Skin Care Blog

Tips from the dermatologist to avoid dry, cracked skin this season from winter itch. Winter weather is really hard on your skin. In the middle of winter your skin will showing signs of dryness – rough and sc...

There are 5 key grooming products that men don't always know they need. I've helped so many thousands of men with their skin problems over my 35-year dermatology career and these are the important products I...

Does Your Elbow Skin Need Help? Elbow skin thickens and gets rough and scaly because it is exposed to a lot of friction. Elbow skin is extensor skin, just like skin on your knees and knuckles. Extensor sur...

Feel good in your skin year-round with these dermatologist’s tips Cold weather is here, and in addition to dry, chapped skin, you also need to deal with chafing. If you exercise a lot, you may experience tha...

If you have an itchy beard with dry skin, flaking and redness under your beard or mustache, it’s time to take action. With a few simple steps, you can stop the itch to look and feel your best. What causes an...

Top Skin Care Mistakes and Myths As a dermatologist, I’ve seen many people working hard to take good care of their skin but falling for some of the big myths and mistakes that seem to have a life of their ow...

I’ve used glycolic acid body care products in my dermatology practice for years.   I’ve personally used them to keep my own body skin soft for over 30 years. The photo here is my skin at age 63 thanks to AH...

Dyshidrosis is a type of eczema that includes tiny blisters on the palms and fingers that are itchy and tender. The cause of dyshidrotic eczema is unknown, and the eczema often flares-up out of the blue. Dys...

Do you have painful, ingrown hairs by your groin? Hairs ingrow when the growing hair-shaft fails to exit the follicle opening, and instead, it makes a dive into the surrounding skin – piercing through the fo...

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...

Eczema on your eyelid is called eyelid dermatitis. It usually happens because something touched your eyelid skin that you are allergic to or that was too harsh and irritating for your thin, eyelid skin. Eye...

What do you do when you are covered with mosquito bites or any bug bite? How do you get relief for the itch of bug bites and how do you help heal them? As a dermatologist who is well loved by the biting inse...