As people age, unsightly blemishes, commonly called age spots, can appear on the face and on the back of the hands. The spots, also called lentigines, lentigos or liver spots, are sharply defined, rounded, brown or black, flat patches of skin. Age spots occur when the top surface layer of skin expands with more pigment…
Actinic keratoses (AKs) are precancerous skin lesions that if left untreated may evolve into squamous cell carcinomas. Typically, they occur in fair skinned individuals after the skin has been badly damaged by ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun or indoor tanning. Actinic keratoses are sandpaper-like rough, red spots. Patients feel them before they see them.…
Acne scars are usually the result of inflamed blemishes caused by skin pores engorged with excess oil, dead skin cells and bacteria. The pore swells, causing a break in the follicle wall. Shallow lesions are usually minor and heal quickly. But if there is a deep break in the wall of the pore, infected material…
Acne is a skin condition that typically affects the face, but may also involve the chest and back. Acne may manifest itself as white heads, blackheads, and cysts. In many instances, when the acne lesion resolves, residual dark marks or pitted scars remain. Acne affects patients of all ages. In teenagers, it is driven by…
Pre-COVID, I used to daydream about being able to spend an entire day in bed. Thanks to quarantining and working from home for the foreseeable future, I’ve got what I wished for: my bed is now my office, my living room, and to be completely honest, sometimes my kitchen table. And while it’s bliss, of…
“This is one of my favorite products. I have used many peppermint infused shampoos in the past for dry, flaky scalp. It is nice to have an option for a leave in product that does not weigh down the hair. As a person of color, whose scalp and hair tend to be on the drier…
Whether you call them battle scars, tiger stripes or love lines, stretch marks are the result of the magnificent work our bodies do when growing our babies. But that’s not to say that preventing pregnancy stretch marks isn’t something most new mums-to-be think about once the excitement of the positive pregnancy test has sunk in.…
March 4th, 2020 was a life-changing day for my family and I. We welcomed our second, beautiful, healthy baby girl. After years of trying to get her here my gratitude is still on cloud 9. It’s still so surreal to wrap my head around the process us mothers have to endure to conceive, how our…
If you’ve just had a baby – the chances are you’re more sleep deprived than you’ve ever been in your life. If you’ve had kids for a while, then feeling tired is probably your version of normal – and while motherhood is a privilege and a joy, those night time interruptions and long days certainly…
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