Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOM Cupping is a complementary therapy that involves suctioning the skin with cups made ...

The management of atrophic vaginitis may include self-help measures, estrogen replacement, and botanical therapies, as well as education. Self-help measures include the use of water-based vaginal ...

Persistent ecchymosis can occur when there is prolonged or repeated trauma to soft tissue. Ecchymosis, or generalized bruising, occurs with diffuse extravasation of blood from a ruptured vessel ...

Wound healing involves four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. The skin is the body's largest organ and is a barrier to germs, injury, chemicals, and ultraviolet (UV) ...

Study performed at the Department of Dermatology, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

Ascorbic acid plays an important role in the formation of collagen and extracellular matrix, leukocyte function, iron absorption, folic acid metabolism, and other enzymatic processes. Anomalies in the ...