The Seborrheic Diathesis

Barnacles, Old Age Marks, or Just Plain Seborrheic Keratoses

“…SKs can go by a variety of names, ranging from basal cell papillomas, senile warts, and senile keratoses to seborrheic verrucae and verrucous senilis. The various terms provide no more information on their natural history or the etiology of these benign lesions, other than that age is somehow associated 1 …”

Drugs in the Treatment of Seborrhoea

“…The age factors again relate to phases of major activity of such secretory glands at puberty and adolescence, menopause' and sometimes old age. Such activity may, however, be affected by other considerations such as climate, occupation, and systemic disease, including febrile, endocrine, and central nervous disorders.Some would, as I think correctly, regard the diathesis as affecting the whole patient and not merely the skin, but chief attention will be paid here to the skin, though general considerations cannot be entirely excluded (Ingram, 1957). …”

“…Some would, as I think correctly, regard the diathesis as affecting the whole patient and not merely the skin, but chief attention will be paid here to the skin, though general considerations cannot be entirely excluded (Ingram, 1957).…”