Keep up with the latest headlines in dermatology from the past week, including excimer laser market projections, an innovative skin health app developed by a California teenager, and more.
Seventeen-year-old India Poetzscher is behind the app "SkinChem," a tool that enables users to determine the level of environmental threat to their overall skin health based on their current region's sun exposure, air pollution, and more.
Doctors at Soroka-University Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, have been credited with providing life-saving treatment to a woman experiencing critical implications of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Her condition was diagnosed and treated by a multidisciplinary team of doctors, including dermatologists, intensive-care doctors, and opthalmologists.
Houston dermatologist Milton Moore, MD, has developed a new class of topical pain-relieving products, including the Moore Relief Pain Discomfort Lotion and Moore Relief Skin Revitalizing & Burn Lotion. These were initially formulated with skin-irritating conditions like eczema in mind, but can also be used in burn wound pain relief and healing.
Top headlines from this week to share with your patients
According to data from Straits Research, technological advances have contributed to a projected market size increase for excimer lasers. In 2021, the market was valued at $429.11 million and is projected to reach $1.04 billion within the next 7 years.
"Lowering the reimbursement threshold for biologics in psoriasis is imperative due to its challenging treatment nature and substantial impact on patient's quality of life," Kim Dong-hyun, a dermatology professor at CHA Bundang Medical Center in Seongnam, South Korea, said in Korea Biomedical Review.
Recently, the Korean Society for Psoriasis published expert consensus on the treatment of psoriasis.
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