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BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

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MOST COMMON, LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER. APPEARS LIGHT, PEARLY NODULES; CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE SORES, REDDISH PATCHES OR SMOOTH GROWTH WITH ELEVATED BORDER

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MOST COMMON, LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER. APPEARS LIGHT, PEARLY NODULES; CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE SORES, REDDISH PATCHES OR SMOOTH GROWTH WITH ELEVATED BORDER

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BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

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MORE SERIOUS THAN BASAL CELL CARCINOMA.
SCALY, RED OR PINK PAPULES R NODULES; OPEN SORES OR CRUSTY AREAS, CAN GROW AND SPREAD IN THE BODY

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SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

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MOST SERIOUS FORM OF SKIN CANCER, AS IT METASTISIZES. BLACK OR DARK PATCHES; UNEVEN TEXTURE, JAGGED, OR RAISED; CRUSTY OR BLEED

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MALIGNANT MELANOMA

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LEAST COMMON SKIN CANCER BUT 100% FATAL IF LEFT UNTREATED. EARLY DETECTION CAN RESULT IN ____% SURVIVAL RATE. DROPS 62% ONCE REACHES______ _________

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MALIGNANT MELANOMA
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LYMPH NODES

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BENIGN MEANS?
MALIGNANT MEANS?

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NOT HARMFUL
CANCEROUS

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ONCOLOGY ESTHETICS

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ESTHETICIAN CERTIFIED TO TREAT SKIN EXPOSED TO RADIATION AND CHEMO THERAPY

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TWO SIDES OF THE LESIONS NOT IDENTICAL

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ASYMETRY

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THE BORDER IS IRREGULAR ON THESE LESIONS

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BORDER

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USUALLY DARK AND HAVE MORE THAN ONE COLOR THAT FADES INTO ONE ANOTHER IS WHAT DETECTION LETTER

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C COLOR

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WHEN THE LESION IS AT LEAST THE SIZE OF A PENCIL ERASER IN A MELENOMA

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DIAMETER

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LESION THAT CHANGES APPEARANCE IS?

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EVOLVING

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ACNE IS

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INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISRDER OF THE SEBACIOUS GLANDS WHERE EXCESS SEBUM IS PRODUCED

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ACNE IS AKA?

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ACNE SIMPLEX OR ACNE VULGARIS

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RED INFLAMED LESIONS WHERE WHITE BLOOD CELLS MOVE IN TO FIGHT INFECTION

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PAPULES

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PAPULES THAT BECOME MORE INFECTED AND DEVELOPS PUS

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PUSTULES

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CYSTS CONSIST OF

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DEEP POCKETS OF INFECTION. FORMS HARDENED TISSUE AROUND THAT LEAD TO DEPRESSED AND RAISED SCARS

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TERM FOR THE ENTIRE FOLLICLE THAT INCLUDES THE HAIR SHAFT, SEBACEOUS GLAND AND SEBACEOUS DUCT OR CANAL TO SURFACE

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PILOSEBACEOUS UNIT

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CLOGGED FOLLICLES ARE CAUSED BY, EXCESS OIL__________ ,HYPERKERATOSIS, AND_________ _________. ANOTHER REASON IS FOLLICLE OSTIUM IS TOO _________ TO LET IMPACTS OUT

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RETENTION
SEBACEOUS FILAMENTS
OPENING OR OSTIUM OF FOLLICLE IS TOO SMALL TO LET IMPACTS OUT

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A COMEDO OR COMEDONES IS A TYPE OF

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CLOGGED FOLLICLE

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A BLACKHEAD OPEN AT SURFACE IS

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OPEN COMEDO

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CLOSED COMEDO FORMS WHEN THE OPENINGS OF THE FOLLICLE ARE BLOCKED WITH

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DEBRIS AND WHITE CELLS.
AKA WHITEHEAD

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SEBACEOUS FILAMENTS IS SIMILAR TO AN

