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The diseases affecting the skin, nails and hair are the focus of the Dermatology Department at the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, whether mild or high-complexity cases.
We treat all kinds of skin, nail and hair diseases in children, from the most common, to rare hereditary or acquired diseases in their most severe forms. We also treat problems caused by internal disease processes that manifest on the skin.
The SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital is a leading healthcare reference centre both in Spain and abroad. Staffed with a highly specialised team of dermatologists, with vast experience in childhood dermatological diseases, we are at the vanguard of research and investigation.
We boast specialised care units for hemangiomas and vascular malformations, epidermolysis bullosa, keratinisation disorders and ichthyosis, genodermatosis, hair and nail diseases, congenital melanocytic nevi, connective tissue diseases, neurocutaneous diseases and we also have a Laser Unit.
We are pioneers in treating, diagnosing and researching hemangiomas, venous malformations, lymphatic malformations, arterial malformations, capillary malformations (port-wine stains) and overgrowth syndromes associated with vascular malformations.
The Pediatric Dermatology Department at the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital has been recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Health as a CSUR reference service for its treatment of epidermolysis bullosa and other keratinisation disorders/ichthyosis. We are members of the European Reference Network for rare skin diseases (ERN-Skin). This network connects healthcare centres that are experts in the management of rare skin diseases, so that, together, they can work towards better treatment and diagnosis of patients suffering from these rare diseases. We are also part of the VASCERN - VASCA (Vascular Anomalies Working Group) European network for vascular lesions.
We are committed to, and firmly believe in, the empowerment of patients and their direct caregivers, as they know their body and their disease best. As such, we have launched the Atopy Academy to help raise awareness of the causes of skin hypersensitivity, why eczema flare-ups happen, and how to control and prevent them.
Accreditations
- Members of the European Reference Network for Rare Skin Diseases (ERN-Skin).
- Members of the European Vascular Lesions Network (VASCERN - VASCA)
- Ministry of Health-accredited CSUR Reference Centre for epidermolysis bullosa.
- CSUR Reference Centre for hereditary keratinisation disorders.
- CSUR Reference Centre for genetic neurocutaneous syndromes.
Why the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital?
We have over 30 years of experience.
National and international centre of reference in pediatric dermatology
We have more than 30 years of experience
The Pediatric Dermatology Department at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital has been dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of skin, nail and hair diseases in children and adolescents for more than 30 years. We have health professionals with nationally and internationally recognised experience in pediatric dermatology.
Our specialists have all the necessary resources to offer comprehensive, age-appropriate, family-focused care to children and adolescents. All the diagnostic tests and procedures carried out are adapted to the patient's age. Children are not small adults and they have specific dermatological diseases that require treatment from pediatric dermatologists with experience in the diagnosis and management of these diseases.
We boast a pioneering Laser Unit.
A leader in research and innovative treatments
We have a pioneering laser unit
We conduct numerous clinical research studies; we take part in most clinical trials on new treatments for dermatological diseases (haemangiomas and vascular malformations, atopy, psoriasis, and epidermolysis bullosa) and we collaborate in European and American networks and registers that allow us to be in the front line of the latest discoveries in dermatological diseases. We also conduct translational studies, especially in the field of vascular lesions.
We are the only pediatric centres in Spain with different types of lasers for the treatment of vascular malformations, pigmented lesions, and epidermal nevi. Each year, we perform more than 200 laser treatments under general anaesthesia, ensuring they are painless.
We take a holistic approach to each case, working in multidisciplinary teams.
Multidisciplinary care focused on the child and their family
We take a holistic approach to each case, working in multidisciplinary teams
We take a holistic approach to each case, working in multidisciplinary teams with other specialists in paediatrics, with constant and direct communication, in order to get a global overview of children with rare dermatological conditions or more severe forms of more common diseases. These include ichthyosis, epidermolysis bullosa, rheumatological diseases, onco-dermatological problems, neuroectodermal diseases and vascular malformations.
As far as possible, we make sure appointments with different specialists are scheduled for the same day.
The explorations we perform, as well as the diagnostic techniques and treatments we use, are suited to the patient's age.
We support patients with chronic dermatological conditions throughout the entire process and we work with adult hospitals to ensure that patients have continuity of treatment once they reach adulthood. If the condition affects other aspects of the child's health, we work as a team with specialists from other departments of our Hospital.
Laser Unit
PDL, Nd:YAG, Alexandrite, endovascular and CO2 laser treatment for children with capillary, venous or lymphatic malformations, melanocytic nevi, café-au-lait spots, epidermal nevi, Sturge-Weber Syndrome and Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, among others.
Specialisms and services
Here in the Pediatric Dermatology Unit, we treat all kinds of skin, nail and hair diseases in children, from the most common, to rare hereditary or acquired diseases in their most severe forms. We also treat problems caused by internal disease processes that manifest on the skin.
Diseases we treat
Team
Department secretary
- Lourdes Molla Garcia
Our experience
Years of experience in skin diseases
Patients with dermatological problems per year
General anesthesia laser treatments per year
Research and clinical trials
The Paediatric Dermatology Service has an active translational research line in haemangiomas and vascular lesions. For years we have been characterising genetically all vascular malformations and mutated cell lines have been established. Likewise, in collaboration with the José Carreras Leukaemia Foundation, we are developing animal models for different vascular malformations and we have a line of research on the natural history of vascular malformations and tumours.
We conduct clinical trials with novel drugs to treat paediatric dermatological pathology and we are very active in clinical trials for atopy, psoriasis, chronic urticaria, epidermolysis bullosa and ichthyosis.
Education
SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital is a university hospital attached to the Universitat de Barcelona, which is why we share our knowledge and train national and international residents so that they can specialise in highly complex medicine. We have a Master's programme in Advanced Paediatric Dermatology and training stays in paediatric dermatology for professionals.