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Notes on skin
Written in the office rather than commissioned. Mostly the answers to the questions that come up often enough in consultations to be worth writing down once.
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Medical Dermatology · Latest
What a skin check actually involves
Fifteen minutes, head to feet, and the part most people do not expect is how much of it is the doctor looking at things you had never thought to mention.
15 October 2026 · 3 min readPigment & Tone
Melasma: why it keeps coming back
The most frustrating pigment condition in dermatology, because it responds well to treatment and then returns the first warm week of the year. What actually holds it.
8 October 2026 · 3 min readWell-Aging
The case for starting earlier and doing less
Holding on to collagen is cheaper, gentler and more convincing than replacing it. Which makes the best time to start a decade before most people think about it.
28 September 2026 · 3 min readWell-Aging
How to choose a sunscreen you will actually wear
The best sunscreen is not the one that tests highest. It is the one still on your face at four in the afternoon, and most of the reason people are under-protected is that they bought something they quietly dislike.
20 September 2026 · 3 min readMen's Care
What actually brings men in
Hair, moles and shaving, in that order. And a statistic that should make the skin check an easier decision than it currently is.
12 September 2026 · 3 min readMedical Dermatology
Acne is not a teenage problem
A large share of the acne treated in this office is on adults, most of whom assumed they had aged out of it. The reason it matters to treat it rather than wait is scarring, and scarring has a clock on it.
5 September 2026 · 3 min readAftercare
After a laser: the fortnight that decides your result
The treatment is forty-five minutes. What you do for the two weeks afterwards is a larger share of the outcome than most people are told.
22 August 2026 · 3 min readInjectables
Botox or filler: they do different jobs
Most of the results people dislike come from treating one problem with the other tool. The distinction is simple, and knowing it changes what you ask for.
14 August 2026 · 3 min readMedical Dermatology
Hair loss in women is several different conditions
They are treated differently, some of them are reversible and some are a race against time, and telling them apart is most of what the first appointment is for.
30 July 2026 · 3 min readMedical Dermatology
Radiator season: why your skin changes in October
New York winters are dry outside and drier inside, and a steam-heated apartment is harder on a skin barrier than the cold is. What actually helps, and when dry skin is not dry skin.
16 July 2026 · 3 min readPatient Resources
Why one appointment can be both medical and cosmetic
The question at the front desk is not administrative curiosity. Dermatology is one of the few specialties where two quite different kinds of visit happen in the same room, and they are handled differently.
24 June 2026 · 4 min read