One of the most common skin disease is acne or popularly known as pimple. Acne is caused by the obstruction of skin pores in response to inflammation of the sebaceous glands, which end up producing skin oil. This oil ends up working as food for bacteria, Propionibacterium acnes, which ends up causing acne.

Rosacea can be confused with skin diseases caused by the sun, leaving the face reddish and with lesions that can evolve into acne, swelling, and dryness. Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory vascular disease and affects mainly, adult women.

Chronic and autoimmune disease that inflames the skin. This disease is associated with multiple comorbidities and causes the dermis cells to multiply and accumulate on the surface. The result is thick, scaly patches, like plaques. They develop mainly on the knees, palms, feet, elbows, and scalp.

These are infections caused by fungi that affect skin, nails and hair. The most common skin mycoses are tinea, candidiasis and pityriasis versicolor. Tinea: reddish spots with a flaking surface, with well-defined borders, may have small blisters or crusts. The main symptom is itching. Candidiasis: can manifest itself in various forms, such as whitish plaques on the oral mucosa, fissures in the corner of the mouth, red plaques and fissures located in the natural folds or involve the genital region causing itching, red patches and and whitish vaginal discharge. Ptyriasis versicolor: superficial mycosis very common among young people, with chronic and recurrent evolution. People with oily skin are more likely to have this type of mycosis.

Dermatitis or eczema is a common condition that is caused by various reasons. This condition can be divided into contact drematites and atopic dermatitis. Symptoms can be itching, redness, swelling, dryness and cracking of the skin. Contact dermatitis occurs when some part of the skin is exposed to some component that generates irritation. In the case of atopic dermatitis, the disease is defined as chronic and causes itchy rashes, mainly in the folds, such as elbows and knees.

It’s the most common type of skin cancer. It usually appears on exposed areas that have received a lot of sun exposure, such as the head, neck or limbs, but it can appear anywhere on the body. BBCs can look like bruises that bleed easily, do not heal, and have a scab on them, visible blood vessels in or around it. Although rare, a CBC may hurt or itch.

This is a condition characterized by the appearance of brownish spots that begin to appear mainly on the cheekbones, forehead, nose and/or upper lip. They can also appear on the arms and neck. It affects more women than men. It does not have a defined cause, and can be associated with pregnancy, contraceptives and mainly sun exposure.

A disease characterized by the loss of skin color. The lesions arise due to the decrease or absence of melanocytes (cells responsible for the formation of melanin, the pigment that gives color to the skin) in the affected areas. It manifests itself as white patches on the skin with a characteristic distribution.

A common viral infection, for which 99% of the adult population already acquired immunity in childhood and adolescence, having subclinical infection (asymptomatic) or a single episode, gaining lifelong resistance to the virus. They have infection on the lips and inside the mouth (especially in childhood) while herpesvirus 2, in general, determines lesions in the genitals and can be sexually acquired via intercourse, but not exclusively so.

(Shingles), popularly called chickenpox, is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus (VZV) or human herpesvirus type 3, the same one that causes chickenpox. Several conditions are associated with the onset of shingles, such as low immunity, cancer, local trauma, spinal surgery, and frontal sinusitis. The elderly shows a decrease in immunity to the virus, which explains its greater occurrence. Pain is the most important symptom of shingles. It usually precedes the appearance of the lesions, which consist of vesicles arranged in a linear path, often affecting the trunk, face, or limbs.