Posts Tagged ‘cause’
Etiology (For Professionals)
Saturday, October 6th, 2012Etiology (For Professionals) The origin and cause of SK is to the best of our knowledge unknown and what follows below is a list of proposed hypotheses. Origin of SK Hair follicle epithelium Whatever, the triggers and mechanisms of pathogenesis of seborrheic keratosis, they seem to develop from the follicular epithelium.This hypothesis come from the […]
Vitiligo
Sunday, November 29th, 2009Dr Christophe Hsu – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland What is vitiligo ? Vitiligo is a skin disorder which presents as white spots and patches on the skin. This is due to a progressive loss of the pigment, melanin, which gives us our skin colour. The loss of pigment occurs when pigment cells (melanocytes) are destroyed and […]
