. Few people welcome them. Stretch marks, or stria distensae, are scars that appear when the skin is stretched beyond its elastic limit.
Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease of the skin that affects around 2% of the Australian population. That’s enough people to fill the Melbourne Cricket Ground each of the five days of Boxing day test…
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Professor of Dermatology, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Dermatology, University of Florida
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Florida
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Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor, Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia
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PhD Candidate, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Dermatology, Bond University
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Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Dermatology, University of California, San Diego
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Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
