Posts Tagged ‘sun exposure’

Case report:treating photodamaged skin

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
Before

Before

      42 year old white female came to the office complaining of sun damaged skin on her chest.  Pt has had numerous sunburns in the past on her chest and rarely wears sunscreen in this area. She has not had any previous treatments on her chest.
      I treated the patient with a fractionated laser device as well as the alexandrite laser for individual brown spots and a pulsed dye laser (Vbeam) for background redness and telangiectasias “broken blood vessels”.  The patient underwent two treatment sessions about a month apart utilizing all 3 lasers at each visit.  She had an excellent result and now maintains her appearance through the use of topical anti-aging products (Remedy by Derm SD) and daily sunscreen.  
      The patient was very pleased with her result.
      To learn more about any of the above listed lasers, please follow the link: Laser information
After

After

Your eyelids and skin cancer

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Jrnl09_zoom_053Who thinks to put sunscreen on your eyelids when you’re getting ready for a day outdoors?  According to a new article published in The Skin Cancer Foundation Journal, Emily Tierney, MD, and William Hanke, MD, MPH (www.skincancer.org), the eyelids are very susceptible to skin cancer:

“The eyelid region is one of the most common sites for nonmelanoma skin cancers.  In fact, skin cancers of the eyelid, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and melanoma, account for five to 10 percent of all skin cancers.”

To read the entire article, including helpful advice on detection, treatment and prevention visit www.skincancer.org, or click the following link:

http://www.skincancer.org/component/option,com_flippingbook/Itemid,179/id,2/view,book/