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Fox–Fordyce Disease can be a rare side effect of laser hair removal, particularly in areas like the armpits and bikini line, where apocrine sweat glands are concentrated. While lasers, such as the Alex/Diode type, target hair follicles, they can accidentally damage nearby sweat glands, causing them to become blocked and leading to FFD.
Fordyce spots on scrotum Fordyce spots on lips. On the shaft of the penis, Fordyce spots are more visible when the skin is stretched, and may only be noticeable during an erection. [8] The spots can also appear on the skin of the scrotum. [8] Oral Fordyce granules appear as rice-like granules, white or yellow-white in color.
Fordyce's spot (Fordyce's disease) Fordyce's spot; Ganglion cyst; Ganglioneuroma; Gardner fibroma; Genital leiomyoma (dartoic leiomyoma) Giant cell fibroblastoma; Giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath (giant cell synovioma, localized nodular tenosynovitis, pigmented villonodular synovitis) Glomeruloid hemangioma
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), sometimes known as acne inversa or Verneuil's disease, is a long-term dermatological condition characterized by the occurrence of inflamed and swollen lumps. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These are typically painful and break open, releasing fluid or pus . [ 3 ]
John Addison Fordyce (16 February 1858 - 4 June 1925) was an American professor of dermatology whose name is associated with Fordyce's spot, angiokeratoma of Fordyce, Brooke–Fordyce trichoepithelioma, and Fox–Fordyce disease.
Keratolysis exfoliativa (also known as"lamellar dyshidrosis", [1] "recurrent focal palmar peeling", [2] "recurrent palmar peeling" [1]: 212 [2]) is a sometimes harmless, sometimes painful skin condition that can affect the focal surface of the fingers and/or the palm or soles of the feet.
Infections, changes in hormones or metabolism, genetic disorders, drug reactions, chemical contact, friction, and pressure can all cause acne-like eruptions. [2]In general, drugs that cause acneiform eruptions can aggravate or cause the reappearance of pre-existing acne.
Half and half nails (also known as "Lindsay's nails") show the proximal portion of the nail white and the distal half red, pink, or brown, with a sharp line of demarcation between the two halves.