Derm Topics

Does This Skin Cancer Really Need Mohs?
Have you ever come across a patient with a skin cancer that you are not 100% sure should be treated with Mohs surgery or an alternative modality? Or a patient who comes back for a follow-up after skin cancer surgery with an undesirable scar and you wonder if you should have opted for a less invasive option? I certainly have. Some of these nagging questions were answered by a thoughtful, case-based …
Patient Buzz Series: “COVID Toes” and Other Skin Symptoms
COVID TOESCOVID-19 and the skin is a hot topic in this month’s Patient Buzz. Are “COVID toes” a manifestation of the virus? Can pandemic stress lead to dandruff? Are at-home mole removal techniques shown on TikTok safe? Review this list of articles from the consumer press and be prepared for your patients’ questions about COVID-19 and other dermatology topics: Allure: Dandruff shampoo …
COVID TOES
Therapeutic Updates in Melanoma
Melanoma UpdatesNext Steps in Derm, in partnership with ODAC Dermatology, Aesthetic and Surgical Conference, interviewed Dr. David Miller, Instructor in Dermatology and Medicine at Harvard Medical School and member of the Department of Dermatology and the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he is co-director of the Merkel cell carcinoma treatment program. Watch as he shares important …
Melanoma Updates
JDD May Issue Highlights
JDD MayHere are the issue highlights and editor picks for JDD's May issue: Broad area ALA may be beneficial for prevention of new or recurrent lesion formation in patients at high risk for AK and NMSC in A Randomized Trial of Broad Area ALA–PDT for Field Cancerization Mitigation in High-Risk Patients.   Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Repeat-Dose Injections of IncobotulinumtoxinA in the Tre …
JDD May