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Treatment of Skin Disease

Comprehensive Therapeutic Strategies

  • 7th Edition - April 28, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Mark Lebwohl, Ian H. Coulson, Dedee Murrell, Antonella Tosti
  • Language: English

Using a convenient A-to-Z organization, Treatment of Skin Disease, 7th Edition, covers more than 260 of the dermatologic conditions you’re most likely to encounter. This… Read more

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Description

Using a convenient A-to-Z organization, Treatment of Skin Disease, 7th Edition, covers more than 260 of the dermatologic conditions you’re most likely to encounter. This award-winning, up-to-date text puts every possible therapeutic option at your disposal—including management strategies, first- to third-line therapies, and off-label uses—for a truly complete guide to the vast array of dermatologic treatment options. Summaries of each treatment strategy are accompanied by detailed discussions of treatment choices, with clear evidence levels ranging from double-blind randomised controlled trials to anecdotal reports.

Key features

  • Presents information in a concise, consistent, tabular format, with checklists of diagnostic and investigative pearls, full-color clinical images, and color-coded boxes for quick reference
  • Includes new chapters on Cryoglobulinemia, Frontal fibrosing alopecia, Lipoedema, Lipoid proteinosis, mpox, and Stasis dermatitis/ID reaction
  • Provides first- to third-line therapies for 261 of the most common skin disorders, including specific drug doses
  • Discusses recently introduced drugs, including several new biologics for psoriasis, hidradenitis, and atopic dermatitis; other biologics in development for connective tissue disorders; new JAK inhibitors for a topic dermatitis, vitiligo, alopecia areata, and numerous other disorders; spesolimab for generalized pustular psoriasis; new lasers for various conditions, including pigmentary disorders; and more
  • Includes off-label uses, new treatments like monoclonal antibodies, and new indications for existing treatments
  • Offers the combined knowledge and expertise of the world’s leading authorities in dermatology, and is an ideal tool to assist with prior authorizations
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

Readership

Dermatologists

Table of contents

1 Acanthosis nigricans

2 Acne keloidalis nuchae

3 Acne vulgaris

4 Acrodermatitis enteropathica

5 Actinic keratosis

6 Actinic prurigo

7 Actinomycosis

8 Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

9 Allergic contact dermatitis and photoallergy

10 Alopecia areata

11 Amyloidosis

12 Androgenetic alopecia

13 Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia

14 Antiphospholipid syndrome

15 Aphthous stomatitis

16 Atopic dermatitis

17 Atypical fibroxanthoma and pleomorphic dermal sarcoma

18 Atypical nevi

19 Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis

20 Bacillary angiomatosis

21 Balanoposthitis

22 Basal cell carcinoma

23 Becker nevus

24 Bed bugs

25 Behçet disease

26 Bites and stings

27 Blastomycosis

28 Blistering distal dactylitis

29 Body dysmorphic disorder (dermatologic non-disease)

30 Bowen disease and erythroplasia of Queyrat

31 Bullous pemphigoid

32 Burning mouth syndrome (glossodynia)

33 Calcinosis cutis

34 Calciphylaxis

35 Capillaritis (pigmented purpuric dermatoses, purpura pigmentosa)

36 Cat scratch disease

37 Cellulite

38 Cellulitis and erysipelas

39 Chancroid

40 Cheilitis

41 Chilblains

42 Chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis chronicus

43 Chromoblastomycosis

44 Chronic actinic dermatitis

45 Coccidioidomycosis

46 Condyloma acuminata

47 COVID-19 dermatoses

48 Cryoglobulinaemia

49 Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS)/NLRP3-associated autoinflammatory disease (NLRP3-AID)

50 Cryptococcosis

51 Cutaneous candidiasis and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis

52 Cutaneous larva migrans

53 Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa

54 Darier disease

55 Decubitus (pressure) ulcers

56 Delusions of parasitosis

57 Dermatitis artefacta

58 Dermatitis herpetiformis

59 Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

60 Dermatomyositis

61 Diaper dermatitis

62 Discoid (nummular) eczema

63 Discoid lupus erythematosus

64 Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp

65 DReSS syndrome: drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms/drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS)

