From Seeing to Understanding: The Visibility Paradox in Dermatology
Visible skin disease can generate premature confidence that diagnosis, patient burden, and management are already understood. We propose the visibility paradox as a testable framework linking diagnostic, burden, and management compression to failures to progress from seeing, through listening, to understanding.
Authors
- Ahmet Uğur Atılan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9244-1011)
- Ahmet Metın (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6512-4990)
Institutions
- Pamukkale University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Dermatology
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.70689
- Primary Topic
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00