Theresa Conologue, DO, Staff Dermatologist, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, discusses atrophoderma vermiculatum (AV), a rare follicular disorder primarily affecting children with reticular or honeycomb atrophy of the cheeks and forehead. Along with keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei and keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans, AV falls within the broader spectrum of keratosis pilaris atrophicans. Although these 3 variants have unique presentations and associations, they can all be frustratingly difficult to treat.

The original article was featured in Cutis