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Welcome to the Olansky Dermatology & Aesthetics blog — your trusted source for expert skincare advice, dermatology news, and updates from our team. Whether you’re looking for seasonal skin tips, treatment insights, or practice announcements, you’ll find helpful information curated by our team.
Psoriasis can be one of the most disruptive and frustrating skin conditions to experience. It is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that is caused by a flaw in the immune system that triggers the skin cells to grow at a much faster rate than normal. The average...
Injectable fillers are an excellent way to turn back the hands of time without undergoing plastic surgery. Whether you are aiming to reduce folds and wrinkles or accentuate a certain facial feature, facial fillers can likely do the job. When considering facial...
Did you know that acne is the number one reason that people see a dermatologist? Acne develops as a result of clogged pores, or when bacteria resides on the skin and triggers redness, inflammation, nodules or cysts. Acne is also commonly associated with oily or greasy...
Your skin is the largest organ in your body. Thus, there are many systemic health conditions that affect the appearance and the health of the skin. In particular, autoimmune diseases often show their symptoms within the skin. Lupus is among those. According to the...
It’s the beginning of a brand new year. Now is the time that many people are sitting down to create a list of goals for 2019. The majority of these New Year’s resolutions include ways to improve one’s health or their appearance. Have you ever considered that taking...
Not all skin cancer is equal. There are different types of skin cancer, and you may already be familiar with the two most common ones: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. According to the American Cancer Society, over 5 million cases of basal cell and...
While it may seem silly when you stop to think about it, people view hair on the head as attractive and desirable, but hair on other parts of the body is often considered embarrassing and unwelcome. Women are especially prone to these concerns in terms of hair on...
While kids are most likely to experience them, warts can develop on anyone, at any age and on any part of the body. They come in all shapes and sizes and can be categorized as common warts, plantar warts, filiform warts or flat warts. Warts typically don’t pose a...
“Dandruff is caused by your body's reaction to a yeast that lives on the skin,” says Jodi Ganz, M.D., a dermatologist at Piedmont. “This yeast is particularly common in hair-bearing areas. The yeast is normal; it is supposed to be there. But when your body reacts to...
Acne is a common skin condition that plaques many teens and adults. While typically discussed in reference to facial acne, back acne can also occur. Back acne, popularly termed “bacne”, refers to the whiteheads, blackheads and skin cysts that develop on the back....
