This photo epitomises the intersection of technical skills and patient-centred care, which is a part of dermatologic surgery. It features the hands of a surgeon, in gloves, making an accurate incision, e.g. an excision, with tools of specific use under the direct bright light of a surgical lamp. The emphasis is made on the utmost attention to detail, stable hands, and sterile environment, and the emphasis put on the fact that the discipline is devoted to eliminating skin cancers or growths with the minimum damage to tissues and maximum cosmetic results. The very tone is associated with confidence, control, and safety that makes the viewers sure that these procedures are grounded in strict training and a profound knowledge of the anatomy of the skin. This is an image that delivers the promise that the book would shed the light on the advanced, life saving, segment of dermatology.