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Furuncle: Is also known as a "boil." A boil is a tender, dome-shaped skin lesion caused by an infection around a hair follicle with Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotics are often not very helpful in treating abscesses.

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A chronic skin disease that causes persistent redness over the areas of the face and nose that normally blush: mainly the forehead, the chin, and the lower half of the nose. ...Rosacea can be treated but not cured.

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Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin. These skin patches are typically red, itchy, and scaly. ... It typically presents as red patches with white scales on top.

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A localized swelling that is filled with blood caused by a break in the wall of a blood vessel. ... The blood is usually clotted or partially clotted, and it exists within an organ or in a soft tissue space, such as muscle.

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ecchymosis is the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels. The term also applies to the subcutaneous discoloration resulting from seepage of blood within the contused tissue.

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Another name for a bruise. ... A bruise, or contusion, is caused when blood vessels are damaged or broken as the result of a blow to the skin (be it bumping against something or hitting yourself with a hammer).

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A group of genetic disorders in which there is partial or total lack of the pigment melanin in the eyes, skin, and hair. See also:Albinism, oculocutaneous; Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. Adult Skin Problems Slideshow.

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Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia (or even erroneously onchophagia), is an oral compulsive habit. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking. Nail biting is very common, especially amongst children.

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Onychomycosis, also known as tinea unguium, is a fungal infection of the nail. This condition may affect toenails or fingernails, but toenail infections are particularly common. ... It is the most common disease of the nails and constitutes about half of all nail abnormalities.

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The medical term for what is better known as an ingrown toenail. From onycho-, nail + crypto-, hidden or buried + -sis, condition. See: Ingrown toenail. Adult Skin Problems Slideshow

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Alopecia may be localized to the front and top of the head as in common male pattern baldness. It may be patchy as in a condition called alopecia areata. A variant of alopecia involves the entire head and is calledalopecia capitis totalis.

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Hirsutism is excessive body hair in men and women on parts of the body where hair is normally absent or minimal, such as on the chin or chest in particular, or the face or body in general. ... Hirsutism is usually the result of an underlying endocrine imbalance, which may be adrenal, ovarian, or central.

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a suddenly formed elevation of the skin surface: as. a : welt; especially : a flat burning or itching eminence on the skin. b : the transient lump occurring at the site of injection of a solution before the solution is normally dispersed.

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The virus of warts (a human papillomavirus) is transmitted by contact. The contact can be with a wart on someone else or one on oneself (autoinoculation). Warts that occur on the hands or feet are called commonwarts. A wart on the sole of the foot is a plantar wart.

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flakes or dry patches made up of excess dead epidermal cells.scale an outer protective layer made up of flat, rigid, overlapping plates.excessive shedding scales is associated with skin disorders such as psoriasis

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scaly, solid raised area of closely spaces papules. (more descriptive) chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red patches covered with white scales. (example lesion caused by psorasis

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small, raised red lesion that is less than .5 centimeters in diameter and does not contain pus. (examples of this are pimples and small insect bites.)

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a solid, raised skin lesion that is larger than .5 centimeters in diameter and does not contain pus. in acne vulgaris, nodules can cause scarring

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also known as the "macula" it is a discoloration flat spot that is less than one centimeter in diameter (examples are freckles and flat moles)

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also known as a "scab" it is a collection of dried serum and cellular debris. it forms over cuts or injury in an attempt to keep any bacteria out that might cause infection.

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a pathological change of the tissues due to disease or injury. they are described by their appearance, color, location, and size as measured in centimeters

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A fibrous protein forming the main structural constituent of hair, feathers, hoofs, claws, horns, etc. ... 'Fungal infections usually affect the skin because they live offkeratin, a protein that makes up skin, hair and nails.'

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The sweat (sudoriferous) glandsare small tubular structures situated within and under the skin (in the subcutaneous tissue). They discharge sweat by tiny openings in the surface of the skin. ... It is also called perspiration.

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Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin that is also a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants like Vitamin A are also responsible for building strong bones, regulating gene regulation, maintaining healthy clear skin, facilitating cell differentiation, and supporting immune function.

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Under normal conditions of sunlight exposure, no dietary supplementation is necessary because sunlight promotes adequate vitamin D synthesis in the skin. Deficiency can lead to bone deformity (rickets) in children and bone weakness (osteomalacia) in adults

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an insoluble fibrous protein of vertebrates that is the chief constituent of the fibrils of connective tissue (as in skin and tendons) and of the organic substance of bones and yields gelatin and glue on prolonged heating with water.

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the tissue immediately beneath the epidermis of a plant especially when modified to serve as a supporting and protecting layer. 2 : the cellular layer that underlies and secretes the chitinous cuticle (as of an arthropod) 3 : superficial fascia.

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he dense inner layer of skin beneath the epidermis, composed of connective tissue, blood and lymph vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, and an elaborate sensory nerve network. Expand. Also called corium. Origin of dermis.

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Epidermis: The upper or outer layer of the two main layers of cells that make up the skin. ... Under the squamous cells are round cells called basal cells. The deepest part of the epidermis also contains melanocytes.