“Birthmarks” come in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Red birthmarks are typically port-wine stains that can be treated very effectively in our NYC…
Skin Tightening Treatment
Laser skin resurfacing is a rejuvenation treatment aimed at tightening your skin and leaving you looking younger. Our 595nm Candela and carbon dioxide lasers leave…
Laser Treatment for Stretch Marks
“Stretch marks” or striae are perhaps the most challenging aesthetic condition we face as dermatologists. They begin when collagen is damaged from rapid changes in…
Melanoma Awareness Month
Did you know that one in five Americans will develop Melanoma in their lifetimes? Early detection is key! Now is the time to schedule your…
Bites and Stings
As travel increases and humans continue to expand their presence throughout the world, dermatologists must be familiar with a number of creatures capable of inflicting…
Skin Manifestations of Abuse
Abuse takes many forms, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. The definition of child abuse, by the Center for Prevention and Treatment…
Burn and Other Exposure Injuries
Man’s primitive fascination with fire has led to affliction with burn injuries since the dawn of our history. Therapy has evolved from the application of…
Collagen Vascular Disease and Related Cutaneous Emergencies
Collagen vascular diseases are disorders of unknown etiology, with features of autoimmunity, in which the immune system loses the capacity to distinguish self from non-self. …
Skin Manifestations of Internal Disease
As the largest organ in the body, the skin may reveal the first manifestations of internal disease. The astute clinician can often use dermatologic findings…
Vasculitis
Vasculitis is defined as inflammation of blood vessel walls. There are many types of vasculitis, lending to its variable clinical presentation, with or without systemic…
Vesiculobullous Dermatoses
The vesiculobullous diseases in dermatology are numerous and quite distinct from one another; the unifying feature, intuitively, is the histologic feature of separation either intraepidermally…
Erythroderma
Erythroderma (exfoliative dermatitis) is a clinical syndrome characterized by extensive erythema involving greater than 90 percent of the skin surface. It may be the result…
Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a multisystem disorder combining features of both autoimmunity and immunodeficiency. It is a common and serious complication of hematopoietic stem cell…
Cutaneous Emergencies in the HIV Positive Patient
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a member of the retrovirus family of enveloped RNA viruses. Retroviruses rely on an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase (reverse transcriptase)…
Histamine-Mediated Emergencies
The wheel and flare of urticaria is the pathognomonic feature of histamine-mediated cutaneous lesions. In fact, urticaria is one of the most common chief complaints…
Drug Eruptions
Cutaneous reactions are the most frequently occurring adverse reactions to drugs. These reactions can range from mild (two-thirds of cases) to life-threatening (one-third of cases)…
Infectious Emergencies in Dermatology
While most infections with dermatological manifestations are self-limited, there are clinical scenarios when infectious cutaneous diseases are associated with life-threatening systemic symptoms. These diseases may…
Neonatal and Pediatric Dermatologic Emergencies
A wide variety of neonatal and childhood dermatologic conditions can be emergencies. These may arise from genetic disorders, including those causing skin structural protein and…
Dermatologic Surgery Complications
Introduction Dermatologic surgery is often performed in an outpatient surgical suite with local anesthesia, and moderate to advanced dermatologic procedures may be done without monitoring…
Puffy Eyes
More than half of everyone has experienced allergies before. While they're typically harmless, the reaction of your allergies can be quite annoying, like allergic shiners.…
