Abstract Introduction: An increasing proportion of old population makes it very important to recognize and appropriately address skin diseases in elderly.As advances in medical care have prolonged life span and expanded the elderly demographics, there is a need to evaluate various cutaneous disorders in the growing geriatric population. Aims and Objectives: To study Clinico- Epidemiological Study Geriatric Dermatoses in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Kerala. Materials and Methods: This was Hospital based descriptive study, conducted in the Department of Dermatology, Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram, and Kannur. 500 patients of age 65 years and above attending the outpatient department of Dermatology and Venereology at Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram, Kannur over a continuous fixed period of 6 months. All patients attending the outpatient department of Dermatology and Venerology with the below criteria were included in the study.The data obtained was subjected to descriptive analysis using SPSS software. Result: Among 500 patients, young old males constituted 65.2% and young old females were 34.8%. Frail elderly males were 63.2% and frail elderly females were 36.8%. Extreme aged males were 57.1% and extreme aged females were 42.9%.Pruritus and color change were the most common symptoms (75%) followed by raised lesions (69.2%). Pruritus and color change were most common in young old age group (74.6% and 76.7%) respectively. Smoking was the most common addiction (24%) followed by alcoholism (15.8%). Smoking and alcoholism were most commonly observed in the young old age group (22.7% and 15.9%) respectively.Family history was present in 4.8%. Young old age group had more cases with positive family history (4.7%).extremities (82%) was the most common site involved followed by trunk (37.8%). Extremities were the most common site involved in young old (81.1%), frail elderly (84.2%) and extreme aged (82.1%)wrinkling was the most common age related skin change observed (97.6%). It was most commonly noted in young old age group (96.5%). Conclusion: In our studyMajority of geriatric dermatoses occurred in the young old age group (65-74 years). Most common age related skin change was wrinkling. Most common geriatric dermatoses observed were eczema. Most common eczema noted was asteatotic eczema.

Key Words: Geriatric Dermatoses, Pruritus, Eczema.