Dermatology

Dermatology

Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases[1], a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects.[2][3][4] The name of this specialty originated in the form of the (semantically wrong) words dermologie (in French, 1764) and, a little later, dermatologia (in Latin, 1777).[5] A dermatologist takes care of diseases, in the widest sense, and some cosmetic problems of the skin, scalp, hair, and nails.[3]