On January 4, 2026, it will be exactly three years since I returned to the pool after a thirty-year hiatus...
In 2014, he participated in the creation of an atlas of skin diseases.
On January 4, 2026, it will be exactly three years since I returned to the pool after a thirty-year hiatus...
When you first find yourself in Africa, it feels like you're going to see other people. But a few days pass, and it becomes clear that Africa is actually showing you yourself.
Quite early on, I realized that to truly help a large number of patients, I needed to go beyond the individual approach and create a methodology. I recall the words of Edith Piaf, who said, "I don't sing for everyone—I sing for everyone." And yet, she sang for everyone. So it was for me—there was that inspiration, that moment when the idea of phenotypic dermatology first arose. It was from this moment that the path to a systemic view of the skin began—not as a surface, but as an entire biological universe.
Skin and venereal diseases are among the oldest diseases of mankind that have accompanied humans at all stages of evolution. It is worth noting that the oldest example of medical literature, namely a clay tablet with a Sumerian text found in Nippur (in modern Iraq), tells about the treatment of skin diseases. After tens of thousands of years, I want to talk and write about skin and venereal diseases.