Have you ever come in contact with something — maybe it’s a cleaning product, maybe a new cosmetic, maybe a type of metal — and the next thing you know you have a red, inflamed, itchy patch of skin that soon turns scaly? If you have, you’ve had allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), a skin condition […]
Some people say they just have a “ruddy” complexion. Others assume they must have gotten a little sun without having sunscreen on. Others wonder if it’s that extra drink they had last night. On a humid Illinois July day, it’s even easy to assume you’re just flushed from the heat. Rosacea is a word that […]
Shingles on our roof are a good thing, especially during a summer Illinois thunderstorm. But if you’re not a roofer the word “shingles” is one you don’t want to come across. Shingles is a skin disease that can be exceedingly painful. If you had chicken pox when you were little, you can get shingles when […]
Treatment Spotlight Xeomin – What is it? Xeomin is an injectable neurotoxin, similar to Botox, that is used to treat the lines between the brows and crow’s feet. It can also be used to relax the masseter jaw muscles. Xeomin is the only clinically proven anti-wrinkle injection for men and women that is uniquely purified […]
If you’re reading Dr. Musick’s blog, you probably have seen a couple previous blogs on his new treatment for seborrheic keratoses. Seb…what? OK, you’re still wearing your hair to cover those brown spots on the side of your forehead and around your ear, aren’t you? Come on, ESKATA is the coolest thing Illinois has seen […]
Leopards are cool. So are jaguars. So are cheetahs. But these famed big cats all have one thing that us biped types don’t want — spots. Problem is when we have our 50th birthday, complete with the black-frosted birthday cake and obligatory gag gifts of adult diapers, we also often get the gift of…spots. Seborrheic keratoses […]
While there has always been some cloudiness in the minds of most people between what is dermatitis and what is an allergy, studies show there is a relationship. If parents get hay fever or other allergies, it’s more likely their kids will have eczema, and then in their adult years will be more likely to […]
New Service Spotlight: VIP Program $195 per month Pay the year in full and receive the SkinCeuticals Advanced Brightening or Anti-Aging kit Receive one complimentary service per month: 1 Signature Spa Facial w/dermaplaning 1 Hydrafacial with lymphatic drainage 1 SkinCeuticals chemical peel with dermaplaning 1 Laser hair removal on select areas 1 Forever Clear BBL acne treatment […]
You may not know what a seborrheic keratosis is, much less how to spell it, but odds are you have one or many. Over 83 million Americans — that’s about one out of every four of us — have seborrheic keratoses (SKs). These are dark, crusty brown spots that are slightly raised and create slight […]
Human skin tends to form spots. From freckles to sun spots, moles to actinic keratoses…to seborrheic keratoses. Some of those, actinic keratoses, for instance, merit keeping a close eye on because they can evolve into skin cancer. Others, such as seborrheic keratoses are generally harmless but universally despised because they’re ugly. At Musick Dermatology we […]
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