Dry, Winter Skin In case you haven’t noticed, it is wintertime in the north state. And along with all the holiday joy comes dry skin and painfully itchy rashes.
Botox Quality And Pricing
Know What You Are Paying For: Be aware that dilution matters, ask your doctor how much saline solution he or she uses to dilute the vial of BOTOX Cosmetic and how many units will be injected in each area.
Psoriasis Linked To Heart Disease
Several Studies Hint Of Link With Heart Disease Growing evidence over the past decade has identified psoriasis as a risk factor for heart attack, strokes and hardening of the arteries.
Skin Care For Freckles
Live with your freckles; love ’em or hate ’em, be sure to watch ’em It seems the search for famed aviator Amelia Earhart’s crash site may hinge upon her freckles. Her disappearance over the South Pacific 75 years ago is a familiar story to most Americans.
Where Are The Most Household Germs?
Which Has More Germs, Toilet Seat or Kitchen Sponge? CDC says public toilets are safe, but the anxiety remains. “To sit or not to sit?” This is a practical question when confronted with a public toilet seat.
Ticks And Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease In Northern California No summer dermatology series would be complete without a few words on ticks and Lyme disease. While relatively uncommon in the north state, Lyme disease is here and likely gaining ground. Traditionally, we think of Lyme disease as being an East Coast problem, but it is now found across 48 […]
Excessive Sweating
There’s Help For Excessive Sweating Hands down, there is nothing a dermatologist can do more to help someone’s quality of life than stop their excessive sweating. If you find that statement ridiculous, you probably do not have a sweating problem. Excessive sweating can make you appear uncomfortable, nervous or even ill. It can be a […]
The New Sunscreen Rules
Sorting Out The New Rules On Sunscreen Is an SPF of 100 better than 50? What do the terms waterproof, water resistant and broad spectrum really mean? If you are confused, you are not alone. After a lot of arm wrestling back and forth, the FDA finalized its sweeping new sunscreen guidelines for consumers and […]
Skin Care Tips #2
Skin Cancer And Driving An interesting social change has happened in America. More often older men get skin cancers on their left side and most older women on their right. This is believed to be due to older generations’ attitudes. They believed a man should be the driver and the woman’s place was in the […]
Sometimes You Should Give Antibiotics A Rest
The Uses And Abuses Of Antibiotics
"Doctor I think I have a spider bite!"
To your health care provider, that means MRSA until proven otherwise. Many people who believe they were bitten by spiders actually have Staphylococcus abscesses. MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus, is a strain of bacteria on the march.