Dermatology

[Department Establishment History] The Department of Dermatology at Shenzhen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 1979.

[Department Honors] It is a modern specialized department of traditional Chinese dermatology integrating medical care, teaching, and research, and enjoys a strong reputation in Shenzhen and the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. The department took the lead in establishing the Professional Committee of Dermatology of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of the Guangdong Medical Education Association, the Professional Committee of Dermatology of the Shenzhen Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and the Professional Committee of Dermatology of the Shenzhen Association of Chinese Medicine, with Professor Qian Fang serving as chair. In 2009, it was recognized as a Shenzhen specialty of traditional Chinese medicine with distinctive characteristics, and in 2010 it became a master’s training site of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine.

[Department Leadership] Professor Ye Qiuhua and Professor Yang Yufeng successively served as the department’s administrative directors and made outstanding contributions to its development. Since 2024, Professor Qian Fang has served as head of the department.

[Research Scope] The department is dedicated to the integrated Chinese and Western medical diagnosis, treatment, research, and teaching of immune-mediated and inflammatory diseases such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, urticaria, and seborrheic dermatitis; appearance-affecting diseases such as acne and rosacea; pigmentary disorders such as melasma, blue-brown nevi, nevus of Ota, freckles, café-au-lait macules, and vitiligo; vascular disorders such as port-wine stains and telangiectasia; skin-appendage disorders such as alopecia, axillary osmidrosis, and hyperhidrosis; benign skin tumors and hyperproliferative lesions such as seborrheic keratosis, skin tags, syringomas, milia, and keloids; and skin-aging-related changes such as wrinkles, laxity, and enlarged pores.

[Department Activities] The department currently has two Shenzhen-recognized distinguished traditional Chinese medicine physicians, four chief physicians, five deputy chief physicians, more than ten attending physicians, two chief nursing specialists, and two master’s supervisors. It has trained many master’s students, undertaken more than ten national-, provincial-, and municipal-level research projects, and published more than 40 academic papers in core journals in China and abroad. The department includes consultation rooms, treatment rooms, a hair diagnosis and treatment center, an energy-based aesthetic medicine center, and an injection and chemical-peel center. It is equipped with advanced devices including the M22 intense pulsed light system, a fractional carbon dioxide laser, a Peninsula ultrasound lifting system, a Huanti dual-wavelength laser, and a picosecond laser, as well as precision diagnostic instruments such as dermoscopes and trichoscopes. The department adheres to the treatment philosophy of “putting traditional Chinese medicine first and integrating Chinese and Western medicine,” and has developed a series of distinctive traditional Chinese medicine treatment protocols for common and difficult-to-treat skin diseases such as psoriasis, eczema, acne, and alopecia. Examples include treating psoriasis through “deficiency–excess pattern differentiation,” regulating eczema by tonifying the spleen and dispelling dampness, and intervening in acne by balancing yin and yang. The department also actively provides external traditional Chinese medicine treatments and has independently developed in-house preparations including Chai-Gui-Muli Paste, Haizao-Baizhi Paste, Ningfu Daochi Powder, Cebai-Gongying Paste, Shenhuang Antipruritic Lotion, Juhuang Detoxifying Lotion, Acne Powder, and Spot-Resolving Powder, as well as agreed formulas such as Heat-Toxin-Clearing Granules and Spleen-Tonifying Dampness-Dispelling Granules. It widely performs traditional external therapies including fire-needle therapy, acupoint injection, autologous blood therapy, auricular acupressure with seeds, gua sha, and cupping, with significant clinical efficacy. The department has integrated Professor Qian Fang’s “Four-Seasons Microacupuncture Ying-Sui Tonifying–Reducing Technique” with Professor Yang Yufeng’s theory of “tonifying the spleen, strengthening the kidneys, and regulating oil,” thereby establishing a full-cycle “wash–treat–nourish–implant” diagnosis and treatment system. This system combines oral Chinese herbal medicine, nano-cleansing, plum-blossom needles, microneedling, platelet-rich plasma injection therapy, and other Chinese and Western medical approaches, and also provides FUE minimally invasive hair transplantation, offering patients with androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, and other conditions one-stop care from preventive conditioning to fundamental resolution. Botulinum toxin injections are used to precisely improve dynamic wrinkles and refine facial contours, while skin-booster injections provide mesodermal nutritional delivery to achieve deep hydration and improve skin quality. Scientifically proportioned combination acids are also used to promote keratin renewal and effectively treat acne, comedones, acne marks, and dull complexion, providing patients with diversified and personalized comprehensive management for skin aesthetics and rejuvenation. The department emphasizes combining traditional Chinese medical aesthetics with modern energy-based aesthetic technologies and has achieved notable results in treating acne, melasma, facial rejuvenation concerns, and hair disorders. It performs an average of 45,000 medical-aesthetic treatments annually. As a regional teaching base, it receives hundreds of interns, general practitioners, and physicians undergoing standardized training from multiple institutions every year, continuously cultivating professional talent in traditional Chinese dermatology.

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