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Acne Soap

How to Finally Get Rid of Excess Oil on Your Skin

I’ve always had excessively oily skin since puberty and I was never able to control it as an adult until last year. If you have excessively oily skin like me, you have probably bought...

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Psoriasis

Why Psoriasis Hasn’t Stopped Me from Doing the Things I Love Thanks to FaceDoctor

Suffering from psoriasis is not a big deal, except you must stay put for long lengths of time to be available for your weekly phototherapy sessions. The day I decided to travel for my...

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Acne, Acne Soap

How to Stop Acne from Ruining Your Social Life with FaceDoctor

No matter what people say, yes looks aren't everything, but struggling with a chronic skin condition can turn you into a hermit pretty soon. I had suffered from adult acne for 13 years until I...

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Acne Treatment, Skin Treatments

Why I Hated that one Line on David Bowie’s “Life on Mars” Song

When Bowie sings “the girl with the mousy hair”, I cringe. Every single time. I grew up being that girl, the one every other girl made fun of and called gross. That song in...

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Sea Buckthorn Oil

I Had to Give Up Phototherapy but Had FaceDoctor as backup

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...

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Sea Buckthorn Oil

I’ve Tried Geothermal Baths in Iceland and Onsens in Japan, but FaceDoctor Was What Really Helped Me

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...

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Eczema Care, Skin Care, Skin Treatments

Is It Possible to Treat Eczema without Cortisone?

Every time I asked a doctor this question, the answer was normally a big fat no. As someone suffering from eczema, I had to deal with the fact that I was stuck to cortisone-based...

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Acne Treatment

How Acne Almost Ruined a Photo Shoot (and FaceDoctor Saved It)

I have been doing fashion editorial photo shoots for a couple of years now, and I can tell you that deadlines are insane! Once the editorial calendar is set, the magazine team immediately starts...

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Sea Buckthorn Oil

How My Mother’s Ceaseless Quest for the Perfect Psoriasis Treatment Led Us to FaceDoctor

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...

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Acne, Acne Soap, Acne Treatment

How I Show My Know-it-All Patients the Benefits of FaceDoctor Medicated Soap for Acne

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....

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