Skin Conditions: Treatments

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  • Shingles - Surgery

    Article
    03/21/07, Healthwise

    Surgery for shingles is quite rare and limited to only the most severe and prolonged cases of postherpetic neuralgia, the most common complication of shingles. Postherpetic neuralgia can be an ongoing and debilitating problem,

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  • Venous Skin Ulcer - Treatment Overview

    Article
    09/17/07, Healthwise

    The key to treating venous skin ulcers is using compression stockings and elevating your legs. Compression reverses the underlying circulation problem in the legs and helps control painful swelling from fluid buildup (edema). Peop

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  • Venous Skin Ulcer - Home Treatment

    Article
    09/17/07, Healthwise

    Venous skin ulcers can take months to heal and often recur. You can reduce your healing time and your risk of having an ulcer recur by taking the following important measures:

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  • Seborrheic Keratosis - Treatment Overview

    Article
    03/16/07, Healthwise

    Seborrheic keratoses do not require treatment, because they are not cancerous or otherwise damaging to your health. However, if a seborrheic keratosis causes pain and discomfort or causes you concern about your appearance, your health

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  • Pressure Sores - Home Treatment

    Article
    03/15/07, Healthwise

    Most pressure sores develop when you or a person you are caring for is hospitalized or confined to a chair or bed. You can take steps to prevent pressure sores. After a pressure sore has developed, you can help prevent the sore f

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  • Cellulitis - Home Treatment

    Article
    03/22/07, Healthwise

    If you have cellulitis, follow your doctor's instructions for taking medication and for skin care. Other steps to help your recovery and keep cellulitis from coming back include the following:

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  • Calluses and Corns - Home Treatment

    Article
    02/16/06, Healthwise

    The initial treatment for calluses and corns—areas of thick, hardened, dead skin—generally is self-treatment measures at home. These include carefully choosing your footwear, using a pumice stone, and using nonprescriptio

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  • Rosacea - Home Treatment

    Article
    07/24/07, Healthwise

    There are several things you can do to reduce symptoms of rosacea and prevent the condition from getting worse.

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  • Salicylic acid for calluses and corns

    Article
    02/16/06, Healthwise

    Salicylic acid softens the dead skin so that a callus or corn can be rubbed off.

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  • Tinea Versicolor - Home Treatment

    Article
    11/19/07, Healthwise

    Tinea versicolor can be treated at home with topical products such as antifungal creams, shampoos, and solutions. After treatment is started, it can take months for the spots to disappear and for your skin color to return to normal. Al

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