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Skin - Aging and disease | | Skin - Aging and disease: Encyclopedia II - Skin - Aging and disease | | As skin ages, it becomes thinner and more easily damaged. Intensifying this effect is the decreasing ability of skin to heal itself. Skin sagging is caused by the fall in elasticity. Skin also receives less blood flow and lower gland activity.
In medicine, the branch concerned with the skin is called dermatology.
The skin is subject to constant attack from without, and so can be afflicted by numerous ailments, such as:
Tumors:
Benign tumors of the skin: Squamous ...
See also:Skin, Skin - Layers, Skin - Types, Skin - Functions, Skin - Hygiene, Skin - Aging and disease | | | Skin, Skin - Aging and disease, Skin - Functions, Skin - Hygiene, Skin - Layers, Skin - Types, Dermatology, skin color, Cosmetics and cosmetic surgery, Hair, Nails, sweat, Anthropodermic bibliopegy | | |
| | | Skin: Encyclopedia II - Skin - Aging and disease
Skin - Aging and disease
As skin ages, it becomes thinner and more easily damaged. Intensifying this effect is the decreasing ability of skin to heal itself. Skin sagging is caused by the fall in elasticity. Skin also receives less blood flow and lower gland activity.
In medicine, the branch concerned with the skin is called dermatology.
The skin is subject to constant attack from without, and so can be afflicted by numerous ailments, such as:
Tumors:
- Benign tumors of the skin: Squamous cell papilloma
- Skin cancer
Others:
- Rashes
- Blisters
- Acne
- Keratosis pilaris
- Fungal infections such as athlete's foot
- microbial infections.
- calcinosis cutis
- ulcer
- list of skin diseases
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