Keloids and hypertrophic scars

This chapter delivers a focused, practical and user-friendly guide to diagnosing the most frequently seen presentations of skin lesions practitioners encounter in clinic. It offers a comprehensive collection of strategies to find and diagnose skin cancers cause by foreign body at an earlier point in their evolution, and to increase confidence in diagnosing benign lesions to reduce both patient morbidity and mortality. Dermoscopy examination allows identification of inflammatory, infective and neoplastic skin conditions and can aid in diagnosis when foreign material causes skin lesions. The chapter provides detailed illustrations of genetic and iatrogenic lesions, and tips from international experts in melanoma diagnosis. The many full-colour illustrations included within are standardised to aid in recognition, while the adjoining dermoscopy images focus on critical diagnostic features which, when combined with the provided clinical information, are sufficient for specific diagnoses or narrow differential diagnoses. The chapter is formatted to aid teledermoscopy education, including many illustrated cases for reference.