Challenges related to treating acne are examined in this Dermcast.live interview featuring John Barbieri, MD, MBA, and host Hope Cook, PA-C. Dr. Barbieri discusses evidence-based prescription drug selection, the cost of drugs, and how a patient’s diet impacts acne. Healthcare professionals, patients, and parents should take a few minutes to watch this informative 18-minute video.
When we think of psoriasis, we often visualize the external manifestations of disease that we can see, such as erythema (redness), induration (thickness), and desquamation (scaling); however, psoriasis is more than cosmetic disfigurement or skin disease. It is a chronic, relapsing, immune deregulatory inflammatory skin and joint disease that has been shown to significantly …
Various sessions during SDPA Annual Summer Conference 2021 covered general and niche uses for dermoscopy, concluding that the dermatoscope is a valuable, clinically significant tool—as long as you have it with you! Roman Bronfenbrener, MD (pictured, right), from Penn Derm Specialists and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, began his session “Dermoscopy: Clinical Uses Beyond …
The primary reason for using dermoscopy is to gather information you might miss due to limitations faced during the patient visit, noted John Burns, MPAS, PA-C, of the Vancouver Clinic, in a presentation titled Case Based Approach to the Basics of Dermoscopy. Burns ([pictured, right) was amongst the top faculty who delivered new and updated …