Choose Hypoallergenic Over Natural: 30-Day Healthy Skin Challenge
Some things in nature can hurt you. Natural ingredients could be causing or worsening your acne, sensitive skin, psoriasis, eczema, or hyperpigmentations. While natural is WONDERFUL — eating natural, less processed foods so important for your health and using skin care with more natural, less processed ingredients can also be good (chemicals used in processing […]
Fix Your Skin With…Laundry Soap?: 30-Day Healthy Skin Challenge
Don’t let laundry become even more of a pain. Yup, even your laundry can affect your skin. Common culprits in laundry detergent that can contribute to chronic rashes, itching, acne and even hyperpigmentation include fragrance and preservatives. If your skin problems just don’t seem to be getting better, even after a proper diagnosis, careful prevention […]
Treat Your Makeup Like Skincare
Whatever’s on your skin can harm it or help it. If you think makeup has nothing to do with your skin’s health, remember that makeup stays on longer than most skincare. This means that makeup formulations have much, much more time to help or harm your skin. Remember: no amount of makeup can totally hide unhealthy skin. We all need […]
Take A Walk On The Mild Side: Skin-Friendly Laundry!
If you’ve got sensitive, acne-prone or hyperpigmented skin, it’s amazing the amount of things that can work against you. Skin care and makeup, of course, but also some fabrics, clothing material, and…LAUNDRY DETERGENT!
Get The Right Diagnosis
An accurate diagnosis is gold. And it’s not as simple as it might seem. Dermatology has one of the broadest ranges of possible diagnoses in medicine. What looks like acne could be keratosis pilaris (a condition of dry skin). And there are different types of acne and acne-like conditions the may require different treatments — pityrosporum […]
Your Skin Needs Sleep
How to get healthier skin in 30 days? Sleep more. Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night. Less than that is pro-inflammatory which worsens inflammatory skin conditions like acne, eczema, rosacea, psoriasis…and can even hasten aging! Adequate sleep also helps you stress less (which lessens inflammation) and eat more nutritionally (less inflammation…seeing a […]
Our Founding Physician on Coconut Oil – Byrdie.com
Our founding dermatologist-dermatopathologist shares why virgin coconut oil is the virtual beauty panacea on Byrdie Beauty!
VMV Detox Skin Fast – Pure Wow
We’ve been recommending our Skin Fast for decades! It’s a never-fail trick for when you’re trying a new product, have just gotten your patch test results, or are experiencing an acne breakout or skin reaction. Check out “A “Skin Fast” Just Might Solve All Your Beauty Problems” on Pure Wow now! HINT: Stay tuned for […]
What’s New In Skin Allergy in NYC?
By Jennifer Collins, M.D. Gramercy Allergy & Asthma in New York City | Mar 15, 2016 I just returned from the American Contact Dermatitis Society 27th Annual Meeting in Washington DC. This entire day was focused on new and emerging trends in skin allergy including hot topics in contact dermatitis. I was surrounded by experts from […]