D.C. This meeting has been taking place here for nearly 20 years. Skin serves the important functions of keeping the environment out of our interior and providing us with our feeling sensations such as touch, pressure, two point discrimination, heat and cold. Skin also plays an important role in thermoregulation.
Skin is the largest organ of the body.
All of this skin weighs more than twice as much as the average sized human brain. Many of the disorders we treat exhibit significant skin manifestations. Among the many clinical entities we encounter are Melanoma, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Onychomycosis, Psoriasis, Solar induced disorders, Lichen Planus, Lichen Planus, Verruca, and Eczema. The skin may also be a portal for infections of both skin and deeper structures. A thorough knowledge of the structure and appearance of both normal and diseased skin is essential to our practice.