PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY

A child's skin, just as an adult's, can be afflicted by inflammations, allergies and tumours. Yet the child's skin is not the skin of "little adults". Certain substances which can easily be used by adults are not tolerated by children. The skin and immune system have a different reaction, particularly in young children; many diseases therefore have a different appearance than in adults. Some skin disorders even only appear in childhood.

Pediatric dermatology and pediatric allergology therefore require special expertise and at the DERMATOLOGIKUM HAMBURG it is practiced in a special consultation for pediatric dermatology by specialists experienced in pediatric dermatology.