UV Light: Bad for Viruses, Worse for Skin
Our board-certified dermatologists at Genesis Dermatology have often warned you about the dangers of ultraviolet radiation on your skin. The UVA and UVB wavelengths of sunlight produce both immediate and long-term damage to the skin, including deadly skin cancers. Now there’s another type of UV light that we want to caution you about: UVC. This has become popular in recent weeks as another desperate attempt to find any method that will...
Help Your Skin Protect You From COVID-19
Our board-certified dermatologists in Jupiter know you’re concerned about the novel coronavirus, and that you’re seeking every possible avenue to protect your health. One way you may not have thought of is to ensure your skin is as healthy as possible. This is because your skin is a significant barrier between you and the virus that causes COVID-19. Let us explain. How skin protects you By now, you’ve heard it over and over:...
10 Secrets to Minimizing Post-Treatment Bruising
Our board-certified dermatologists at Genesis Dermatology employ state-of-the-art procedures when providing skin care. Many of our treatments result in no downtime afterward. Sometimes, however, post-treatment bruising is inevitable. So here are 10 ways you can prevent it altogether, or speed your recovery if you do experience it. Plus, we’d like to introduce you to a new product we’re very excited about that has been clinically demonstrated to substantially reduce bruising as...
New Study Sheds Light on Sunscreen Absorption
Genesis Dermatology's board-certified dermatologists in Jupiter consistently recommend the use of sunscreens for everyone, even in the winter months and on cloudy days. Note that Florida ranks second in the nation in the rate of new melanoma cases each year. We’ve noticed that some of our patients, however, resist its use because they’ve heard that the chemicals they contain can be absorbed into the body. A new study by the U.S....
Do Jade Rollers Really Work?
Jade rollers seem to be all over our social media feeds these days. You may even receive one as a gift this holiday season. So our board-certified dermatologists in Jupiter thought we’d provide some facts on these popular beauty tools. The popular jade facial rollers are said to: sculpt and tone the skin enhance healing tighten pores improve circulation detoxify the skin calm inflammation reduce puffiness, especially under the eyes minimize...
10 Secrets to Healthy Skin
November has been designated Healthy Skin Month by the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), so our board-certified dermatologists at Genesis Dermatology in Jupiter want to share with you these 10 ways to keep your skin healthy and youthful-looking. All about skin Your skin is actually the largest organ in your body. It accounts for about 15 percent of your total body weight. The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin,...
Heliocare Advanced: For Beautiful, Safe Skin, a Humble Fern Can Help
Our board-certified dermatologists in Jupiter, at Genesis Dermatology, are always on the lookout for ways to keep your skin youthful and—even more important—safe. We have found a product we’d like to tell you about that does both. We’ve told you many times that the best way to avoid wrinkles, as well as skin cancer, is to stay out of the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. But maybe this advice came too late...
You May Be Applying Sunscreen Wrong
Our board-certified dermatologists in Jupiter, at Genesis Dermatology, know you’re diligent about applying sunscreen, even on cloudy days and in winter. Exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) rays of the sun is the leading cause of both skin cancer and premature wrinkling of the skin. But a recent report suggests there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Sunscreens are labeled with a sun protection factor (SPF) rating,...
The One Sunscreen We Recommend
If you thought all sunscreens are pretty much alike, our board-certified dermatologists at Genesis Dermatology in Jupiter would like to take this opportunity to describe the two main types of sunscreens, and tell you why we recommend one particular kind over the other. You already know that exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) rays of the sun is the leading cause of both skin cancer and premature wrinkling of the skin. And...
Five Ways Your Smartphone May Be Damaging Your Skin
The board-certified dermatologists at Genesis Dermatology in Jupiter sometimes employ blue light treatments as an effective therapy for certain conditions such as acne and precancerous skin cells. When used therapeutically in this way, research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has shown this type of treatment is safe. But what about the near-constant exposure to the blue light that we receive from our smartphones, computers, and TV screens?...