Skin Care Articles

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...

Autoimmune diseases and your skin often provide an early sign that your immune system is not working correctly. Skin is your body's biggest organ and it makes sense that autoimmune disease will cause changes...

Hair loss is one of the most emotionally painful parts of the cancer treatment experience for many. Nothing screams "I have cancer!" louder than a bald head and a face without brows and lashes. As a chemothe...

We’ve all had it, hated it and tried to beat it. It seems to flare up at the worst of times.  Acne – the bane of teenage skin that, for some, it persists well into adulthood. As a dermatologist, we have all ...

  Anyone trying to eat a healthy, mostly plant-based diet has to be mindful of getting enough daily protein and beans are a great source. It's a also a challenge for a vegetarian who is willing to include eg...

You've heard of them, but should you have the popular microdermabrasion treatments? It depends, but the benefits of microdermabrasion for your complexion are proven. The name of the procedure sounds intimida...

Slowly changing your daily intake of foods and beverages toward more fruits and veggies and less sugar and "bad" fats is the single most important dietary change you can make. It's good for your body and you...

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...

What your nails say about your health gives you a window into what's going on in your body. There are many different nail problems and how do you know which are just annoying or trivial, and which signify so...

What causes dark circles under the eye? We all get them from time to time and we all dislike them. Yes, almost everyone at some point in their life will have dark circles under the eye. Some people have the ...

Do you have unsightly greasy, scaly rashes on your face and scalp?  Do your eyebrows, nose, ears, chin, chest or scalp appear red and dry? You may have something called seborrheic dermatitis (pronounced seb-...

The most common form of skin cancer is really common. You probably know someone who currently has or has had skin cancer and, chances are, it's was a basal cell carcinoma.  What is basal cell carcinoma? Ba...