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Hair loss is a common reason for a visit to the dermatology office. Losing hair is a normal part of our biology. It is absolutely normal to lose anywhere between 50-150 hairs every single day. However, if your hair is falling out in clumps, if you notice circular areas of hair thinning or you are si...

Acne is one of the most common reasons for someone to seek care from a dermatology office, and one of the most common questions they might ask us is “Is my diet causing my acne?” Recently, multiple studies have been published providing links from some foods to causing acne. This research suggests...

After a blissful weekend at the cabin, many of us return home with constant itching and scratching from bug bites. What can you do to prevent these bites and how do you know when to worry? And what steps should you follow to experience bug bite relief? Most bug bites are pesky and bothersome, but...

For our patients who have tried unsuccessfully to treat their acne or for those who have the most severe, painful, scarring acne our medical providers may recommend a medication called Accutane. Accutane (Isotretinoin) is a pill form of Vitamin A, which is a naturally occurring vitamin in our bod...

There are some times when you have a cyst that just... won't... budge! Or maybe you wake up the day of a big presentation or the night before an event with a dreaded “undergrounder” that shows up as a painful, red, mounded bump. What can be done? The quickest way to resolve a cystic acne lesio...

Do you ever feel like you have big pores? Do you suffer from small bumps on your skin that simply won’t go away? You may be suffering from comedonal acne. There are two types of acne comedones: Closed comedones. These are small bumps with a little white head from trapped oil and dead skin....

Did you grow up with acne? Are you still fighting it now? If you grew up thinking your body produced “too much oil”, it may have been difficult to find a product that didn’t make your skin more “shiny” or make it break out. Even now, you may struggle to find that elusive “perfect” moisturizer. Howev...

Men are not afraid of great grooming products, but they do want a few things out of modern skin care: They prefer products that will multi-task A simple regimen is typically best They will “steal” their significant other's products if they don’t have any or have run out of their own Th...

For years, women have been the dominant purchasers in the aesthetic dermatology market. Recently, we’ve been seeing a shift across the board with more men jumping in to treat themselves to a quality skin care regimen and rejuvenate their appearance with treatments like injectable wrinkle reducers, d...

Have you ever had a sore, slightly red bump on your skin and you know something “is in there” but it never quite comes to a head? You may be experiencing an acne cyst or nodule. Acne usually occurs as a response to a pore becoming clogged with sebum (oil), debris, dead skin and/or bacteria. As this...