Skin Contact Q1 2023

Editor’s Corner Editorial Board Aenelle B. Dizon MD Editor-in-Chief Raissa FranciscoPasion MD Assist. Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Bernadette C. Angustia MD Bernadette Lou G. Caluya MD Patricia PontejosCanivel MD Tanya PerezChua MD Maria Carla C. Perlas Pagtakhan MD Charina Ann R. Pelayo MD Melanie Joy C. Doria-Ruiz MD Coreen Mae CopuyocSampedro MD Maria Assumpta Cecilia R. Serrano MD Patricia ValleTin MD Pia Victoria V. Velasco MD Lay-out Artist Larry Laconsay PHILIPPINE DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY (PDS) SECRETARIAT: #73 Malakas St., Barangay, Pinyahan, Quezon City, 1100 DL: 8727-7309 Patricia Gaile Espinosa MD This issue commemorates 70 distinguished years of PDS. May this issue be a reminder to us of how far PDS has come and how much has been accomplished through its institutions and members. I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our editor-in-chief Dr. Aenelle Dizon and all our associate editors and contributors for all the hard work and patience in creating this issue. We hope that you, our dear colleagues, join us as we look back at our collective history and together face the future of PDS with renewed hope and gratitude. RAISSA FRANCISCO-PASION Assist. Editor-in-Chief Grateful for the opportunity to have worked with the immensely talented, curious and empathetic dermatologists of PDS SKIN CONTACT AT 70 SPECIAL EDITION. Special thanks to all our contributors, and I sincerely hope that our dear readers enjoy and get engaged with our content. May you and your families stay safe and healthy. — CHA Since this is our last issue for the year, I would like to thank my fellow associate editors and of course our editor-in-chief Dr Aenelle. As I move forward towards the new norm, I have gained new friends. SkinContact paved the way for this. My deepest gratitiude. — CARLA “Truly blessed to be part of the amazing Skin Contact Team for many years now. Grateful for the experience and the learnings. Cheers!” — BAM Looking back at the past four years, I only remember the kindness, creativity and the dedication of our editors especially Drs. Aenelle and Raissa, to bring forth SkinContact issues that are valuable and worthwhile. It was my pleasure and honor to have worked with the team. Cheers! — TRIXIE The past years have made me realize what really matters - love, our relationships with our family and friends and good health. As the world opens up again, may we always appreciate and treasure what we have. — TANYA ‘It’s truly the end of an era!’ I thought to myself as I learned that this will be our last issue. I was part of this beautiful editorial team for the past 7 years and I couldn’t be more grateful for the memories, the teamwork, and the love. Thank you Drs. Aenelle, Juliet, and Raissa for being our mentors through the years. And to PDS, our readers, thank you for the recognition and engagement. Perhaps this last issue is a sign of new and exciting things to come! Definitely grateful and positively looking forward with you all. God bless PDS! With all my love, — COREEN 2022 was a year of change and growth. It was full of learnings and appreciation things that was. Now, we are ready to embark on a new year and new journey. Let’s continue to support each other and PDS! — PAIGE Words can enlighten or obscure, encourage or dishearten, heal or hurt. If used properly, it can effect change and may we all use it for the better. — MEL The new year always brings a renewed sense of hope and as we emerge from a 3 - year pandemic, I pray that we as a society come out of adversity stronger, wiser, and most importantly kinder. I am truly grateful for everyone’s hard work and I look forward to the future of PDS. May we all have a healthy and prosperous 2023! — TRISHA It has always been a pleasure and honor to work with SkinContact team. Thank you once again Dr. Aenelle and Dr. Raissa for the opportunity. All for the love of PDS. — PIA Greetings to all the members of the Philippine Dermatological Society! I hope that you enjoyed reading this issue and that you find the articles relevant and informative. I would like to thank all the staff of SkinContact and all the contributing authors for making this issue possible. I hope that all of us will stay safe and see you all in person soon. — BERNADETTE The last years with these youthful bunch of SkinContact editors was an interesting mix of learning together new communication trends in a fruitful workshop in 2021 and the valuable gathering of insightful historical materials for the society’s archives on its 70th year. Thanks to the power duo lead of Dr Aenelle Dizon and Dr Raissa Pasion who have been patient and passionate. Skin Contact has leapt from a hard copy newsletter “hot off the press” to an accessible swipe e-copy and now a fun crisp sounding flip! Literally reaching out to each PDS member with the lightest contact of the tip of your finger. — CECILLE 50 SkinContact Special Issue • January 2023 SkinContact Special Issue • January 2023 51