Adjusting Your Skincare and Make-Up Routine for Fall
Very much like your closet, your make-up and skincare products need to be rotated as the seasons change. Many changes in skin occur in the fall, including a need for...
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Top Skin Care Renewal Tips for Fall
As the weather starts to cool off and you are trading your shorts and t-shirts for sweaters and jeans, it is a great time to make some changes to your...
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The SKINny on Fall Allergies
While many associate allergies and the related symptoms with plant pollen so common in the spring, fall allergies can be just as prevalent. The symptoms that impact your immune system,...
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Back-to-School Sun Safety
This week, we are taking a look at sun safety for kids as they prepare to go back to school. As the weather starts to cool, and kids prepare to...
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Alcohol and Psoriasis: Not a Good Mix
In honor of Psoriasis Awareness Month, we’re devoting August to raising awareness about psoriatic disease and its effects on the more than 7.5 million people living with this condition. This...
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Diet Tips for Preventing Psoriasis Flare-Ups
In honor of Psoriasis Awareness Month, we’re devoting August to raising awareness about psoriatic disease and its effects on the more than 7.5 million people living with this condition. This...
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Stop the Itch: Top Ten Psoriasis Triggers
In honor of Psoriasis Awareness Month, we’re devoting August to raising awareness about psoriatic disease and its effects on the more than 7.5 million people living with this condition. This...
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August is Psoriasis Awareness Month
In honor of Psoriasis Awareness Month, we’re devoting August to raising awareness about psoriatic disease and its effects on the more than 7.5 million people living with this condition. About...
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Separating UV Fact From Fiction
In honor of UV Safety Awareness Month, we’re devoting the entire month of July to shedding light on ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This week, we’re clearing up some common misconceptions about...
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Overexposed: Are You at Risk for UV Damage?
In honor of UV Safety Awareness Month, we’re devoting the entire month of July to shedding light on ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This week, we’re taking a look at the types...
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Live Longer, Be Healthier With UV Awareness
In honor of UV Safety Awareness Month, we’re devoting the entire month of July to shedding light on ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This week, we’re diving into what UV radiation is...
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Shingles Awareness Month
If You've had Chickenpox, You're at Risk for Shingles You may vaguely remember having chickenpox as a child – if not the itchy, blistery rash, perhaps wearing mittens all day...
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Acne Facts
Acne Awareness Month Whether you call them zits, blemishes or carbuncles; acne by any name makes it difficult to put your best face forward. Basically, it’s an inflammatory skin condition...
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Men’s Skin Care
What Makes Men’s Skin So Unique? Whether psychology or physiology, scientists have long been interested in the differences between men and women. Dermatology is no different. There are significant, if...
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10 Facts About Sunscreen
10 Facts About Sunscreen In the immortal words of every dermatologist anywhere, ever and Baz Luhrmann, “Wear sunscreen.” (It’s OK if you don’t remember that song. Even people who do...
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Melanoma Awareness Month
Find it. Treat it. Beat it. A Guide to Melanoma Self-Screening The earlier you can find cancer, the better your odds are to beat it – and it’s no different...
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Mom’s Best (and Worst) Skin Advice
Whether she’s mama, mommy or just plain ma, mothers are special creatures deserving of respect. From the endearingly practical “never pay retail” to the slow-burning wisdom of “never change who...
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When to See a Dermatologist About a Skin Rash
Rash Decisions: When to See Your Dermatologist Whether uncomfortable or unsightly, a skin rash can be alarming. Some can be easily treated with over-the-counter remedies, while others may be a...
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Skin Cancer FAQ
The Skinny on Skin Cancer Your skin is more than just a pretty wrapper. It serves as the first and best defense against everything from dangerous UV radiation to harmful...
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Allergies and Your Skin
What to Do When Seasonal Allergies Act Up The snow is melting. Flowers are blooming. And your face is a becoming a puffy, runny, itchy disaster. Goodbye winter; hello allergy...
