Explore our A-Z of skin
All medical information on our A-Z of skin courtesy of the British Association of Dermatologists unless otherwise stated.
Spots
Acne
5 minutes read time
Dry skin / Dryness
Actinic keratoses
3 minutes read time
Hair loss / Hair problems
Alopecia areata
5 minutes read time
Lump / Lumps / Lumpiness
Basal cell carcinoma
5 minutes read time
Lump / Lumps / Lumpiness
Bowen's disease (squamous cell carcinoma in situ)
3 minutes read time
Hives / Weals
Chronic spontaneous urticaria
3 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
4 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Contact dermatitis
5 minutes read time
Hard skin
Darier disease
4 minutes read time
Scaly area / Scaling of the skin
Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis
3 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
6 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Eczema
5 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex
5 minutes read time
Rashes
Erythropoietic protoporphyria & X-linked dominant protoporphyria
7 minutes read time
Flaky skin
Extra-mammary Paget's disease
2 minutes read time
Nail problems
Fungal nail infections
5 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Hailey-Hailey disease
3 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Herpes simplex
4 minutes read time
Abscess
Hidradenitis suppurativa
4 minutes read time
Excess body hair
Hirsutism
2 minutes read time
Sweating
Hyperhidrosis
3 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Ichthyosis
9 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Impetigo
3 minutes read time
Bumps
Keloids
3 minutes read time
Bumps
Keratosis pilaris
2 minutes read time
Bumps
Lichen planus
4 minutes read time
Genital itching / Soreness / Ulcers
Lichen sclerosus (in females)
4 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Lichen sclerosus (in males)
4 minutes read time
Mole changes
Melanoma
4 minutes read time
Pigmentation
Melasma
3 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Mucous membrane pemphigoid
3 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Pemphigoid (bullous pemphigoid)
3 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Pemphigus vulgaris
3 minutes read time
Rashes
Pityriasis lichenoides
2 minutes read time
Dry skin / Dryness
Pityriasis rubra pilaris
3 minutes read time
Thickened skin
Plantar warts (verrucas)
3 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Polymorphic light eruption (PLE)
4 minutes read time
Flakiness
Psoriasis
6 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Pyoderma gangrenosum
2 minutes read time
Blushing
Rosacea
3 minutes read time
Itchy skin / Itching
Scabies
4 minutes read time
Blisters / Blistering
Shingles (herpes zoster)
5 minutes read time
Crust
Squamous cell carcinoma
4 minutes read time
Lump / Lumps / Lumpiness
Sweet syndrome
3 minutes read time
Hair loss / Hair problems
Traction alopecia
3 minutes read time
Hives / Weals
Urticaria and angioedema
4 minutes read time
Loss of pigment
Vitiligo
4 minutes read time