66 Drug eruptions

67 Eosinophilic fasciitis

68 Epidermal nevi

69 Epidermodysplasia verruciformis

70 Epidermolysis bullosa

71 Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita

72 Erosive pustular dermatosis

73 Erythema annulare centrifugum

74 Erythema dyschromicum perstans

75 Erythema elevatum diutinum

76 Erythema multiforme

77 Erythema nodosum

78 Erythrasma

79 Erythroderma

80 Erythrokeratodermas

81 Erythromelalgia

82 Erythropoietic protoporphyria

83 Extramammary Paget disease

84 Flushing

85 Follicular mucinosis

86 Folliculitis

87 Folliculitis decalvans

88 Fox–Fordyce disease

89 Frontal fibrosing alopecia

90 Furunculosis

91 Geographic tongue

92 Gianotti–Crosti syndrome

93 Gonorrhoea

94 Graft-versus-host disease

95 Granuloma annulare

96 Granuloma faciale

97 Granuloma inguinale

98 Granulomatous cheilitis

99 Hailey–Hailey disease

100 Hand and foot eczema (endogenous, dyshidrotic eczema, pompholyx)

101 Haemangiomas

102 Hereditary angioedema

103 Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

104 Herpes genitalis

105 Herpes labialis

106 Herpes zoster

107 Hidradenitis suppurativa

108 Histoplasmosis

109 Hydroa vacciniforme

110 Hyperhidrosis

111 Hypertrichosis and hirsutism

112 Hypopigmented disorders

113 Ichthyoses

114 Impetigo

115 Inducible urticarias, aquagenic pruritus, and cholinergic pruritus

116 Irritant contact dermatitis

117 Jellyfish stings

118 Jessner lymphocytic infiltrate

119 Juvenile plantar dermatosis

120 Juvenile xanthogranuloma

121 Kaposi sarcoma

122 Kawasaki disease

123 Keloids

124 Keratoacanthoma

125 Keratosis lichenoides chronica

126 Keratosis pilaris and variants

127 Langerhans cell histiocytosis

128 Leg ulcers

129 Leiomyoma

130 Leishmaniasis

131 Lentigo maligna

132 Leprosy (including reactions)

133 Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis)

134 Lichen myxedematosus

135 Lichen nitidus

136 Lichen planopilaris

137 Lichen planus

138 Lichen sclerosus

139 Lichen simplex chronicus

140 Linear immunoglobulin A bullous dermatosis

141 Lipodermatosclerosis

142 Lipoedema

143 Lipoid proteinosis

144 Livedo reticularis

145 Livedoid vasculopathy

146 Lyme borreliosis

147 Lymphangioma circumscriptum

148 Lymphedema

149 Lymphocytoma cutis

150 Lymphogranuloma venereum

151 Lymphomatoid papulosis

152 Malignant atrophic papulosis

153 Melanoma

154 Mastocytoses

155 Melasma

156 Merkel cell carcinoma

157 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

158 Miliaria

159 Molluscum contagiosum

160 Morphoea

161 Mpox

162 Mucoceles

163 Mucous membrane pemphigoid

164 Mycetoma: eumycetoma and actinomycetoma

165 Mycobacterial (atypical) skin infections

166 Mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome

167 Myiasis

168 Myxoid cyst

169 Nail psoriasis

170 Necrobiosis lipoidica

171 Necrolytic acral erythema

172 Necrolytic migratory erythema

173 Neurofibromatosis type 1

174 Naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin syndrome)

175 Nevus sebaceus

176 Notalgia paresthetica

177 Onchocerciasis

178 Oral lichen planus

179 Orf

180 Palmoplantar keratoderma

181 Palmoplantar pustulosis

182 Panniculitis

183 Paracoccidioidomycosis

184 Parapsoriasis

185 Paronychia

186 Parvovirus infection

187 Pediculosis

188 Pemphigus

189 Perforating dermatoses

190 Perioral dermatitis

191 Peutz–Jeghers syndrome

192 Pinta and yaws

193 Pitted and ringed keratolysis (keratolysis plantare sulcatum)

194 Pityriasis lichenoides chronica

195 Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta

196 Pityriasis rosea

197 Pityriasis rubra pilaris

198 Polycystic ovary syndrome

199 Polymorphic light eruption

200 Porokeratoses

201 Porphyria cutanea tarda

202 Port wine stain (‘nevus flammeus’)

203 Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation and other disorders of hyperpigmentation

204 Pregnancy dermatoses

205 Pretibial myxoedema

206 Prurigo nodularis

207 Prurigo pigmentosa

208 Pruritus

209 Pruritus ani

210 Pruritus vulvae

211 Pseudofolliculitis barbae

212 Pseudoxanthoma elasticum

213 Psoriasis

214 Psychogenic excoriation

215 Pyoderma gangrenosum

216 Pyogenic granuloma

217 Radiation dermatitis

218 Raynaud disease and phenomenon

219 Reactive arthritis

220 Relapsing polychondritis

221 Rhinophyma

222 Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other rickettsial infections

223 Rosacea

224 Sarcoidosis

225 Scabies

226 Scleredema

227 Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis)

228 Sebaceous gland hyperplasia

229 Seborrhoeic eczema

230 Seborrheic keratosis

231 Sporotrichosis

232 Squamous cell carcinoma

233 Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

234 Stasis dermatitis

235 Steatocystoma multiplex

236 Stoma care

237 Striae distensae cutis (stretch marks)

238 Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus

239 Subcorneal pustular dermatosis

240 Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn

241 Sweet syndrome

242 Syphilis

243 Syringomata

244 Tinea capitis

245 Tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and tinea pedis

246 Tinea unguium

247 Tinea versicolor (pityriasis versicolor)

248 Toxic epidermal necrolysis and Stevens–Johnson syndrome

Review quotes

Review of the previous edition:
"Not a day goes by that I don't refer to this book. It is super quick to look up virtually anything and read about the therapy in under five minutes. I thank Dr. Lebwohl for sharing his wisdom and insights with me on a daily basis." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Patricia Wong, MD (Private Practice)Doody's Score: 4 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 6, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

ML

Mark Lebwohl

Affiliations and expertise
Chairman Emeritus Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman, Department of Dermatology, Dean for Clinical Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

IC

Ian H. Coulson

Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Dermatologist, East Lancashire NHS Trust, Lancashire, UK

DM

Dedee Murrell

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, St. George Hospital and the George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

AT

Antonella Tosti

Affiliations and expertise
Fredric Brandt Endowed Professor, Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA