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Fluid-Filled Blisters On The Skin And How Their Pattern Points To Shingles, Mpox Or An Allergy

SARAH J. MD (Dermatologist) -
Skin rashes and lesions can be caused by a wide range of factors, and a lot of conditions look very much alike. A rash...
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Raised Pinkish-Red Skin Welts Are Usually Hives If Each One Fades Within 24 Hours

SARAH J. MD (Dermatologist) -
The medical word for hives is urticaria, from urtica, the Latin name for the stinging nettle. Brush bare legs through a patch of nettles...
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Is Psoriasis Related To Diabetes? What A 3Year Foot Rash Might Be And What To Do While You Wait For Dermatology

SARAH J. MD (Dermatologist) -
You don't need to be embarrassed about this. Feet are where skin problems go to get ignored, and a rash that has had three...
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Hyaluronic Acid Rich Foods To Eat And How Much Of It Reaches Your Skin

SARAH J. MD (Dermatologist) -
A bag of chicken feet costs about a pound at most butchers, and they've been turning up in more and more British kitchens since...

Sun Poisoning Or Just A Bad Burn? The Signs That Mean Your Skin Needs More Than Aloe

SARAH J. MD (Dermatologist) -
Doctors do not like the words "sun poisoning". The pharmacist in Split told me so while she was looking at my shoulders, and then...

Painful Blisters On Your Legs That Turn Into Open Sores: What They Could Be And What To Do Next

Dr. Erika Salam (Dermatology) -
Half an inch. That was the measurement in the message, and it is the reason I am writing this rather than sending back a...

Vitilinox Or Vitilox? What It Is And How It Repigments Skin

Dr. Erika Salam (Dermatology) -
Vitilinox is a spelling mistake. The product is Vitilox, V I T I L O X, and if you type the wrong one into...

Estrogen and Skin in Perimenopause: What Is Actually Happening at the Cellular Level

Dr. Erika Salam (Dermatology) -
Key takeaways Estrogen is directly signaling fibroblasts to produce collagen and elastin, and suppressing the enzymes that break collagen apart Perimenopause, not menopause, is when the...

Cherry Angiomas: Why Red Dots Show Up on Your Chest and Back

Dr. Erika Salam (Dermatology) -
A red dot on your chest, pinhead-sized, and you're fairly sure it wasn't there last year. Sometimes there's just one. Sometimes a few, scattered...

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