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aging ubiquitous human trait predisposes older persons chronic diseases compared systemic noncommunicable diseases significant gap exists literature burden noncommunicable dermatoses ncds amongst older adults particularly low middleincome countries aim study document epidemiology clinical pattern noncommunicable skin diseases among older adults tertiary healthcare facility southwestern nigeria conducted retrospective review medical records ambulant adults aged 60 years referred dermatological care teaching hospital ileife southwestern nigeria february 2017 february 2022 frequency pattern ncds recorded descriptive statistical analysis using spss 20 statistics software level statistical significance set 005 total 553 medical records reviewed female male ratio 131 mean age study population 6885 787 six every 10 patients 606 least one chronic ncd incidence chronic ncds declined increasing age chronic eczemas 224 pigmentary dermatoses 94 skin tumors 87 frequent chronic noncommunicable dermatoses recorded older males significantly higher incidence chronic eczemas chronic urticarias skin tumors demonstrated significant female preponderance high burden chronic ncds significant gender disparities among older adults skin problems nigeria preemptive planning resource allocation towards specialist geriatricdermatology services needed address skinhealth needs growing geriatric population