Derm Topics

The Wound Healing Response Therapeutic Cheat Sheet
202592025920259wound healingFollowing numerous office-based dermatologic procedures, erythema, swelling, and scarring are often feared complications experienced by our patients. Understanding the wound healing response is synonymous with understanding the stages of healing and ultimately the clinical appearance of each wound. Possessing and sharing a firm grasp on this knowledge allows for patient empowerment during the woun …
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Lasers for Melasma and PIH: Know Your Boundaries and Skin Type
202552025520255melasmaNext Steps in Derm, in partnership with Pigmentary Disorders Exchange (PDE) Symposium interviewed Dr. Arielle Kauvar, clinical professor of dermatology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Learn the unique role lasers can play in treating melasma and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, especially when patients don’t respond to conventional therapy. Hear from the expert on what lasers to use when …
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Patient Buzz Series | “Skin Streaming”: Building a Simple Skincare Routine
202522025220252skin streamingTikTok is known as a hub for skincare advice – good and bad – and the latest trend has dermatologists in agreement. “Skin streaming” means reducing a skincare routine to the essentials. It’s a backlash against complex routines that can be costly and time consuming. HuffPost explained the trend while The New York Times answered a reader’s question about the basics of caring for the face …
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Benefits and Risks of Medium & Deep Chemical Peels
182651826518265chemical peelsNext Steps in Derm, in partnership with Pigmentary Disorders Exchange Symposium (PDE) interviewed Dr. Jennifer Rullan, a dermatologist in Chula Vista, Calif. Watch as Dr. Rullan outlines unexpected ingredients that dermatologists can use in medium depth and deep chemical peels to treat pigmentary disorders, and it may not be the disorders that you expect. Vitiligo? Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis …
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Refractory Dissecting Cellulitis of the Scalp Treated With Risankizumab
182461824618246Dissecting CellulitisPerifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens or dissecting cellulitis (DC) is a rare and chronic disease with a predilection for the occipital, vertex, and parietal scalp. DC is characterized by multinodular lesions with purulent drainage and sinus tract formation. It is classically seen in middle-aged males of African descent. The etiology of the disease is unknown; however, leading theories …
Dissecting Cellulitis