Are Pimple Patches Worth the Hype? The Expert Weighs In
Huff Post recently wrote an article asking if pimple patches are effective. The products are popular with beauty bloggers who swear the patches have breakout-stopping properties.
For an expert opinion, I consulted double board-certified dermatologist Elizabeth Bahar Houshmand, MD, who is based in Dallas, Texas.
Do pimple patches work? If so, how?
Pimple patches can work on isolated acne l …
Huff Post recently wrote an article asking if pimple patches are effective. The products are popular with beauty bloggers who swear the patches have breakout-stopping properties.
For an expert opinion, I consulted double board-certified dermatologist Elizabeth Bahar Houshmand, MD, who is based in Dallas, Texas.
Do pimple patches work? If so, how?
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Yahoo! Lifestyle recently wrote an article naming Differin Gel (adapalene 0.1%) the “best drugstore anti-aging product.” But should dermatologists recommend an over-the-counter (OTC) acne product to help patients with their fine lines and wrinkles?
For an expert opinion, I consulted dermatologist Fran Cook-Bolden, MD, clinical assistant professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Health … 
We are taught early in medical school about the SOAP note as the scaffolding for our documentation. In case you need a quick refresher, SOAP stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan. A good note should capture all four components.
As a quick recap:
Subjective: The patient’s history, including the history of present illness and chief complaint, relevant medical and sur … 
Concerns over the use of AI in dermatology often center on skin tone bias. Machine learning’s data sets commonly reflect the Eurocentric focus that’s traditionally found in dermatologic images. Now researchers are raising awareness of another bias in these data sets: sex and gender differences in the skin. These hormonal and morphologic differences are completely normal. However, when not acco … 
Cabtreo is the first FDA-approved fixed-dose triple-combination topical treatment for acne vulgaris, pairing a lincosamide antibiotic (clindamycin), a synthetic retinoid (adapalene), and a keratolytic oxidizing agent (benzoyl peroxide) into a single once-daily gel. This formulation targets several pillars of acne pathogenesis simultaneously: cutaneous C. acnes proliferation, abnormal keratinizatio …