Dermatology and Venereology

The Department of Dermatology and Venereology is a specialty department of Hangzhou Xixi Hospital (Hangzhou No. 6 Hospital), focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases, sexually transmitted infections and facial skin conditions affecting appearance. It passed the city's assessment for standardized STI clinics in 2004, became one of Hangzhou's first designated standardized clinics and conducted national STI sentinel surveillance for many years. In 2018 it was recognized as an advanced STI prevention and control team in Zhejiang.

The department has seven healthcare staff, including three with senior professional titles and three with master's degrees. It combines Chinese and Western medicine, supported by the hospital's laboratory services, using internal and external treatments for common and difficult skin diseases and STIs, with particular experience in genital warts, genital herpes and syphilis. It also treats rashes accompanied by fever or liver injury. Cosmetic dermatology focuses on acne, melasma and flat warts, with services for these conditions, freckles and age spots. Chinese herbal masks, lasers and light-based techniques are offered, and separate clinics address hair loss and acne/melasma.

Treatments include Q-switched and carbon dioxide lasers, photorejuvenation, fruit acids, microwave therapy, cryotherapy, red and blue light, narrowband ultraviolet light, photodynamic therapy, ultrasound-assisted drug iontophoresis, herbal masks, traditional picking therapy, cupping and foot care. Tests include direct fluorescence microscopy for skin fungi, skin physiological measurements and Wood's lamp examination. A Q-switched laser introduced in 2012 is used for freckles, melasma, age spots, café-au-lait spots, enlarged pores and sensitive skin. A DPL light platform introduced in 2020 is used for vascular treatment, skin rejuvenation and brightening, hair removal, dark skin tone, enlarged pores, visible red vessels, acne marks and fine wrinkles. The hospital describes treatment with this platform as painless and comfortable.

The department states that it respects patient privacy and provides education on skin diseases and STIs through media, the hospital's official WeChat and Douyin accounts, free clinics and lectures.