Well, I’ve been saying this to my patients for years: Daily sunscreen use prevents the ugly results of photo-aging (spots, roughness and wrinkles caused by years of cumulative sun exposure which speeds up your skin’s natural aging process) and finally a...
Question: My daughter is apparently allergic to many of the sunscreens I have tried on her and gets an itchy, burning rash. What is it in the sunscreens that is causing this reaction? Answer: There could be many different chemicals causing a skin reaction. Most...
Question: I’ve read many accounts online about an alternative therapy of using an herbal “Black Salve” to treat skin cancer, but then I also saw many scary photographs and read many scary stories of disfiguring skin damage from the treatment....
Question: I have a dark brown oval-shaped spot on my forehead and a cluster of them on my upper chest. I’ve heard them called age spots, sun spots and liver spots. What are they and how can I get rid of them? Answer: These spots are medically called solar...
Question: My dermatologist gave me a topical cream with special ingredients to prevent skin cancer where he thought it might be forming. How is that even possible? Answer: It is now possible and FDA-approved. There are some new topical medications that target...
Question: My dermatologist said my scab was a Basal Cell Carcinoma…Now what? Do I have cancer? Answer: Relax. A Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) is rarely the spreading cancer that requires the systemic chemotherapy you’re thinking of. Cure rates for BCCs are...
