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dermatologist

 [der″mah-tol´o-jist]
a physician who specializes in dermatology.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

der·ma·tol·o·gist

(der-mă-tol'ŏ-jist),
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous diseases and related systemic diseases.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

der·ma·tol·o·gist

(dĕr'mă-tol'ŏ-jist)
A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating cutaneous and related systemic diseases.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

dermatologist

A doctor who practices DERMATOLOGY.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

Dermatologist

A physician that specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin.
Mentioned in: Antiacne Drugs, Hyperpigmentation, Ichthyosis, Keratosis Pilaris, Skin Biopsy, Skin Cancer, Non-Melanoma
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Patient discussion about Dermatologist

Q. My husband has psoriasis and the dermatologist suggested that he try the uv light treatment.Anyone try it. some of the side effects may be skin cancer and melanoma's. If so can you please let me know if it actually did help or if not. Thanks a million.

A. uv light treatment procedure is relatively new mod of treatment so here is difficult to build an opinion about it.
Actually there are two main type of treatment relating uv light are in use one is uvb treatment and other one is PUVA (uva light based).
As uvb is the most prominent factor for skin cancer so this treatment is more risky. While PUVA is quite effective treatment and has less side effects.
http://www.vitiligoguide.com/psoriasis/

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