Can I Use Dry Ice To Remove A Wart?
You can use dry ice to remove a wart only if you’re a doctor with experience removing warts. This is something you shouldn’t try at home. You...
Is Poison Oak Contagious?
Can poison oak spread from one person to another? After you have showered and washed with soap and water, can you spread it by touching the infected area? The...
What Is A Staph Infection And How Can A Person Get It?
Staph (pronounced staff) is short for staphylococcus, a bacterium. You may be surprised to hear all the ways that you can become infected and the variety...
Rosacea Treatment – Causes And Cures
So, you are in your 40s, your face is breaking out again and it’s driving you crazy. You are not alone. Nearly 13 million Americans suffer not from...
Wintertime Skin Care Tips
Outdoor exposure and frequent showering during the cold winter months can dry and crack the skin. Antibacterial soaps have become a staple of many a household...
Sunscreen – Are You Using It Right?
Sunscreen. Experts say it’s one of the best things you can do to help prevent skin cancer, and it is especially helpful if you start making a habit...
How To Help Your Child Deal With Acne
Remember how awful it could be–the self-consciousness, the mood swings, the longings, the embarrassment of acne flare-ups? Puberty and the teen years...
Even The Skin Is Affected During Pregnancy
When I was pregnant, the most noticeable change in my skin was the dark line that ran through the center of my basketball-size stomach from the belly button...
How Is Adult Acne Treated?
“I can’t believe I still have acne.” Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD, regularly hears this lament from dismayed patients who haven’t been...
