Skin Conditions

Follow the links below to find information on skin conditions, such as birthmarks, blisters, scars, stretch marks and wrinkles.

Reviewed January 2012

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Title:   About stretch marks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When someone grows quickly or puts on weight quickly, the tissue under the skin can be overstretched. As a result, fine scars may appear under the top layer of the skin, which we call stretch marks.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Bed bugs
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Bedbugs are oval, wingless insects, 5-6 mm long, that feed at night on any warm blooded animal including people.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Bedbugs
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Bedbugs are parasites that can infest houses, particularly beds and mattresses, and feed on human blood. Their bite typically causes a large, reddened and itchy wheal. Pesticides and good hygiene practices are usually required to rid a house of bedbugs.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Stretch marks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Around half of all pregnant women will develop stretch marks, usually in the last 3 months of pregnancy, as the abdominal skin is stretched by the rapidly growing uterus.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Chloasma - dark patches on the face
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Some pregnant women develop dark irregular patches on their face most commonly on the upper cheek, nose, lips, and forehead.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Lasers or light sources for treating port-wine stains
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Port-wine stains are birthmarks caused by malformations of blood vessels in the skin. They manifest themselves in infancy as flat, red marks on the skin and do not disappear spontaneously but may, if untreated, become darker and thicker by middle age w...
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Stretch marks
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Stretch marks are purple-red scars that appear in overstretched skin. Around half of all pregnant women will develop stretch marks (striae gravidarum). Some people develop stretch marks during puberty. Over time, the stretch marks lose their bright colouring and become silvery, shimmering lines. Stretch marks may be reduced with laser treatment and the regular application of creams containing retinoic acid or Retin-A. Retinoic acid must not be applied to the skin during pregnancy.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Freckles and moles
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Freckles are small flat spots on the skin that are about the size of a pin head. Moles are also caused by a group of cells in the skin making more melanin than the surrounding cells.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Tattoo removal
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Tattoos can be removed by a dermatologist. Permanent tattoos can be removed in most cases using a laser. However, it will take months, and multiple treatments, before the tattoo fades. Minor scarring is rare when the appropriate Q-switched laser is used. A doctor or GP can refer you to a dermatologist for tattoo removal.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Birthmarks
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A birthmark is any mark present on the skin at birth, or that develops soon afterwards. Different birthmarks include 'stork bite' marks, Mongolian blue spots, strawberry marks, caf au lait spots, port wine stain and congenital melanocytic naevus. Laser therapy may treat some birthmarks.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Birthmarks
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to recognising and treating birthmarks in children.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Blisters
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to recognising and treating blisters in young children.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Blisters
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Blisters look like bubbles with watery stuff underneath. You can get blisters when your skin is burned by heat or by friction (rubbing against something).
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Moles (benign pigmented lesions, benign melanocytic lesions, melanocytic naevi, nevocytic naevi)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Benign pigmented lesions refer to a wide range of abnormalities that can be found on the skin. The term 'mole' usually refers to a lesion which has a local excess of one or more normal constituents of the skin. Malignant melanoma can mimic benign-looking moles. With the naked eye, it may be difficult to tell benign from malignant lesions.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Types of skin cancer
Publisher:   Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Our skin is made up of basal cells, squamous cells and melanocytes. Skin cancer types are named after the skin cell in which the cancer develops.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Birthmarks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Any mark that is present on the skin at birth or that develops soon afterwards is called a birthmark. They are very common and most children have a mark of some sort. Most are harmless and some go away as the child grows.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Interventions for bullous pemphigoid
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune blistering disease in the West. Incidence figures are not available for most parts of the world but BP appears to be rarer in the Far East. Bullous pemphigoid is usually a disease of the elderly but ...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Interventions for infantile haemangiomas (strawberry birthmarks) of the skin
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Infantile haemangiomas are soft, raised swellings on the skin, often with a bright, red surface. They are a non-cancerous overgrowth of blood vessels in the skin. They are commonly known as 'strawberry birthmarks', 'strawberry naevi', or 'capillary haem...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Laser treatment for the skin
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Medical information about low level laser therapy treatment for the skin. Cold laser therapy skin treatment
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Scars
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   A scar (also known as a cicatrix) is fibrous tissue that is visible following healing of a wound. The formation of scars is a normal part of the healing process.
Date:   May 2010

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