|
|||||
|
OK. There’s cold. Then there’s really cold. Growing up in Providence, RI, I can remember waiting for the school bus on frigid January mornings. Some days, it was zero degrees. I can tell you, when it’s zero degrees out, a 30 degree day feels balmy. It’s the difference between cold and really cold that matters when it . . . → Read More: Over the Counter Wart Treatment Not as Cold as Mine Propionibacterium acnes (P.acnes) is the bacteria found in acne. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology has shed some light on how it wreaks its damage. P. acnes lives in a biofilm, an aggregation of bacterial organisms and sticky extracellular substance, that allows it to stick to the wall of the hair . . . → Read More: Bacteria Secretes Sticky Glue, Causing Acne
A patient of mine presented last week with an itchy tattoo. He had been on a cruise and had this temporary henna tattoo placed on his right arm. A few days later when everyone else’s tattoos were fading, his got darker and became itchy. The redness and itching became much worse over . . . → Read More: Itchy Henna Tattoo Do you have a chronic, itchy rash? For most patients in winter, eczema is the result of dry, cold air — a condition called asteatotic eczema. It is common and can occur in people from Boston to San Diego. For some elderly patients, however, chronic eczema can be caused by a blood pressure medication. A new study from . . . → Read More: Eczema Associated with Certain Blood Pressure Medications Just the mention of a wool sweater makes me itchy. For many people with chronic itchy skin conditions such as eczema, irritating fabrics like wool and polyester can trigger itching over their whole body. Now some (entrepreneurial) dermatologists have developed clothes designed to protect the skin. |
|
Health and Beauty Blogs
Other Blogs
Other Physicians |
|||
|
Copyright © 2010 The Dermatology Blog - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
Uncategorized 
Recent Comments