Your Skin: The Largest and Most Fascinating Organ

Did you know your skin is the largest organ in your body? On average, an adult has about 1.75 square meters (18.5 square feet) of skin! It’s packed with complex structures like hair follicles, nails, glands, and specialized sensory receptors that protect you, keep your body balanced, and allow you to feel sensations.

What is Dermatology?

Dermatology is the medical specialty focused on the skin, adjacent mucosa (oral and genital), and skin appendages. It covers diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of many skin conditions.

Here are the most common reasons people come to see us:

Pediatric and adult dermatology consultations: We diagnose and treat inflammatory and infectious skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, acne, urticaria, lichen planus, lichen sclerosus, vitiligo, pityriasis versicolor, subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, discoid lupus erythematosus, tinea, scabies, and others. Dermoscopy helps us see details invisible to the naked eye.
Mole check-ups and monitoring: Using epiluminescence microscopy and digital dermatoscopy, we track suspicious pigmented lesions to detect early signs of melanoma or other skin cancers.
Venereological examinations for sexually transmitted infections (STIs): We perform thorough sexual health screenings with dermoscopy to identify infections early.
Surgical removal and cryosurgery: We treat potentially malignant lesions (basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma) and benign lesions (trichilemmal cysts, epidermoid or sebaceous cysts, moles, seborrheic keratosis, cherry angiomas, sebaceous hyperplasia, condyloma, and warts).