Skin Protection by Carotenoid Pigments.

Sunlight, despite its benefits, can pose a threat to the skin, which is a natural protective barrier. Phototoxicity caused by overexposure, especially to ultraviolet radiation (UVR), results in burns, accelerates photoaging, and causes skin cancer formation. Natural substances of plant origin, i.

Pediculosis capitis and scabies in nurses from Eastern Poland - occupational risk and environmental determinants.

Introduction And Objective: Nurses are a group of healthcare professionals particularly vulnerable to infestations by and var. contracted from patients under their medical care.

Material And Methods: The cross-sectional study included 322 professionally active nurses within public healthcare units in eastern Poland.

Nanoparticles for Topical Application in the Treatment of Skin Dysfunctions-An Overview of Dermo-Cosmetic and Dermatological Products.

Nanomaterials (NM) arouse interest in various fields of science and industry due to their composition-tunable properties and the ease of modification. They appear currently as components of many consumer products such as sunscreen, dressings, sports clothes, surface-cleaning agents, computer devices, paints, as well as pharmaceutical and cosmetics formulations. The use of NPs in products for topical applications improves the permeation/penetration of the bioactive compounds into deeper layers of the skin, providing a depot effect with sustained drug release and specific cellular and subcellular targeting.

Exposure of Humans to Attacks by Deer Keds and Consequences of Their Bites-A Case Report with Environmental Background.

Insects of the genus e.g., and , are hematophagic ectoparasites mainly attacking deer, roe deer, moose, horses, and cattle.

Clinical usefulness of high-frequency ultrasonography in the monitoring of basal cell carcinoma treatment effects.

Introduction: To date, there has been no consensus either on the method, frequency or total duration of follow-up for patients that have developed a basal cell carcinoma (BCC).

Aim: To evaluate usefulness of high-frequency ultrasound in monitoring patients with BCC, particularly to detect residual disease or early recurrence.

Material And Methods: Seventy-eight patients with suspicious lesions of BCC were enrolled in this study.

Skin lesions in humans bitten by European pigeon tick (Fab.) (Ixodida: Argasidae) massively occurring in the Upper Silesian conurbation of south-west Poland.

Introduction And Objective: The great number of pigeon populations in many European cities promotes the spread of the European pigeon tick (), the bites of which cause local and systemic reactions. The aim was to study the occurrence of in several cities of Upper Silesia, and skin lesions caused by tick bites in humans.

Material And Methods: The results of investigations carried out in 1995-2002 in five cities located in the Upper Silesian conurbation are presented.

Linear verrucous epidermal nevi-effects of carbon dioxide laser therapy.

Linear epidermal nevus is a congenital malformation characterized by linear, often one-sided arrangement. The lesions are localized along the Blaschko's lines, are present at birth, or appear in early childhood. They can be single or multiple, and have various colors-from skin color to dark brown.

Darier-White disease treated with fractional CO2 laser in two cases.

Darier-White disease is one of the most common genodermatoses. The most typical clinical symptoms such as diffuse hyperkeratotic papulae usually appear during puberty or early adulthood in seborrhoeic area. It is connected with substantial deterioration of the quality of life due to aesthetic defect.