How to Care for Eyelid Skin

Attention all you eye beauty addicts! We want to help you keep your eyes glowing and healthy. The delicate eye skin, at less than 1 mm thick, is the thinnest on your entire body and it gets lots of wear and tear. This makes it prone to environmental and sun damage,...

Everything You Need To Know About Poison Ivy

Exposure to plants of the Anacardiaceae family account for the majority of cases of allergic contact dermatitis. These include poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac, which are members of the genus Toxicodendron. These types of dermatoses are caused by urushiol, a...

Skin cancer is increasing among millennials

May was skin cancer awareness month and we always revisit the dangers of unprotected sun exposure. The number of cases of melanoma in young adults is on the rise. Millennials are especially vulnerable, because they seem to underestimate the dangers of the sun and skin...

Lyme Disease: A Year-Round Problem

Lyme disease is a widespread tick-borne disease in the United States. It is caused by the spirochete (bacteria) Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans by the blacklegged deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) and the western blacklegged deer tick (Ixodes...