20^th World Dermatology Congress March 13-14, 2019 Singapore City, singapore

Biography:

Lada Rasochova PhD MBA is the CEO of Dermala Inc., a spinout from the University of California in San Diego (UC San Diego), and executive director and the California Institute for Innovation and Development and faculty member at UC San Diego. She obtained her PhD in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from Iowa State University and completed postdoctoral studies in virology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She has 25 years of experience from pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in developing therapeutics, vaccines, anti-microbial, and microbial production systems for pharmaceutical applications.

Abstract:

Introduction & Aim: Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent of all skin cancers in the white population. Dermoscopy is a method that improves diagnosis in pigmented and non-pigmented skin lesions, allowing early diagnosis, especially of incipient lesions. The classical dermoscopy algorithm for the diagnosis of BCC includes lack of pigment network and the presence of at least one of the following criteria: ulceration, maple-leaf like structure, blue-gray globules, blue-ovoid nests, arborizing vessels and spoke-wheel structures. The non-classical dermoscopic features of BCC include some criteria more frequently seen in superficial BCC such as pink-white areas, concentric structures, multiple erosions, multiple in-focus blue-gray dots and fine vessels. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the dermoscopic criteria of pigmented and non-pigmented BCC, also to investigate the incidence of these criteria in different clinical and histopathological subtypes.

Method: We undertook a retrospective study 171 patients with the preliminary diagnoses of BCC, without knowledge of the dermopathological diagnoses.

Result & Conclusion: Based on the data of our study we concluded that the specific morphologic criteria used by Menzies et al valuable mainly for non-pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma, can also be seen in other clinical and histopathological subtypes of BCC. Blue globules, mapple leaf like pattern, blue-gray ovoid nests and blue-grey areas were more commonly seen in pigmented BCC. Vascular structures and ulceration were observed in all dermato pathological subtypes but except fibrosing BCC.

Biography:

Alekya Singapore had completed her MBBS and DDVL from Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, India. She did her Fellowship in Aesthetic Medicine from ILAMED, recognized and affi liated with University of Greifswald, Germany. She has served as a Faculty at ILAMED. She is currently working for Apollo Clinics in Hyderabad and also the Founder and Consultant Dermatologist and Cosmetologist at The Skin Sense by Dr. Alekya Singapore Skin and Hair Clinics in Hyderabad.She conducts various workshops and training classes for dermatologists and other medicos in the fi eld of cosmetology.

Abstract:

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) has already shown favorable results in patients treated for androgenetic alopecia in the recent years. It is known that its growth factor properties accelerates the dermal papilla, this causes stimulation of the hair growth in treated areas of scalp. However, as we progress further in Trichology, there is an immense increase in the need for attaining results at a faster pace. PRP alone takes time to show results on treatment areas and it also requires a certain number of treatments at regular intervals. Results also depend on the amount of PRP injected and the mechanism used to derive the plasma, leaving us with not many options for patients requiring faster results. Microneedling is a minimally invasive procedure, which causes minute punctures in stratum corneum with the help of a roller that has fi ne needles attached to it. When rolled on the treatment area, it causes minute injuries in the skin on the scalp. Th is induces neovascularization and growth factor production, resulting in stimulation of hair growth. Patients with mild to moderate AGA with Hamilton-Norwood score 2-4 were treated with PRP alternating with microneedling. All the patients were on topical Minoxidil and oral Finasteride daily. Th e scalp condition was assessed aft er six treatments of PRP and microneedling. All the patients have shown positive results with hair growth on the treated areas. So it is concluded that while PRP alone is also a benefi cial treatment for patients with AGA, alternating it with microneedling would assist in hastening the process of stimulation and thereby giving earlier results to the patients.