HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A group of women did not wear makeup Sunday and they posted selfies to prove it to raise awareness about a deadly skin disease effecting thousands of men and women. "Face ...

Localized scleroderma, as the term denotes, is localized to the skin on the hands and face. It is characterized by slow progression and rarely transforms to the systemic type. Localized scleroderma is ...

Care of patients with Raynaud's phenomenon (95% of SSc patients) centers around education regarding keeping warm, medications, and modifications in care when pain, infection, and ulcerations occur. It ...

“Doctor, will my face ever go back to the way it was before?” The question sounds simple, but for many people living with Systemic Sclerosis, it carries an ocean of fear, uncertainty, and silent ...

Scleroderma is an intricate autoimmune disease wherein one notices the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. Here, the immune system causes inflammation and injury to the cells ...

Facebook doesn’t reject many ads. But over the summer, it turned down one from Lisa Goodman-Helfand, who was trying to raise awareness of scleroderma. The autoimmune disease can cause hardening of the ...

Scleroderma is an intricate autoimmune disease wherein one notices the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. Here, the immune system causes inflammation and injury to the cells ...