Abstract
The dermoscope is an imaging instrument equipped with a light source and a magnifying lens. It is used for the noninvasive evaluation of subsurface skin structures and studies have shown that its use by trained physicians can improve the diagnostic accuracy for skin lesions. Although widely used in Europe and Australia, in the USA and the UK, many physicians still remain skeptical about the clinical utility of this instrument. In this article we present ten reasons why dermoscopy is beneficial for the evaluation of skin lesions and why it should be routinely used by trained physicians for the differential diagnosis of skin tumors.