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OPEN COMODONE

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SEBACEOUS FILAMENT ARE MAINLY SMALL SOLIDIFIED IMPACTIONS OF

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OIL WITHOUT THE CELL MATTER

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SMALL EPIDERMAL CYSTS THAT APPEAR AS FIRM WHITE PAPULES. WHITISH PEARL -LIKE MASSES OF SEBUM AND DEAD CELLS UNDER SKIN WITH NO VISIBLE OPENINGS
MILIA
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HEREDITARY FACTOR IN WHICH DEAD SKIN CELLS BUILD UP BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SHED FROM THE FOLLICLES AS THEY DO ON NORMAL SKIN
RETENTION HYPERKERATOSIS
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INVOLVES BENIGN LESIONS FREQUENTLY SEEN IN OILIER AREAS OF THE FACE. OFTEN WHITE, YELLOW OR FLESH COLORED. DONUT SHAPED WITH INDENTATION IN CENTER
SEBACEOUS HYPERPLASIA
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SEBORRHEA IS
SEVERE OILINESS OF SKIN/ ABNORMAL SECRETION OF SEBACEOUS GLANDS
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AREAS WHERE YOU SEE SEBORRHEA
SCALP, CALLED SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS. ALSO AROUND EYEBROWS, BEHIND EARS AND AROUND THE NOSE
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GRADE OF ACNE W/ MINOR BREAKOUTS, MOSTLY OPEN COMODONES, SOME CLOSED, AND A FEW PAPULES
GRADE 1
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GRADE OF ACNE RED, INFLAMED MANY COMEDONES, PAPULES AND PUSTULES
GRADE III
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GRADE OF ACNE MANY CLOSED COMEDONES, MORE OPEN COMODONES, AND OCCASIONAL PAPULES AND PUSTULES
GRADE II
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GRADE IV ACNE INCLUDES
CYSTIC ACNE, CYSTS WITH COMEDONES, PAPULES, PUSULES, AND INFLAMMATION;SCAR FROMATION/TISSUE DAMAGE
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TRIGGERS FOR ACNE INCLUDE:
GENETIC, HORMONAL, ENVIRONMENT, LIFESTYLE, CERTIAIN PRODUCTS AND DIETARY
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PEOPLE WITH ACNE SHOULD AVOID WHAT COMETICS AND SKIN CARE PRODUCTS
COMEDOGENIC
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SALICYLIC ACID AND AZELAIC ACID ARE BOTH
ANTIBACTERIAL
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SALYCYLIC ACID IS LIPOPHILIC WHICH MEANS
WORKS TO DIGEST SEBUM
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PCOS AFFECTS ONE IN _____ WOMEN SYMPTOMS INCLUDE INCREASED_____ PRODUCTION
20 ANDROGEN PRODUCTION
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COMMON VASCULAR DISORDERS INCLUDE:
ROSACEA, TELANGICTASIA, VARICOSE VEINSPI
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PIGMENT DISORDER THAT IS A FLAT , PIGMENTED AREA SIMILAR TO A FRECKLE; SMALL , YELLOW-BROWN SPOTS
LENTIGO
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FRECKLES ARE AKA
EPHELIDS
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POIKILODERMA OF CIVATTE IS CAUSED BY
ACTINIC BRONZING/ CHRONIC SUN EXPOSURE
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4 HYPOPIGMENTATION DISORDERS INCLUDE
LAV TV LEUKODERMA, ALBINISM, VITILIGO, TINEA VERSICOLOR
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TINEA VERSICOLOR IS A ________ CONDITION CONFUSED WITH VITILIGO
FUNGAL
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LACK OF MELANIN IN THE BODY IS WHAT HYPOPIMENTATION DISORDER
ALBINISM
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PIGMENTATION DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY WHITE IRREGULAR PATCHES OF SKIN WHITE/ LACKING PIGMENT.
VITILIGO
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ALBINISM AND VITILIGO IS DUE TO IMMUNOLOGICAL AND POST INFLAMMATORY DUE TO CONGENITAL DISORDER. ABNORMAL PATCHES OF DEPIGMENTED SKIN
LEUKODERMA
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DERMATITIS IS A GENERALIZED TERM TO REFER TO AN
INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN
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DERMATITIS INCLUDES VARIOUS FORMS OF LESIONS SUCH AS:
ECZEMA, VESICLES, OR PAPULES EVP
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REACTION TO INGREDIENTS IN COSMETICS AND CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS CAN CAUSE
CONTACT DERMATITIS
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DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERSENSITIVITY AFTER REPEATED EXPOSURE TO AN ALLERGEN IS
SENSITIZATION
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COMMON ALLERGENS CAN BE FOUND IN THESE ITEMS THAT CAUSE CONTACT DERMATITIS
MAKEUP, SKIN CARE PRODUCT, DETERGENT, DYES, FABRICS, JEWELRY, PLANTS, RED DYES, NICKEL IN JEWELRY
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CHRONIC RELAPSING FORM OF DERMATITIS, RECOMMEND HUMIDIFERS AND LOTION TO STAY HYDRATED
ATOPIC DERMATITIS
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INFLAMMATORY, PAIN , ITCHING DISEASE OF THE SKIN, ACUTE OR CHRONIC IN NATURE; HAS DRY OR MOIST LESIONS
ECZEMA
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ACNE LIKE CONDITION AROUND THE MOTH CONSISTING MAINLY OF CLUSTER OF PAPULES
PERIORAL DERMATITIS
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STATIS DERMATITIS IS CAUSED BY
POOR CIRCULATION IN LOWER LEGS
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