What’s the Difference Between Acne and Milia?

Even we admit, it can be hard to tell these two apart sometimes! But they are different and usually require different forms of treatment to clear them up. This is why self-diagnosis or self-treatment can be risky. If you treat one as the other or vice versa, you can make things worse. Let’s start with […]

Hydroquinone and Melasma

Over the years of treating this common and frustrating condition, we’ve met many women who are dissatisfied with using hydroquinone to treat melasma. Not only have they spent much time and money, they’ve not seen much improvement and feel that it’s only irritated their skin. We often spend a large amount of time during the […]

What are the Potential Side Effects of Photodynamic Therapy?

Have you heard of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of acne? Chances are that if you have severe acne or you have failed multiple other conventional acne therapies that you have. ALA stands for aminolevulinic acid, the light sensitizing medication that is used in the treatment. PDT stands for photodynamic therapy, which is the […]

Careful With Sun Exposure

When it comes to age spots (sun spots or liver spots), we often pay the price for sun damage that occurred when we were much younger. Research suggests that most of the sun damage to our skin occurs before we get to 18 years old. This sun damage may be present when we are young, […]