“Rosacea is not a life-threatening disease, but it doesn’t photograph well.” This is what my first boss told me when I asked her for a promotion to the PR department, one year ago. Although...
For people with psoriasis, phototherapy is one of the most effective treatments but is also one of the most expensive. Before being laid off from work, I had the company health insurance coverage so...
I never had much faith in the lotions I used for my eczema. They all felt and smelled like the same thing, only with a different name. and all of them, without exception, only...
I get a lot of heat from random people when I say that living with a chronic skin condition is tough. Their point, and it is a fair point, is that a skin condition...
Making the decision to go on that gap year was the best one I ever made. Deciding not to go back once my gap year was over was crazy but still one of the...
I won’t say I was able to cure myself of eczema but I think what is happening right now with my skin is pretty close.It took me a while to figure out what triggered...
For the first half of my life, I always felt like I was the doctor’s favorite guinea pig for new treatments for psoriasis. Of course, I was too young then to understand they do...
As a dermatologist, I must have seen every form of acne in the world. When you think of acne pimples, you have a general picture in your mind of what a pimple looks like....
I’ve had real bad eczema all over my arms for about 5 years now. I’m constantly trying to cover up my arms so that my friends won’t be able to see. My parents have...
So, I’m a classical dance major at my University and have always had problems with my skin breaking out. Even though I’m not in high school anymore, it’s still embarrassing because we’re always expected...