Dermatology

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The Dermatology Department is based at Dorset County Hospital in the North Wing.

Consultant clinics are held here and also at the community hospitals in Weymouth, Blandford and Bridport. There are nurse-led follow up clinics for psoriasis, eczema, acne patients and post-photodynamic therapy patients. In addition, there are GP direct referral clinics for paediatric wart and eczema patients.

Treatments performed in the department

Ultraviolet light therapy
Exposing the body to intense ultraviolet light of either UVA or UVB. Various conditions are treated, most commonly psoriasis and eczema.

Photodynamic therapy
A treatment for skin cancers of a non–melanoma type and pre–cancerous skin conditions.

Cryotherapy
Treating skin lesions with liquid nitrogen. These lesions include warts and seborrhoeic keratosis.