The skin's 3 layers, its 5 jobs, lesion types, melanoma warning signs, and the 26 skin conditions you'll actually see referenced in practice.
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An unbelievable amount of anatomy packed into a tiny space.
The skin is the body's largest organ — about 3,000 sq inches and ~15% of total body weight (~20 lbs on a 145-lb person).
The standard vocabulary for charting any skin finding.
The building blocks behind the terminology.
The 5-point checklist for evaluating a mole.
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What tends to shift as people get older.
Infants/children: Soft, supple, beautiful skin. Teens often develop acne as oil gland secretion increases.
Older adults: Skin structure becomes less elastic as collagen degenerates — wrinkles form, especially where there's more facial movement (eyes, mouth). Skin becomes thin, fragile, more pigmented, and bruises/bleeds easily from minor injury.
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