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Can the HPV vaccine treat verrucae and warts (2025 Update)?
Can the HPV vaccine really treat warts and verrucae? This blog investigates.

Ivan Bristow
5 days ago4 min read
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Improving care for patients with palmoplantar keratoderma
Palmoplantar keratoderma is a unusual condition which is often complex and difficult to treat. This blog looks at a new classification system which aims to improve recognition, diagnosis and treatment

Ivan Bristow
Jun 26 min read
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Acral lentiginous melanoma - improving detection on the foot
How can we improve detection of acral lentiginous melanoma on the foot? This blog looks at the evidence and suggests practical methods that can be implemented in clinic.

Ivan Bristow
Jun 210 min read
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Wet Wrapping - a technique to reduce hyperkeratosis on the feet
This blog describes how to perform a wet wrap on the feet, a gentle treatment for hyperkeratosis

Ivan Bristow
Feb 245 min read
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How does the menopause affect skin?
How does the menopause affect the skin, specifically on the feet? This blog explores the current literature.

Michelle Reynolds
Feb 47 min read
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Juvenile Plantar Dermatosis. A disappearing disease?
Juvenile Plantar Dermatosis is an uncommon skin condition affecting the soles of the feet of children. Is it disappearing?

Ivan Bristow
Dec 3, 20248 min read
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Plantar pyogenic granuloma successfully treated with table salt
Successfully treat pyogenic granuloma without surgery and just with table salt!
Ivan Bristow, Vivien Honeyborne-Martins & Chin Whybrew
Dec 3, 20244 min read
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Keratoderma Climactericum – another cause of plantar hyperkeratosis
Keratoderma is a cause of hyperkeratosis on the feet in menopausal women. This blog explore the condition and its treatment.

Ivan Bristow
Nov 9, 20244 min read
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Smoking, Palmoplantar Pustulosis & Psoriasis
This recent study investigates whether smoking cessation can improve plantar psoriasis or plamoplantar pustulosis.

Ivan Bristow
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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Wallace's line - whose line is it anyway?
Wallace's line - a rarely referred to anatomical area of the foot named after a dermatologist. What is it and what's its relevance?

Ivan Bristow
Sep 30, 20243 min read
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A foreign body in the foot - an unexpected journey
Foreign bodies in the foot are common. This one, made an unexpected journey from the plantar surface to the dorsum in 6 months!

Ivan Bristow
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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Plantar Pustulosis - known associations
Introduction Palmo-plantar Pustulosis (PPP) is a chronic, relapsing dermatosis characterised by localised areas of inflamed skin which...

Ivan Bristow
Mar 5, 20244 min read
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Non-visibility of a melanoma to patients leads to later detection
Spotting a melanoma earlier can lead to an improved outcome however, lesions which aren't so visible may take longer to be diagnosed.

Ivan Bristow
Jan 25, 20243 min read
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Does trauma cause melanoma on the foot?
This blog explores the hypothesis that trauma can cause melanoma on the feet.

Michelle Reynolds
Oct 31, 20236 min read
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What are the common pedal skin tumours?
This blog reviews a recent paper reporting the profile of 802 excised tumours from the foot.

Ivan Bristow
Mar 25, 20224 min read
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