Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: How to Be a Dermatologic Detective -- 1. The History -- 2. The Conjecture -- Could it be due to drugs? -- Could it be due to contactants? -- Could it be due to foods? -- Could it be due to an internal cause? -- 3. The Informed Patient -- 4. The Confirmation by Challenge -- 1 The Case of Black Sweat -- 2 A Case of Hives That Wouldn't Go Away -- 3 The Painful Bath -- 4 A Shower of Hives -- 5 A Premenstrual Rash -- 6 Uncombable Hair -- 7 The Man Who Couldn't Sweat -- 8 Scratch Blisters -- 9 Skin Deep Photography -- 10 The Bug That Never Was -- 11 Blue Spots -- 12 White Spots -- 13 Same Place, Next Time Rash -- 14 The Brown Spots That Wouldn't Go Away -- 15 The Case of the Painful Fingertips -- 16 A Strange Sunburn -- 17 A Multiple Personality Dermatitis -- 18 Accidental Hives -- 19 The Odor of Rotten Fish -- 20 Hormonal Blisters -- 21 Flower Shop Itch -- 22 "Stress and a Penny" Hives -- 23 The Case of Unilateral Wrinkles -- 24 Fiery Red Legs -- 25 Painful Feet -- 26 Hot Flashes and Cold Cream -- 27 The Blister and the Skin Test -- 28 A Chilling Pain -- 29 Rough Skin and Sore Throats -- 30 The Premenstrual Purple Chin -- 31 Nine Year Hives -- 32 Golf Course Dermatitis -- 33 The Secret Message -- 34 Herpes Gladiatorum -- 35 Sunshine Allergy -- 36 L'homme Rouge -- 37 Rings of Rash -- 38 The Breasts That Never Stopped Growing -- 39 The Minister's Hives -- 40 Hardened Skin -- 41 Battery Blisters -- 42 Hair Loss and Swollen Lips -- 43 The Worm From Outer Space -- 44 A New Light on Psoriasis -- 45 Black and Blue Spots -- 46 The Emergency Room Itch -- 47 The Sleeper -- 48 A Crazy Rash -- 49 Bald Spots -- 50 The Dog Died -- 51 The Abacus Tumor -- 52 No Spit -- 53 The Smell of Burnt Toast -- 54 The Twenty-Three Year Itch -- 55 The Mysterious Treatment -- 56 The Creeping Acne Cyst -- 57 Our First Case -- 58 A Strange Case of Acne -- 59 The Case of the Glass Eye -- 60 The Hand Eczema Caper -- 61 The Sore That Would Never Heal -- 62 Black Blisters -- References -- SHELLEY REFERENCES -- FOR FURTHER READING