Small dilated blood vessels (telangiectasia) lead to a blotchy appearance and there may be areas of patchy pigmentation or depigmentation.
The elastic tissue degenerates and the skin becomes thin and more prone to injury. Solar keratoses are reddened patches covered by white scale and are common on the face and backs of the hand.
These small lesions [...]
Category: General health | 0 Comments »These were used in the past in frail old women for whom operation might have been too dangerous. Now, with modern anaesthetics and resuscitative measures having improved so much, there are few patients who are considered too sick to risk operation.
Sometimes, they were used in younger women who still wanted to have more children and [...]
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