The FDA on Sept. 27 released recommended revisions and updates to a proposed order concerning maximum sun protection factor (SPF) values, active ingredients, product labeling and other issues associated with over-the-counter sunscreens. A statement released by the agency characterizes the proposed updates as “substantially the same” as the 2019 proposed order written to ensure sunscreens are …
Jennie Clarke, MD and Joslyn Kirby, MD provide the Dermcast audience with recent dermatologic highlights in medical literature. Topics touched upon include dysplastic nevus treatment considerations, preventative use of sunscreen for melanoma, actinic keratoses, the new guidelines for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and the treatment of bullous pemphigoid.
Day 2 of the SDPA Summer Conference ended with an illuminating lecture on eyelid malignancies by Dr. Michael Yen, an oculoplastic surgeon. The most common eyelid malignancy is basal cell cancer representing 95% of eyelid malignancies. Suspicious characteristics for eyelid malignancies include growth, lid notching, ulceration, telangiectasias and deepening pigmentation. Madarosis, or loss of eyelashes, …