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Abstract Worldwide as well as in Egypt, the elderly population is in continuous increase. This increase sheds light on the importance of focusing on this vulnerable group and studying their most common medical disorders; however, there are limited studies on skin diseases in elderly populations. This cross-sectional study investigates the prevalence of skin diseases in the elderly patients in a sample of the Egyptian patients as well as risk factors influences on this prevalence. This study included all geriatric patients from both sexes with a dermatologic complaint attending outpatient clinic in Kasr Elainy hospital and EL Houd El Marsoud hospital. , Full medical history was taken and complete general and dermatological examination were done. Patients were further subdivided into two groups according to their ages; where group A included patients (55 - 60 years old) and group B included patients (older than 60 years).The average duration for data collection was 12 months |