Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: Alopecia Areata Explained
What happens when you start losing your hair and hear the words “it’s autoimmune”? Many people never expect alopecia areata until it changes everything overnight.
Smooth Moves: Botox and Other Neurotoxins
I’m a history buff and I love to nerd out on a little history even in dermatology. One fascinating thing is the discovery of botulinum toxin and its use in medicine. Botulism was coined long before the causative organism was identified. In 1820, Justinus Kerner provided a description of clinical botulism based on clinical observations […]
Thinking About Botox? Let’s Talk Neurotoxins!
What happens when you’re 26 and hear the words “you have melanoma”? Leah Adams never expected a cancer diagnosis
Hello Remission For Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis!
One thing that is a tough pill for all of us to swallow is the concept of “chronic” in health care. No one wants to hear that something is long-term, fraught with ups and downs and not just a one-time deal that can be cured with a short course of antibiotics. But who wants to […]
Remission and eczema and psoriasis: hype or the future?
What happens when you’re 26 and hear the words “you have melanoma”? Leah Adams never expected a cancer diagnosis
Food and Rashes: What’s Eating Your Skin?
I am a firm believer that you are what you eat. But what if the foods you’re munching on might be a cause of your rash because it had been on your skin before–sneaky huh? Often when we break out or have a rash, our immediate thought process is to blame something we ate and […]
What if the Rash is in Your Diet?
What happens when you’re 26 and hear the words “you have melanoma”? Leah Adams never expected a cancer diagnosis
Fear the Wrinkles, Not the Filler
When you read the title, don’t hate on me just yet. I don’t fear wrinkles nor do I think patients should either. It’s just a catchy hook to get you to read on. Worked, didn’t it? Ok, ok, so I am that dermatologist. The one that makes some recommendations to my patients, that I have […]
Filling You In: Don’t Fear Dermal Fillers
What happens when you’re 26 and hear the words “you have melanoma”? Leah Adams never expected a cancer diagnosis
Walking the Fine Lines: What Happens to Skin as We Age
Skin and aging are often in the same sentence. Like salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly right? Our skin is a barometer of our biological age but does it have to be? Well, maybe not. But changes seen with the skin over time are a normal process and inevitable. Aging is the primary […]