Capsaicin 8% Patch Treatment in Non-Freezing Cold Injury: Evidence for Pain Relief and Nerve Regeneration. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.722875 An interesting paper purely from a research perspective. Cohort of 20 patients, 16 of whom completed the trial. Mean duration of symptoms 49 months (looks skewed – median should have been used). Not blinded, in fact no control group. … Continue reading Journal Club – Pain and NFCI in the Military

Nothing much to say about this lesion, just a big, bad, bleeding skin cancer. This is the back of an older white man that has a lot of brown marks on…Beware of new, firm and growing skin lumps Thanks again to Stephen for these excellent blog posts. If you haven’t heard it, a nice PodCast … Continue reading Beware of new, firm and growing skin lumps

This patient presented with a wart. As they were an older white person, a skin check was carried out and 2 lesions of interest were discovered on the…Two cancers picked up on a skin check

Experienced skin cancer diagnosticians are wary of nondescript pink spots and lumps especially on older white sun-damaged skin. The cancer we fear …Pink mark on sun damaged arm was skin cancer

A young female presented with a very dark mole on a foot. It had been present for as long as she could remember, more than 10 years at least. Another…A black mole on the foot

My friend Professor Aimilios Lallas, President of the International Dermoscopy Society, has posted this great video on a new approach to …Diagnosing lentigo maligna-the inverse approach

This older white man had a large lump on his skin. It started to itch and bleed, so he went to see his GP, who as anxious enough to refer him on the …Photographing your skin lesions can really help

This person presented with a mole that although small, was new and changing and looked wrong. There are 7 or 8 moles in view here, one near the …Small but new and darker mole

So you are not doing PhD by publication. You’re not in a country and/or discipline which expects you to publish during your PhD – yes really, some do…should you publish during your PhD?

Men are more likely to get melanomas on the back (around 41%). It is also a difficult place to spot one. Not very dramatic, but different to other …Suspicious mole on back