Skin Care Articles

Summertime brings with it all kinds of delicious fruits and veggies that are grown locally; a chance to refresh your eating habits after a long winter of eating heavy carbs. Not only are the fresh foods good...

Sunless tanner and how to apply it information from a dermatologist? Yep, I'm a huge fan. I'm also fussy and an artist. My 35+ years of doing over 200,000+ skin exams on Californians makes it clear that gett...

Skin care for gardeners like Dr. Bailey - yes, we are going outside into the garden for hours! This is the time of year those with a green thumb have been waiting for - time to play in the dirt! While you're...

No matter who you are or where your ancestors came from, I bet someone in your family lineage once soaked and sprouted their grains and seeds before cooking. It was not only a common practice, but it was als...

Do you know how often you should change your skin care regimen? The question of when to change your skin care regimen can be complex. The simple answer is that you often need to change your skin care regimen...

Do you know what to do when dairy isn't an option and you still want that creamy taste? In all of my years of cooking for clients (and myself), the most difficult and common challenge I have found is finding...

Treating an itchy scalp can be vexing. That's because itching of the scalp can be due to a rash involving the scalp skin, or it can be due to scalp "dysesthesia" from cervical spine disease. Both are common,...

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...

How do you beat cystic acne? It is particularly troublesome form of acne that leads to deep, painful pimples. The large cystic pimples have a tendency to heal with scaring or hyperpigmentation. Often cystic ...

I was asked by a blog reader if I prescribe tretinoin (Retin-A) to treat one of the most common aging skin problems on the chest - deep vertical wrinkles. In this area, skin is often also covered with red an...

Is a facial necessary for healthy skin? It's a great question that I first want to put in perspective...... Your furniture and floors get dusted regularly, sometimes even polished. Your car gets washed, vacu...

Love your skin for Valentine's Day. Why not?? Valentine's Day skin care can be a fun. Whether it's in preparation for a hot date with a romantic interest, or a hot date with yourself - enjoy your skin!  And...