ABCDE's of Melanoma Detection
"A" in ABCDE stands for this symptom.
What is Asymmetry?
A medication used to fight bacteria.
What is an antibiotic?
A chronic disease where skin cells build up quickly, typically causing red or discolored, scaly, and itchy patches on the skin, often on the scalp.
What is psoriasis?
What is botox?
Diagnostic procedure that involves the removal and examination of a small sample of skin tissue. It is used to diagnose various skin conditions, including skin cancers.
What is a biopsy?
"B" in ABCDE stands for this symptom.
What is Borders?
A product that is produced from living organisms or contain components of living organisms.
What is a biologic?
An infection/inflammation of hair follicles
What is folliculitis?
This treatment process features skin cleansing, exfoliation through a very light superficial peel, extraction, hydration, and infusion of serums.
What is a HydraFacial?
This is used to freeze and destroy superficial skin growths such as warts and keratoses. It is used for cryotherapy or cryosurgery to remove abnormal (precancerous) ad benign (noncancerous) growths on the surface of the skin.
"C" in ABCDE stands for this symptom.
What is Color?
An oral retinoid, used to treat severe cystic acne that has not responded to other treatment.
What is Accutane?
Hairloss typically caused by tight hairstyles.
What is traction alopecia?
Treatment for small varicose and spider veins that involves injecting a solution directly into the vein.
What is Sclerotherapy?
Procedure performed for treatment of pre-cancers/skin cancers (basal cell cancers and squamous cell cancers. The procedure consists of scraping and "burning" away from the unwanted growth
What is Electrodesiccation and Curettage?
"D" in ABCDE stands for this symptom.
What is Diameter?
A topical, used to treat eczema, contact dermatitis and psoriasis. Comes in the form of a cream, ointment and shampoo.
What is Clobetasol?
Both men and women develop this type of hair loss, which is the most common cause of hair loss worldwide.
What is androgenic alopecia?
A method of physical exfoliation that consists of using a 10 gauge scalpel to gently scrape off the top layer of dulling dead skin cells in order to reveal a smoother, brighter complexion.
What is Dermaplaning?
A specialized form of skin cancer treatment that removes the visible tumor while sparing the healthy tissue.
What is Mohs?
"E" in ABCDE stands for this symptom.
What is Evolving?
An oral antiviral, used to treat viral infections such as shingles and cold sores.
What is Valtrex?
A disease that develops when the body’s immune system attacks hair follicles, causing hair loss.
What is alopecia areata?
This treatment is used to treat various skin conditions for aesthetic and therapeutic purposes, including hair removal, photo rejuvenation as well as to alleviate dermatologic diseases such as acne, sun damage, skin pigmentation
What is IPL?
A medical treatment that uses a specialized photosensitizing drug activated by a specific light source to destroy targeted abnormal or cancer cells.
What is Photodynamic Therapy?