| Ablates |
To remove, usually by cutting. at surgery a tumour may be ablated. |
| Age Spots |
A skin disorder seen with aging (or sun exposure) where there are flat patches of increased pigmentation on the skin. |
| Anagen |
Growth phase of the hair cycle, lasting about 3 to 6 years in human scalp hair. |
| Birth Marks |
Red or purple-coloured vascular skin markings that develop shortly after birth. |
| Broken Capillaries |
The smallest vessels which contain oxygenated blood. |
| Brown Spots |
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| Burn Erythema |
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| Cafe' Au Lait maculae |
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| Collagen |
The protein substance of the white fibres (collagenous fibres) of skin, tendon, bone, cartilage and all other connective tissue, composed of molecules of tropocollagen, it is converted into gelatin by boiling. |
| Categen |
A transitional phase of the hair cycle between growth and resting of the hair follicle. |
| Enlarged pores |
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| Epidermal Peel |
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| Erythema |
A name applied to redness of the skin produced by congestion of the capillaries, which may result from a variety of causes, the aetiology or a specific type of lesion often being indicated by a modifying term. |
| Facial veins |
A continuation of the angular vein at the medial angle of the eye. It passes diagonally downward and outward, joining with the retromandibular vein below the border of the lower jaw before emptying into the internal jugular vein. |
| Follicle |
A hair follicle, an invagination of the epidermis into the dermis surrounding the hair root. |
| Freckles (Solar lentigines) |
A small yellowish or brownish spot in the skin, particularly on the face, neck, or hands. |
| Hemangiomas |
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| Hyper Pigmentation |
Darkening of the skin. |
| Hypertrophic scars |
An elevated scar resembling a keloid but which does not spread into surrounding tissues, is rarely painful, and regresses spontaneously; collagen bundles run parallel to the skin surface. |
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| intra-Epidermal |
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| Keratosis |
A skin lesion that is abnormally sensitive to the effects of ultraviolet light (sunlight). |
| Lentigines |
A skin disorder seen with aging (or sun exposure) where there are flat patches of increased pigmentation on the skin. |
| microdermabrasion |
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| Poikiloderma |
A variegated hyperpigmentation and telangiectasia of the skin, followed by atrophy. |
| Port Wine Stains |
A mark on the skin that resembles port wine (porto) in its rich ruby red colour. Due to an abnormal aggregation of capillaries, a port-wine stain is a type of haemangioma. It occurs on the face as a sign of sturge-weber syndrome. |
| Photothermal Energy |
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| Rejuvenate |
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| Red spots |
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| Rosacea |
A facial skin disorder which results from chronic inflammation of the cheeks, nose, chin, forehead, and-or eyelids. This is often demonstrated by increased redness or acne-like eruptions in these locations on the face. |
| Sloughing |
The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis. |
| Spider Veins |
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| Telogen |
More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the individual chromosomes cannot be distinguished, interphase was once thought to be the resting phase but it is far from a time of rest for the cell. It is the time when DNA is replicated in the cell nucleus. |
| Telangiectasia |
A permanent dilation of preexisting blood vessels (capillaries, arterioles, venules), creating small focal red lesions, usually in the skin or mucous membranes. Also called telangiectasis. |
| Topical Anesthetic |
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| Topical Anesthesia |
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| Vascular Lesions |
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| Visible Vessels |
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| Ultra-Violet Light |
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