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Don’t Be a Spotted Leopard

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 […]


Eczema — Hard to Spell, Itchy to Have | Musick Dermatology, LLC

Eczema — Hard to Spell, Itchy to Have

Eczema isn’t unusual in infants — about one in five babies have eczema. But, being oblivious little tykes, they don’t know any better, and they usually outgrow it in a few years. A far smaller percentage of adults, only around three percent, get eczema and it’s an itchy, scratchy pain that can linger. Dr. Musick […]


Everything You Need to Know About Chicken Pox

When your child breaks out all over in a blistery, itchy red rash, there’s a good chance it’s the chicken pox. Chicken pox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, and although it’s typically a childhood disease, people who have not contracted it as a child can suffer from it in adulthood as well. Chicken pox […]


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