Diseases of the skin / by J. Ferguson Smith.

  • Smith, J. Ferguson.
Date:
[between 1900 and 1920]
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Credit: Diseases of the skin / by J. Ferguson Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Give an Account of Hypertrichosis. This is an. abnormally strong growth of hair in places where there is normally only lanugo, especially on the lips, chin, and cheeks in women. Treatment is difficult. Slight cases can be dealt with by electrolysis, and severe cases should be advised to use a safety-razor. Permanent epilation can be achieved by X-rays, but no matter how careful the technique, there is a great risk of subsequent atrophy of the skin, with telangiectases, and it is only in exceptional cases that the method is justifiable. Give an Account of Hyperidrosis. Excessive sweating may be general, unilateral, or local. It seems to depend on overaction of the sympathetic. Local hyperidrosis occurs most often on the hands and feet, and in the axillse. It may be treated palliatively by dusting-powders, or by bathing with 5 per cent, formalin, or more radically by the X-rays, keeping well within the limit of safety as regards subsequent atrophy.
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