Tips for Diagnosing & Treating Pigmentary Disorders
Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with Pigmentary Disorders Exchange Symposium interviewed Dr. Nada Elbuluk, founder and director of the USC Skin of Color Center and Pigmentary Disorders Clinic. Diagnosing and treating pigmentary disorders can be challenging. Watch as Dr. Elbuluk outlines what to think about in the diagnostic process, including the importance of full body exams and good room li …
Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with Pigmentary Disorders Exchange Symposium interviewed Dr. Nada Elbuluk, founder and director of the USC Skin of Color Center and Pigmentary Disorders Clinic. Diagnosing and treating pigmentary disorders can be challenging. Watch as Dr. Elbuluk outlines what to think about in the diagnostic process, including the importance of full body exams and good room li … Continue reading "Tips for Diagnosing & Treating Pigmentary Disorders"
Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with Pigmentary Disorders Exchange Symposium, interviewed Dr. Iltefat Hamzavi, a dermatologist with Henry Ford Health and associate professor of dermatology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Learn from Dr. Hamzavi the key pillars of vitiligo treatment, and why there’s room to improve available options for melanocyte recruitment and repair. Dr. Hamza … 
Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with Pigmentary Disorders Exchange Symposium interviewed Dr. Diane S. Berson, associate professor of dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Watch as Dr. Berson shares the cosmeceutical ingredients that dermatology clinicians can use synergistically to address photodamage and hyperpigmentation. Learn what ingredients are newly available and how cosmeceutica … 
Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a challenging dermatological condition characterized by painful, recurrent, and often disfiguring skin lesions. In this article, we will explore the expert insights of Dr. Ginette Okoye, Professor and Chair of the Howard University Department of Dermatology, as she discussed her approach to and experience with treating patients with HS at the 2023 Skin of Color Upd … 
INTRODUCTION
Benign Familial Pemphigus, or Hailey-Hailey Disease (HHD), affects intertriginous areas of the skin causing epidermal blistering and vesicles that coalesce into weeping and crusting plaques.¹
The loss-of-function mutation of the ATP2C1 gene causes a disruption in calcium homeostasis of keratinocytes. The resulting dysfunction in desmosomes and cell-cell adhesion causes acanthol … 