Melanoma Prevention: Comparison of Different Screening Methods for the Selection of a High Risk Population.

Background: Guidelines recommend limiting melanoma screening in a population with known risk factors, but none indicates methods for efficient recruitment. The purpose of this study is to compare three different methods of recruiting subjects to be screened for melanoma to detect which, if any, is the most efficient.

Methods: From 2010 to 2019, subjects were recruited as follows: (1) regular skin examinations (RS), mainly conducted through the Associazione Contro il Melanoma network; (2) occasional melanoma screening (OS), during annual public campaigns; (3) and selective screening (SS), where people were invited to undergo a skin check after filling in a risk evaluation questionnaire, in cases where the assigned outcome was intermediate/high risk.

Pseudo-dense Hair Transplantation: Strategy of "Less Inside, More Outside" and Central Bulking with Curled Chest Hairs as Treatment for Scalp Scars.

Hair transplantation in areas of scalp scars is a clinical challenge. However, by creating the visual illusion of central bulking with the use of peripherally transplanted curled chest hairs, cicatricial alopecia can perhaps be cosmetically improved. In a case of a 34-year-old affected man, this strategic procedure was implemented with positive results, as the transplantation was successful, the scar was far less noticeable, and the patient was satisfied with the results.

Biofibre® artificial hair implant: Retrospective study on 1,518 patients with alopecia and present role in hair surgery.

To treat alopecia, there are many surgical and nonsurgical treatments available nowadays. In the surgical one, the Biofibre® hair implantation system represents an important innovation with artificial hair with special physical, chemical, and mechanical features and the new Biofibre® Automatic device. Implant on 1,518 patients has been reported in this study where the Biofibre® hair implant technique is performed on men and women with varying degrees of baldness and for the treatment of various causes of alopecia such as androgenetic alopecia, burns, and scars.

Intralesional triamcinolone alone or in combination with botulinium toxin A is ineffective for the treatment of formed keloid scar: A double blind controlled pilot study.

Cutaneous injury can ignite excessive fibroproliferative growth that results in keloid formation. Keloids are associated with significant morbidity related to disfigurement and/or symptoms (e.g.

Controversial issues in vitiligo patients: a review of old and recent treatments.

Vitiligo is quite a common hypopigmentary disorder, which may affect both children and adults with important psychological effects due to the well-known leopard skin-like appearance. The authors summarize in the present study the published evidence on vitiligo with particular interest on the controversial aspects of the disease, such as its definition and the available treatments.