Woods lamp was invented in ***3 by a
Baltimorephysicist, Robert W.
Wood.It was
first used in dermatology practice for the detection of
fungalinfection
of hair by Margarot and Deveze in ***5.Woods
lamps are small, durable, inexpensive, safe
andvery easy
to use. Although mainly used in the
diagnosisof some
infective and pigmentary dermatoses,
theyhave
recently been used as a diagnostic tool for
certainskin
cancers.
The Most Valuable
Indicationof
Woods
Light 1.Pigment
abnormal skin disease 2.Infectious skin disease 3.erythroderma desquamativum 4.Neuropsychiatric disorders 5.Some
metabolic skin diseases 6.diagnosis
and definition of scope of skin lesions of certain tinea corporis
and cruris、marla folliculitis
disease 7.Certain
metabolic skin disease