General practice registrars use a dermatoscope in a modest majority of skin checks and pigmented skin lesion consultations, which influences registrars’ diagnoses and increases their confidence.

Assessing pigmented lesions on patients, including opportunistically, is an important part of patient care and can make a significant difference to patient health.

Black salve is promoted as an effective, safe and natural skin cancer treatment, but such claims are not evidence-based, and serious complications have been reported.

This article discusses an approach to managing patients with significant solar damage from a primary care perspective, focusing on the assessment and treatment of actinic keratoses.

Diabetic dermopathy is a benign, asymptomatic and likely underdiagnosed skin condition seen in up to 40% of individuals with diabetes.

Although most eyelid lumps are benign, accurate diagnosis and early recognition of sinister lesions leads to improved patient outcomes.

Diagnosis and management of a patient presenting with malodorous, yellowish hair over both axillae is discussed.

Scabies, an under-appreciated global health concern, needs to be considered in the differential of any pruritic cutaneous dermatoses.

The purpose of this study was to develop a clinical prediction rule based on identified risk factors for surgical site infection in a large general practice patient cohort.

This article discusses how the carbon emissions from virtual consultations have the potential to be much smaller than in-person consultations, predominantly through reduced transportation.

When using topical options for treating low-grade lesions, it is important to inform the patient about possible treatment failure and the need to have another intervention if the lesion recurs.

This is a case study on toxic epidermal necrolysis.

This article discusses the assessment of acute- to subacute-onset erythematous and scaly plaques that are present on multiple body sites in a patient aged >65 years.

This paper synthesises the latest literature on the diagnosis, assessment, treatment outcomes and cultural considerations for managing atopic dermatitis in children with skin of colour.

This study discusses the importance of recognising and treating postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in skin of colour because it can be a significant patient concern.