Reddit mentions: The best dermatology books
We found 16 Reddit comments discussing the best dermatology books. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 11 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.
1. Inflammatory Dermatopathology: A Pathologist's Survival Guide
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2. Lookingbill and Marks' Principles of Dermatology (PRINCIPLES OF DERMATOLOGY (LOOKINGBILL))
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3. Cosmetic Dermatology: Principles and Practice, Second Edition
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4. Step by Step Treatment of Acne Scars
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5. Dermatology: 2-Volume Set: Expert Consult Premium Edition - Enhanced Online Features and Print (Bolognia, Dermatology)
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6. Dermatology Atlas for Skin of Color
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7. Lookingbill and Marks' Principles of Dermatology (PRINCIPLES OF DERMATOLOGY (LOOKINGBILL))
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8. Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology - Expert Consult - Online and Print (James, Andrew's Disease of the Skin)
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9. Clinical Dermatology: A Color Guide to Diagnosis and Therapy
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10. Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology
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11. Wilkinson and Stone Atlas of Vulvar Disease
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I would need more clear photos like your first one to tell for sure, but it looks like you might have a combination of all three types of scarring (rolling, boxcar, icepick).
These kinds of atrophic scars won't go away on their own, but their appearance can be improved and in some cases completely reversed depending on the individual scar. There are a few ways to do this, and it depends on the scar type, your ethnicity, and the doctor's preference of treatment. Some dermatologists are more experienced and are up to date on new studies and various ways to treat scarring than others, so finding a good derm is very important.
"How do I know they're a good doctor?" You need to read and learn and at least be familiar with scarring types and the various treatments and studies available. If you go to some stuffy old doctor that hasn't updated their practices in 30 years and they "don't know what dermaneedling is" move on. You might have to have consultations with many doctors to find a good fit. These techniques are relatively new. I've linked some useful resources below.
Treatments include variations and combinations of Laser Resurfacing, subscision, suction, dermaneedling, chemical peels, punch excision, TCA/CROSS technique, long-term tretinoin use, and fillers. These are the main types of techniques used to treat atrophic scarring and which depends on the scar type and severity.
For example, a common route for rolling and boxcar scars is subscision followed by 2 weeks of suction 3x a day, then alternating sessions of 1.5-2mm dermarolling and 15% TCA peels.
For anyone who doesn't know what subscision is, it's a minor surgical procedure for rolling scars. The principle of this procedure is to break the fibrotic strands, which tether the scar to the underlying subcutaneous tissue, which is what gives rolling scars that a soft depressed appearance. The scars are now raised up to be more level with the surrounding skin.
Suction means using a tool (like a Chinese cupping therapy pump) to suction the areas of skin that were cut during subscision, to keep the skin elevated as it heals.
Read: Combination Therapy in the Management of Atrophic Acne Scars
Take caution. Doing these treatments (deep dermarolling, professional strength TCA peels) on your own can be dangerous and lead to further scarring, you should have them performed or supervised by a professional, or thoroughly do your research and know the risks and proper techniques.
Since you appear to be (correct me if I'm wrong) white/caucasian, you are a most likely good candidate for laser resurfacing. Laser resurfacing can be risky for people with Fitzpatrick Skin Types III-VI (most white people fit into Fitzp. type I-II) because of the risk of excessive hyperpigmentation from the treatment.
For anyone who wants to learn more about the different procedures used to treat atrophic acne scarring, you can read a summary here of Niti Khunger's book (which I recommend) Step by Step Treatment of Acne Scars.
Things you should start doing in the mean time:
Things IMO you should avoid:
AP: (um, we have anatomic and clinical pathology divided in the USA)
Can't recommend Molavi enough. I think the best thing to read after Molavi is to read it a second time.
The real question is, one you've read that, what to read next. I agree with u/frogamazog, a big book like Rosai would be helpful. I always liked Fletcher's histopathology of tumors but I can't tell you it's superior to the alternatives.
But what I was after, and didn't always find, was a book that WASN'T comprehensive, that was readable by someone in their first 2 years. I found the biopsy interpretation series to be helpful as a first and second year as they were pretty readable, and...I was quite bad at pathology. Show me a low power image when I was a first year, I didn't know what I was supposed to see. The 20x and 40x photos sorta forced me to look in the right places.
My short list, which should be debated; I mean, maybe I just suck:
-lung: biopsy interpretation of the lung. for non neoplastic, new katzenstein
-liver: biopsy interpretation, mike torbenson's version is great
-derm, elston and ferringer. for non neoplastic, this one
-gi I'll go biopsy interpretation again before the tome that is odze
-thyroid: I actually don't know what's best here and would appreciate advice as any diagnostic skills I had here are rapidly being lost
-head n neck: biopsy interpretation aerodigestive was fun.
-heme: whew. I don't know a good starter book. Thoughts? Once WHO
20162017 update drops I'd be tempted to tell people to just start there. Jaffe's book is pretty readable but it gets dense.-neuro: prayson's is pretty readable. There's an old smears book that's good for smears.
eyes: if you're gonna write an intro book on a niche field, here's the template
-BST: khurana's essentials in bone and soft tissue pathology. not too heavy.
Start out with this book if you're a med student:
http://www.amazon.com/Lookingbill-Principles-Dermatology-DERMATOLOGY-LOOKINGBILL/dp/1416031855/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342114145&sr=8-1
It's an amazing resource to try to learn the basic language of dermatology. You need to start by mastering how to describe lesions. This is the text I have all medical students who rotate through our department read. It gets you the confidence to start describing lesions properly, and then systematically breaks down skin disorders by category (papules, pustules, patches, etc) so that you can learn to develop a strong ddx just based on what category the lesion is.
All specialties have their basic language and build from there. You just need to discover this basic language. Crawl before you can walk.
The info I'm providing is from a dermatology textbook I studied. Cosmetic Dermatology Principles and Practices (http://www.amazon.ca/Cosmetic-Dermatology-Principles-Practice-Edition/dp/0071490620).
I've screenshotted a graph that outlines some of the differences and pastebin'd the relevant resources section and text here: http://pastebin.com/E40BgJBq and http://pastebin.com/A6T2u7gU (it's too large to screenshot properly)
http://imgur.com/SIGqVFp
http://imgur.com/zf2MrxG
We may not know all of the differences, but it's not pseudoscience. This study also provides a good starting point: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0781.2003.00027.x/full
The plural of anecdote is not data.
I've heard Bolognia is good.
First you have to learn how to spell dermatology.
I kid, I kid.
https://www.amazon.com/Clinical-Dermatology-Color-Diagnosis-Therapy/dp/0323261833/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491402287&sr=1-1&keywords=clinical+dermatology
Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology - Expert Consult - Online and Print, 11e (James, Andrew's Disease of the Skin)
https://www.amazon.com/Lookingbill-Principles-Dermatology-DERMATOLOGY-LOOKINGBILL/dp/1455728756
Ugh... Inflammatory dermatopathology. Time to open up Billings' textbook. If it's not in there, I send it out.
Can I order a history stain/chart biopsy?
https://www.amazon.com/Dermatology-Atlas-Color-Diane-Jackson-Richards/dp/3642544452
there are resources but just not many
I'm on a mobile, but I recommend (oopsie, wrong author) Muller and Kirks' Small Animal Dermatology as a start.
http://www.amazon.com/Muller-Kirks-Small-Animal-Dermatology/dp/1416000283
http://www.amazon.com/Wilkinson-Stone-Atlas-Vulvar-Disease/dp/1451132182
No one would touch it.