Skin Care Blog

If there’s one dietary ‘magic wand’ for your overall health, I believe it’s The Alkaline Mediterranean Diet! What You Need to Know About the Alkaline Mediterranean Diet This diet uses food as natural medic...

My dermatologist's vitamin D tips are something that patients are always very interested in. Over the past few years, we've learned some important information about vitamin D that make sun protection decisio...

Chapped lips causes will surprise you - and finding the right remedy depends on knowing WHY your lips are chapped. It's not always just harsh weather. Yes, Winter weather is hard on all of your skin, includi...

Antioxidant rich olive oil from our landscaping shade trees! What started as a practical and drought tolerant choice for a landscaping project has turned into a great source of extra virgin olive oil for my ...

Pandemic of dry hands thanks to the Swine Flu, hand washing and hand sanitizers - your hands are going to need special attention this year! I've never seen so many patients with severely dry hands in all my ...

Facial seborrheic dermatitis control has some good news! Simple changes in your skin care regimen will help you control your dry flaky skin on your face from facial seborrheic dermatitis (aka, facial dandruf...

You might assume the flaky skin on your face is just dryness, but it’s probably facial seborrheic dermatitis. It usually affects the oiliest parts of your face, and it’s very common. Almost every day, I advi...

Itchy, crusty, scaly ears are rarely talked about. Crust on, in and behind the ear is not something you read about in glossy magazines, fashionable websites or even talk about in casual conversation. But sca...

Remedies for really stubborn scalp seborrheic dermatitis are important because sometimes medicated shampoos alone aren't strong enough to clear severely dry scalp from scalp dandruff.  If your scalp just doe...

How to use dandruff products for dry itchy scalp can be confusing. There are tricks to getting the best results from your dandruff products to treat your dry itchy scalp. As I mentioned in my last post, scal...

Dry flaky skin on your face and scalp is common. During my almost 30 years of dermatology practice, I have developed great tips for seborrheic dermatitis treatment because I've treated so many people with it...