Special Issue on Climate Change & Dermatology
January 2021 – Volume 7, Issue 1
Many of us may regard climate change in terms of national or international news and politics, rather than as an issue with profound impacts on both human health in general and dermatology in particular—its skin diseases, our patients, and our practices. Indeed, climate change has been declared a human health crisis, both now and for years, decades, and generations to come. Although the human health costs have been well documented in the general medical literature, its dermatologic impacts and implications have received far less attention. This special issue of the International Journal of Women’s Dermatology is intended to address that deficiency and to bring the issue of climate change into the foreground of our specialty, with the proposition that it is essential for us all to learn about, discuss, and incorporate what we know into our practices and the care of patients with skin disease.