What Is Squamous Cell Carcinoma?
The second most common skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma forms on the outer tissue of the skin, most often around sun-exposed skin such as the face, mouth and ears.
It’s often overlooked due to its less frequent appearances as only two out of ten skin cancers are diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma. However, it’s potentially more aggressive than the most common skin cancer — basal cell carcinoma — and ge... 
What is Itchy Skin?
Pruritus, the medical term for itchiness, is a symptom of another condition. It is a side effect, not a separate disease. Itchy skin results from a variety of causes varying in severity, including skin growths, rashes, and systemic illnesses.
What Causes Itchy Skin?
Itching occurs for many potential reasons. The only way to effectively treat itchiness is by identifying (and treating) the underlying cause.
Potential causes of itchi... 
What is Topical Chemotherapy?
Topical chemotherapy, also known as field therapy, is the use of a topical product to treat cancerous or precancerous skin lesions on a specific place or a specific geographic area of the skin (like the face, scalp, or hands). These creams or solutions are applied directly to the skin as directed by a doctor.
What Are the Common Uses of Topical Chemotherapy?
Field therapy is most commonly used to treat sun-exposed areas wi... 
What is Sclerotherapy?
Sclerotherapy is a method of removing spider veins in the legs by injecting a liquid into the vein. This liquid causes the size of the small blood vessels to swell so the blood can’t travel through it anymore. The body eventually absorbs these vessels.
While there are several different liquid compounds used for these injections, we most commonly use Asclera — a solution that effectively treats the vein and has an anesth... 
What is Feminine Rejuvenation?
Female rejuvenation, commonly referred to as vaginal rejuvenation, encompasses several procedures. In the past, physicians like plastic surgeons and even OB/GYNs used procedures including labia tightening, labiaplasty, and other surgical procedures for female rejuvenation.
Now we have less invasive, energy-based procedures available that don’t require surgery and require less downtime for recovery. These include the... 
What is a Blistering Disorder?
Blistering disorders of the skin are different from friction or inflammation-induced blisters. Commonly, these blisters come from one of two autoimmune disorders, pemphigoid or pemphigus, that causes a blister breakout on the skin.
Pemphigus and pemphigoid are autoimmune conditions where your body produces antibodies that attach to the layers of the skin. The antibodies attach to the epidermis or sub-epidermis and create ... 
What is a Cold Sore?
A cold sore is a viral infection, usually caused by the herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). A patient’s first outbreak after contracting the virus typically produces blisters, erosions or painful sores all around and inside the mouth.
Later outbreaks of the herpes simplex virus typically produce blisters or sores in one isolated area — either around the lips or inside the mouth. These sores seem to appear with increased stress or a... 
While general dermatologists have experience and training in a range of pediatric dermatological conditions, they may refer young patients to a pediatric dermatologist for evaluation and treatment of rare, genetic, or severe conditions or those unresponsive to current therapies.
A pediatric dermatologist specializes in evaluating and treating skin disorders in infants, children, and teenagers. Beyond their education in general dermatology, pediatric de... 
Shingles is a manifestation of the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. While chickenpox is usually isolated to young children, shingles typically happens to people over age 50.
When the herpes zoster virus is triggered by a stressful event, shingles begins as a painful, itchy sensation in the skin followed by a blistery, fluid-filled rash isolated to one side of the body.
What are the Symptoms of Shingles?
The herpes zoste... 
Nail surgery is a way to remove a portion of the nail or an entire nail due to a disorder, deformity, or fungus. Nail surgery isn’t typically the first line of treatment for nail problems, but ingrown nail surgery or nail surgery to remove an extremely thick fungus may be the best option after consultation.
Often, podiatrists conduct an ingrown toenail nail surgery for their patients after other nail grooming methods prove inefficient. For example, a... 