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Dermatologists are skilled in diagnosis by sight alone. For more obscure diseases, they may have to resort to a skin biopsy, removing a tiny bit of skin using a local anesthetic so that it can examined under a micro-scope. Systemic diseases will require a complete evaluation by a physician, including specific tests to identify and characterize the problem.
— Beth Kapes
