The Dermatology Blog

Every new skin care product and berry juice touts its antioxidant properties and ability to keep you young and wrinkle free.

In theory, eating foods high in antioxidants like blueberries or acai berries, or applying topical antioxidants like vitamin C should soak up free radicals. However, in reality, consumed antioxidants do not concentrate in the skin (no matter how much Mona Vie you drink) and topically applied antioxidants degrade too quickly to have any effect (despite what they tell you in the infomercial). Read more…

It was a real dilemma. A patient of mine came to see me last week for acne. He is the star quarterback for one of the local high schools and is having a great season. At the same time that his passing-yards-per-game increased, so have the number of pimples on his face. Interestingly, his acne is confined to his chin and jaw. Read more…

For post-menopausal women, decreasing estrogen levels might contribute to skin aging. Common skin changes associated with being post-menopausal include atrophy (thinning of the skin), wrinkling, dryness, laxity, sallow complexion, and poor wound healing. There are estrogen receptors in the skin and it is thought that the decrease in estrogen that accompanies menopause leads to a loss of estrogen activity and to these undesirable skin changes.

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