ABSTRACT Hypertrophic lichen planus (HLP) is a rare case with 1% prevalence. HLP is the most pruritic variant of lichen planus. Most of the etiologies are idiopathic, certain drugs, or hepatitis C viral infection. This article reported a case of a 35 year-old woman with symmetric hyperkeratotic verrucous, papules, nodules, and hyperkeratotic and hyperpigmented plaques at dorsal of the feet; …
Psoriasis is a chronic and recurrent inflammation skin disease characterized with hyperproliferation of keratinocyte mediated by T celllymphocytes. Climatotherapy (bathing and sunbathing) at Dead Sea is model therapy which is effective for moderate and severe psoriasis. However there are group of psoriasis patients who are not responsive to climatotherapy. The success of the model therapy was b…
One of the factors that determine the success effficien wound healing is wound healing is wound healing rate, that can be achieved by increasing cell proliferation, angiogenesis or neovascularisation, and extracellular production . Dermal fibroblast is cell that plays an important role in wound healing. Fibroblast proliferation and neovascularisation are critical elements in granular tissue for…
Wrinkles is caused by a decreased by a decrease in collagen synthesis an incease in collagen degradation. Collagen synthesis depends on fibroblast proliferation. Collagen synthesis needs glucose, so that collagen synthesis may be expressed by the increase in glucose uptake. Skin rejuvenation with heating may increase the collagen synthesis. The effect of short-term heating and optimal temperatu…
Xerotic or dry skin is a condition with manifestation of scaly, coarse skin with itchy sensation. Moisturizers have been used as treatment to alleviate xerotic skin. Aloe vera is a traditional medicinal plant which has been as skin monisturized for a long time, however, the hydration effect of this material had not been studied. Urea is a humectants material that has been widely used as moistur…