Dermatology

• Mottled skin tone or rough and lined skin?

  Posted in Dermatology on September 24, 2010

  If you are fair, have mottled skin tone, rough, or lined skin on your face you may have severe actinic damage. If you are fair and lived in a sunny climate, you are also at risk for actinic damage. If you are a red-head, or strawberry blond you are at risk as well. If you have already had a skin cancer, then that is already proof that you have significant chromosomal damage from the sun.
  
  Severe actinic damage (sun damage) occurs when chromosomal injury in the epidermis occurs

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• Adolescent Acne: Scarred for Life

  Posted in Dermatology on September 15, 2010

  Life for teenagers is filled with drama, and the occasional pimple before an important date can often become a mini-crisis; however, moderate to severe acne should be taken seriously.   Moderate to severe acne is more than just a phase that will pass with time.  Left untreated, this form of acne can cause permanent scarring and hyper-pigmentation (darkened patches of the skin) that will be with the teenager for the rest of his or her life.   In addition to long-term scarring,

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• Can your convertible or sun roof increase your risk for skin cancer?

  Posted in Dermatology on September 7, 2010

  As the summer is coming to an end, convertible drivers and drivers with sun roofs are getting the most out of their cars by keeping their tops down or sun roofs open. I know I am! Many people probably forget that driving with the top down or sun roof open means greatly increasing their sun exposure. Unfortunately, we all know that sun exposure causes premature aging and increased risk for skin cancers. However, this does not mean you need to forego enjoying the whole reason you
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• Klinefelters

  Posted in Dermatology on July 20, 2010

  Interesting case: I consulted a gentleman about liposuction of male breasts (which, in medical jargon, is actually called gynecomastia). Gynocomastia is not all that uncommon and I have performed many liposuctions for this problem. Liposuction works quite well to flatten out the pectoral area with very little scarring and easy healing.

  Anyway, upon closer questioning this patient (he has another disease that is usually seen in females), he tells me that he has had trouble

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• Tanning beds are aging machines

  Posted in Dermatology | General on May 18, 2010

  Tanning beds are to your skin as smoking is to your lungs

  There is a good reason tanning beds look similar to coffins.  If they don't put you in the coffin  you will soon look like your getting old enough to need one.   Tanning beds are listed along with mustard gas and arsenic in the highest cancer risk category. They cause melanoma in young people.   I like to call them aging machines.  They accelerate skin aging, causing mottled pigmentation, thinned collagen, furrows and

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