Guest Editor of the Month
Dr Harish Timbadia is our Guest Editor for IMAGE December 2010.
Editorial
Dear Friends,
It is my proud privileged & honor to be the guest editor for this special issue of Medical Image on “Dermatology”. At the outset I would like to congratulate the editorial team of image for choosing Dermatology special issue. Dermatology by definition is ‘the study of skin & its ailment’ or in broader way “a branch of science which not only treats”.
Skin but also internal medicine diseases like AIDS which manifest on skin . That is probably the reason why skin is also known as the mirror of internal disorders.
Friends! medical science has been progressing day in & day out & Dermatology is no exception. Over a period of last 3 decades I have seen Dermatology progressing from simple diagnosis to complex syndrome from scabies to AIDS, from simple microscopy to electron microscopy, simple skin biopsy to immuno florescence & special staining & lastly but not the least simple electro cautery to complex LASER, The later is able to treat successfully so many complex diseases like Nevus of Ota, Port wine stain, café au lait spot etc. which were once upon time in curable . This has resulted in proving the old saying wrong that skin diseases are not curable.
Skin is composed of three layers ; epidermis, dermis & sub cutaneous tissue. The epidermis the outermost layer, is formed by an ordered arrangement of cells known as keratinocytes, whose basic function is to synthesize keratin, a filamentous protein, but serves as protective function. The dermis is a middle layer. Its principal constituent is the fibrillar structure protein collagen. The dermis lies on the panniculous, which is composed of lobules of lipocytes .
In this special issue I have made a humble attempt to discuss the common skin ailment which we see day in and day out in our routine clinical practice of medicine.
Acne is a common skin ailment which affects more than 80 % of the youth.
Though a self limiting ailment leads to very severe ugly scars if not treated in time.
The second topic on hair which is a dead structure has great cosmetic importance especially for the ladies. The loss of hair is known as alopecia while the excess is known as hypertrichosis or hirsutism if a female has male type of hair growth.
As mentioned earlier skin is a mirror of internal diseases. One of the most dreaded diseases of mankind Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome [ AIDS ] has its first symptoms on skin only. Apart from this there are many connective tissue diseases, malignancies, & viral exanthems like measles, varicela have their presentation first on skin .
The last article is on pigmentary disorders. This time we have decided to discuss on Facial Hypo pigmentation in details.
Friends! I would be very keen to receive your feedback on these articles. If I get positive feedback I would be very glad , if negative I promise to improve in my next attempt as an editor.
Thanking you,
DR HARESH TIMBADIA
MD skin Mumbai drtimbadia@gmail.com
Phone Clinic 28021012 / 28052069
9930764112
IMA Editorial
Dear Friends,
It is my proud privileged & honor to be the guest editor for this special issue of Medical Image on “Dermatology”. At the outset I would like to congratulate the editorial team of image for choosing Dermatology special issue. Dermatology by definition is ‘the study of skin & its ailment’ or in broader way “a branch of science which not only treats”.
Skin but also internal medicine diseases like AIDS which manifest on skin . That is probably the reason why skin is also known as the mirror of internal disorders.
Friends! medical science has been progressing day in & day out & Dermatology is no exception. Over a period of last 3 decades I have seen Dermatology progressing from simple diagnosis to complex syndrome from scabies to AIDS, from simple microscopy to electron microscopy, simple skin biopsy to immuno florescence & special staining & lastly but not the least simple electro cautery to complex LASER, The later is able to treat successfully so many complex diseases like Nevus of Ota, Port wine stain, café au lait spot etc. which were once upon time in curable . This has resulted in proving the old saying wrong that skin diseases are not curable.
Skin is composed of three layers ; epidermis, dermis & sub cutaneous tissue. The epidermis the outermost layer, is formed by an ordered arrangement of cells known as keratinocytes, whose basic function is to synthesize keratin, a filamentous protein, but serves as protective function. The dermis is a middle layer. Its principal constituent is the fibrillar structure protein collagen. The dermis lies on the panniculous, which is composed of lobules of lipocytes .
In this special issue I have made a humble attempt to discuss the common skin ailment which we see day in and day out in our routine clinical practice of medicine.
Acne is a common skin ailment which affects more than 80 % of the youth.
Though a self limiting ailment leads to very severe ugly scars if not treated in time.
The second topic on hair which is a dead structure has great cosmetic importance especially for the ladies. The loss of hair is known as alopecia while the excess is known as hypertrichosis or hirsutism if a female has male type of hair growth.
As mentioned earlier skin is a mirror of internal diseases. One of the most dreaded diseases of mankind Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome [ AIDS ] has its first symptoms on skin only. Apart from this there are many connective tissue diseases, malignancies, & viral exanthems like measles, varicela have their presentation first on skin .
The last article is on pigmentary disorders. This time we have decided to discuss on Facial Hypo pigmentation in details.
Friends! I would be very keen to receive your feedback on these articles. If I get positive feedback I would be very glad , if negative I promise to improve in my next attempt as an editor.
Thanking you,
DR HARESH TIMBADIA
MD skin Mumbai drtimbadia@gmail.com
Phone Clinic 28021012 / 28052069
9930764112
