eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Public Health Research 2327-6703 2015-10-28 3 5A 64 66 10.12691/ajphr-3-5A-14 AJPHR201535A14 article Binamra Basnet binamrabasnet@gmail.com 1 Saraswoti Neupane 1 Shristi Shrestha 2 Sujan Gautam 3 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara, Nepal Department of Ophthalmology, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal Department of Community Medicine, Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara, Nepal There is a substantial lack of data regarding the actual burden of skin diseases in Nepal. Skin diseases often account for a significant number of hospital visits specially in the rural areas of Nepal. 20-30% of the general population is affected by skin disorders at any given time. A hospital based retrospective study reviewed the medical data over a period of one year (June 2014 to May 2015). A total number of 6009 patients presented to the Department of Dermatology which accounted for 6% of the total hospital patients. There was almost equal number of males (51%) & females (49%). Cutaneous infections and dermatitis alone was responsible for more than 50% of the cases (cutaneous infection-34% & dermatitis-20%) whereas pigmentary disorders, including melasma contributed to only 6% of the cases. The occurrence of skin disease did not have significant correlation with socioeconomic class & personal hygiene (p-value>0.05). Conclusively, we need to focus more towards controlling infectious skin diseases. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajphr/3/5A/14/ajphr-3-5A-14.pdf skin diseases prevalence Nepal