Moles: the ABCDE rule
Five criteria to help you spot a mole that should be shown to a dermatologist.
Read more · 1 min readSkin advice
Everyday care and common misconceptions.
- Inflammatory skin conditions
- Pigmentation disorders
- Viral skin infections
- Bacterial skin infections
- Fungal infections
- Scalp & hair
- Skin tumours
- Benign skin lesions
- All conditions →
- Acne
- Atopic eczema (atopic dermatitis)
- Chronic eczema
- Contact dermatitis
- Folliculitis
- Hidradenitis suppurativa
- Psoriasis
- Rosacea
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Urticaria
- Age spots
- Café-au-lait spots
- Drug-induced pigmentation
- Ephelides (freckles)
- Hormonal pigmentation
- Melasma (chloasma)
- Pigmented naevi (moles)
- Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH)
- Solar lentigines (age spots)
- Vitiligo
- Chickenpox
- Cold sores (herpes labialis)
- Erythema infectiosum (parvovirus B19)
- Genital herpes
- Genital warts (HPV)
- Hand, foot and mouth disease
- Herpes zoster (shingles)
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Roseola infantum
- Skin warts (HPV)
- Bacterial folliculitis
- Bacterial intertrigo
- Bacterial lymphangitis
- Boil (furuncle)
- Cutaneous anthrax
- Erysipelas
- Impetigo
- Infected skin ulcer
- Sycosis barbae
- Whitlow
- Athlete’s foot (tinea pedis)
- Athlete’s foot (tinea pedis)
- Candida infection of the skin folds (candidal intertrigo)
- Cutaneous candidiasis
- Groin ringworm (tinea cruris)
- Pityriasis versicolor
- Ringworm of the body (tinea corporis)
- Scalp ringworm (tinea capitis)
- Tinea barbae (ringworm of the beard)
- Food allergies
- Skin allergies
- Drug allergies
- Respiratory allergies
- Contact dermatitis
- Urticaria & angio-oedema
- Desensitisation
- Allergy testing
- All conditions →
- Food allergies in adults
- Food allergies in children
- Food intolerance vs allergy (the differences)
- Oral allergy syndrome
- Pollen–food cross-reactions
- Acute allergic skin reactions
- Allergic contact dermatitis
- Allergic itch (pruritus)
- Atopic eczema (atopic dermatitis)
- Irritant contact dermatitis
- Non-allergic angio-oedema
- Reactions to cosmetics
- Reactions to metals (nickel, chromium…)
- Allergy to anaesthetics
- Allergy to anti-inflammatory drugs
- Antibiotic allergies
- Delayed allergic reactions
- Drug-induced skin reactions
- Immediate allergic reactions
- Drug allergy work-up
- Allergic asthma
- Allergic conjunctivitis
- Allergic rhinitis
- House dust mite allergy
- Mould allergies
- Pet allergies
- Pollen allergies
- Respiratory allergies
- Allergic contact dermatitis
- Allergies to chemicals
- Chronic contact eczema
- Irritant contact dermatitis
- Metal allergy
- Occupational eczema
- Patch tests and their interpretation
- Acute urticaria
- Allergic angio-oedema
- Chronic spontaneous urticaria
- Drug-induced urticaria
- Inducible urticaria
- Non-allergic angio-oedema
