Skin Care Blog

Are you confused about how much sunscreen is enough for your face? Sources give conflicting amounts or ways to measure it (ounces, grams, tablespoons, teaspoons, fingers, coins!!). Then there are the questio...

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month reminding you to get ready for the sun. Have you checked your sunscreen expiration dates, do you need to replace old sun protection clothing or a sun hat that is worn out? ...

Don’t Fry Day marks the annual gateway to the sun damage season here in the Northern Hemisphere. Don't Fry Day is designated by the American Cancer Society as the Friday before the Memorial Day Weekend. It m...

Skin Cancer Awareness Month and Melanoma Monday are always in May. It’s the perfect time to get your sun protection supplies and strategy set for our Northern Hemisphere summer. These designations were start...

Dermatologist Shares Insights for a Healthy Complexion What's my personal skincare routine like? It is going to sound like a lot but it is purposeful and goes quickly - really. My routine is based on the A...

What usually happens in order for a doctor to determine that a mole needs to be removed? Is it always biopsied first? Is it just biopsied sometimes? What determines if a mole needs to be biopsied versus just...

Skin cancer on the lips is especially dangerous and you need to know that. Lip skin is fragile, can't really protect itself from UV rays and lip cancer can be surprisingly aggressive. It's also not uncommon....

Have You Seen the Story About a Hairstylist Who Saved Her Client's Life? Kari Phillips, a hairdresser in Ohio, noticed a mole on Eileen Korey's scalp that developed between regular coloring visits. She advis...

Did you know that red hair genes and melanoma are linked even if you don't have red hair? If the gene is in your family, you may be at higher risk for melanoma. You don't need to be a red head for this to in...

Pop celebrity Khloe Kardashian just announced that she had a skin cancer on her back and that 8 inches of her skin had to be removed. She describes herself as having “moles everywhere” and has had worrisome ...

A solar lentigo (also known as a sunspot, liver spot or age spot) is seen in almost everyone I see over the age of 60. These spots are caused by sun exposure. This is why they appear in areas that see the su...

Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common type of skin cancer, second only to Basal Cell Carcinoma. It is so common that we see this type of skin cancer many times a day in our Sonoma County De...