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Spring Break Skin Care Survival Guide: Beach Basics
This March, winter-worn masses across the country will seek out a much-needed diversion in the time-honored tradition known as spring break. Whether you’re the parent of school-aged children or a...
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Spring Break Skin Care Survival Guide: Slope Success
This March, winter-worn masses across the country will seek out a much-needed diversion in the time-honored tradition known as spring break. Whether you’re the parent of school-aged children or a...
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3 Skin-Enhancing Vitamins to Include in Your Diet
Just like your stomach or your lungs, your skin is an organ – in fact, it’s your largest one. And, just like it affects any other organ, your nutrition affects...
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Are You Making These 5 Face Washing Mistakes?
Sometimes, bad habits manage to weasel their little ineffective, counterproductive selves into even the simplest of tasks. Take washing your face, for instance. You wet your skin. Work in some...
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Show Your Skin Some Love this Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day, show some appreciation to the one who protects you. The one who keeps you whole. The one who sticks with you come rain or shine, in sickness...
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February Is National Cancer Prevention Month
You can call it every expletive known to man or make any number of rude gestures in its general direction, but the fact remains that cancer is a terrible, horrible,...
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Fitting Skin Care into Your Fitness Routine
Unless you live under a rock in a galaxy far, far away, you’ve made a New Year’s resolution at some point in your life – and you’re not alone. Last...
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The Basics of a Winning Skin Care Regimen
The health of your skin is an indication of your overall health. Your skin is the first and best defense from a whole host of outside invaders, but most potentially...
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5 Simple Resolutions for Better Skin
Ah, the New Year. The champagne. The parties. The overwhelming compulsion to vow to become a better version of you in the coming year. While some New Year’s resolutions are...
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Don’t Leave the House Without This Bit of Winter Protection
On a snowy winter day, would you leave your house without a heavy coat? How about gloves and a hat? Or lined, waterproof snow boots? No, of course not. That’s...
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How to Tell if You Have Frostbite (And What to Do About It)
There are two types of people: those who embrace winter and all the snow-filled adventures it has to offer, and those who eagerly anticipate the coming of, well, anything but...
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Banish Dry Skin with These 4 Easy Tips
Itchy, irritating, and unsightly, dry skin can be a pain – literally and figuratively. And it’s only exacerbated by the biting, low humidity that comes with the changing of the seasons....
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Psoriasis Talk Part 2: Q & A with Dr. Betsy Wernli
Today is World Psoriasis Day, dedicated to those living with the challenge of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. This is an international annual event sponsored by the IFPA, which raises awareness...
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Living with Eczema
“Having a chronic skin condition has affected my life more than I ever would have imagined. Sometimes my eczema makes me feel like I’m on a rollercoaster ride. No two...
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Psoriasis Talk Part 1: Q & A with Dr. Michelle Chambers
Living with psoriasis can feel very challenging at times and one thing that helps is to talk about it. Since our own Forefront dermatologist, Dr. Michelle Chambers is an expert...
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Does Back to School Have to Mean Back to the Dermatologist?
Written by Dr. Betsy Wernli It's that time of year again when we pack up our backpacks, put on new school clothes and hit new classrooms. With the excitement...
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Living with Psoriasis
Currently in the United States, 7.5 million people are living with some form of psoriasis. If you or someone you know has been affected with psoriasis, you know that it...
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MiraDry: The Sweat Stops Here
If you’ll be at the Wisconsin State Fair Friday, August 14th or Saturday August 15th, it’s a good opportunity to learn more about the MiraDry treatment for stopping underarm sweat,...
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Healthy Hair & Nails
Dermatology is usually most associated with your skin, but did you know that dermatologists also diagnose and treat conditions involving your hair and nails? Generally, healthy hair and nails reflect...
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Skin Care and Women’s Health
This week is National Women’s Health Week. The goal of the week is to empower women to make their health a priority and to help women understand what steps can...
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